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  • New Years Sale ...

    We keep a very cost effective operating structure at Carlton Audio Visual ... our "cost of doing business" is on a par with that of the most competitive retail majors whilst remaining essentially an independant family business run by ardent Hi Fi enthusiasts ...

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    HDMI 1.4 ...

    To be debuted at the CES in January are some new devices incorporating the 1.4 HDMI protocol ... this will enable 3D connectivity beetween devices.
    HDMI 1.4 establishes protocols for several 3D display technologies including frame, line, or field alternative methods; side by side display, and 2D plus depth methods.

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    The Fat Lady will sing ...

    Coming soon to CAV courtesy of the inestimable Mr Kent are these legendary very top of the range Morel loudspeakers.

    The Morel Fat Lady is a pure Carbon Fibre floorstanding speaker with voluptuos lines somewhat reminiscent of paleolithic fertility sculptures. I first saw the prototype of these at the CES show 2 years ago and was deeply impressed ... think Mc Claren F1 of the loudspeaker world ...

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    Loewe TV's Design Award from Chicago Athaneum Museum

    Loewe has announced that its Art SL and Connect TVs have been honoured with the Good Design Award 2009 from the Chicago Athenaeum Museum of Architecture and Design.

    According to Loewe, the independent design jury were particularly impressed by the outstanding design of the super-flat Loewe sets. The concept for the Loewe Art SL came from Phoenix Design, Stuttgart, while Loewe Connect was designed by Design 3, Hamburg.

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    Beatles mono debate

    I found this rather interesting piece on the ABC "The Drum" by Mark Bannerman which raised the somewhat thorny issue of degradation of the original mono recordings in favour the new trick of stereo ...

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    The Fat Lady has sung ....

    It's not every day that one gets to unpack a $42,000 loudspeaker ... the reverence with which these have been packed and despatched mimics that of the McClaren F1 that is surely their vehicular analogue. They have a shaped leather inner crate for godsakes!

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    Opinions

    • Cat sat on the amp - tom

      Just a reminder to stop your cat from sleeping on your amplifier, even though it's lovely and warm...

    • NASA boom room - rab
      In order to evaluate the effects of sonic booms NASA have built a room that is something of a wet dream for an audio enthusiast...
    • Joy of source - rab
      Occasionally I am reminded of the old Ivor Tiefenbraun of Linn fame philosophy that he used to create the charisma of the original Linn Sondek LP12 turntable in the UK in the late seventies...

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