Don Lindich's Sound Advice Blog

Contest update- Marantz NR1402 vs. NR1403

don — Mon, 14 May 2012 16:57:54 +0000

The Marantz NR1402 was recently updated with the NR1403 model, sharing the same $399 retail price. It is the same receiver with two additional HDMI inputs. Depending on availability at the time of award an NR1403 may be awarded in lieu of an NR1402 at my discretion. addthis_url = 'http%3A%2F%2Fwww.soundadviceblog.com%2Fsite-news%2Fcontest-update-marantz-nr1402-vs-nr1403%2F'; addthis_title = 'Contest+update-+Marantz+NR1402+vs.+NR1403'; addthis_pub = [...]

Sound Advice Column: Adding a subwoofer to a stereo receiver, Pioneer VSX-1021

don — Mon, 07 May 2012 02:49:14 +0000

Sound Advice By Don Lindich Fourth week of December, 2011 Q:A salesman in a big box store told me that a powered subwoofer cannot be connected to a 2-channel stereo receiver. Is he right? - Ron Lassow, Minneapolis, MN A. Though two-channel stereo receivers do not have an RCA subwoofer output, you can still use [...]

Sound Advice 10th Anniversary Giveaway: Definitive Technology home theater!

don — Fri, 04 May 2012 02:18:38 +0000

My very first weekly Q&A newspaper column ran in the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette on July 4, 2002 under the name Multimedia Answers. Within a year the column started running in other major newspapers and was syndicated nationwide soon afterwards under its current name, Sound Advice. It has run continuously since the first column, never missing a [...]

Back in the saddle

don — Fri, 04 May 2012 01:49:38 +0000

Hello everyone- I am back after a long hiatus on posting fresh content. First order of business is to get the weekly columns all up here, and along the way I will be posting exceptional deals that I find. I am working on a promotional giveaway for my 10th anniversary, coming up this July 4th. [...]

Weekly column: Polk, Axiom, Ohm speakers all should satisfy

don — Fri, 04 May 2012 01:46:26 +0000

Sound Advice By Don Lindich Third week of December, 2011 Q: I’m buying a new home theater system and need wall-mounted bookshelf speakers due to room configuration. I have seen you speak highly of both the Polk Audio LSi9 and Axiom Audio M22 speakers. Are there significant differences? -Larry Mulmed, Minneapolis. MN A: Both are [...]

Marantz NR1402 Receiver

don — Wed, 15 Feb 2012 05:45:53 +0000

I’ve had a lot of questions come in lately that read a lot like this: “Hi, not too long ago you recommended an HDMI receiver that is slim and reasonably priced and otherwise wonderful. But I didn’t keep the article from my newspaper. Can you help jog my memory? Thank you.” The receiver is the [...]

Definitive Technology ProCinema 400 Home Theater Speaker System

don — Sat, 11 Feb 2012 02:45:39 +0000

Here is another winner from the 2012 Consumer Electronics Show: the Definitive Technology ProCinema 400 5.1-channel home theater speaker system. As you can see in the picture the speakers in this system are very small. Usually tiny speakers mean a big sound quality compromise, but that isn’t the case with the ProCinema 400. In the [...]

Ricoh CX6 Digital Camera

don — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 06:37:07 +0000

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Weekly column: Infrared remote enables 2-room TV use, Canon SD4500IS

don — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 04:29:11 +0000

Originally published second week of December 2011 Q. I have a 42-inch plasma TV monitor that does not have a TV tuner. I used to hook it up to a cable DVR, which cost an extra $15 a month on my cable bill. Since I did not use it often, I returned the DVR to [...]

Weekly column: Blu-ray player needed for HDTV? Pentax Q

don — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 00:28:52 +0000

Sound Advice By Don Lindich Column for first week of December, 2011 Q. I have a 40-inch Samsung LCD HDTV. What is your advice on buying a Blu-ray player for it? I have a Roku box, so I don’t need streaming and Internet capability. BOB POIRIER Martinez, Calif. A. Even though you have a Roku, [...]