Yana Winter 2008 Newsletter
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Hello,
what a great Fall ...However, the days are getting shorter
and it is getting colder now. Which means it's a
great time to watch that movie you've been waiting to see
or listen to some music you might have not had a chance to
listen to.
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New Arrivals
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$7,000.00 |
PRO-141FD, 60"
1080p HDTV
Welcome
a new echelon of entertainment in your home, as the Pioneer
Elite® PRO-141FD KUROTM High-Definition
monitor is designed to surpass all standards of excellence.
Unsurpassed picture quality combined with impeccable attention
to detail is the cornerstone for the new line of Elite Signature
Series monitors. Designed to excel in every way possible, the
new PRO-141FD was created as a special limited-run edition for
the most discerning entertainment purist.
For
those seeking a customized experience, and consulting with a
professional, the Signature Series Monitor goes beyond just a
television and is the ideal selection to integrate seamlessly
into the design of your ultimate home theater. Heightened
functionality and versatility pave the way for custom installers
to explore a new world of near limitless potential and new
applications. IP network protocol and connectivity further
allows your professional installer to monitor, re-calibrate and
re-adjust your picture without even entering your home. All for
a picture that’s tailored to your environment and the
entertainment that thrills you. Once installed, the Signature
Series monitor can be fine-tuned to utter perfection exclusively
for your viewing environment.
Born
from the idea of perfection, every aspect of the Elite Signature
Series monitor has been carefully crafted and honed. No detail
is spared.
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BDP-05FD,
BluRay Player
Discover
the new Elite® BDP-05FD BonusView™ Blu-ray
Disc Player. A Blu-ray Disc® Player that
delivers entertainment so rich, so pure, so powerful and
so completely different — the way you think about home
entertainment will be forever changed.
Open
your eyes to a taste of visual perfection. Experience
mystery, drama, action and suspense with spectacular 1080p
picture quality, providing up to 1920 x 1080p resolution
that enables every movie you watch to appear just as the
director intended.
Surrender
your heart to amazing entertainment. Set your sights on a
single-wire connection so technologically advanced, now
one HDMI® digital connection is all you need
to output both HD audio and video signals to your
HDMI-capable A/V receiver or HD flat panel.
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$900.00 |
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$1,250.00 |
BU-150, System
Bundle
The
Sonos Bundle 150 gives you everything you need to
wirelessly play music in two rooms of your house. And with
SonosNet’s superior wireless range, no room is out of
reach.
To
start playing music, just grab the full-color wireless
Controller and simply pick a room, pick a song and hit
play. With the Controller in hand you’ll have instant
access to your entire music collection, plus thousands of
Internet radio stations, and the most popular online music
services to play all over the house. When you want to play
more music in more rooms, just add ZonePlayers and
Controllers to your heart’s content.
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BluRay
Player, BDP-550
If
you're looking for a Blu-ray player that can do it all, check
out the Sony BDP-S550 player.
It can internally decode all 7.1 next-gen audio formats. This is
the player that will easily let you play Dolby TrueHD as well as
dtsHD Master Audio soundtracks.
It is Profile 2.0 capable right out of the box. No upgrades
required. With the built-in network port, upgrades are a snap.
Sony's previous players had slow loading times. The 550 is much
quicker. You even have the option of a quick start-up mode, even
faster than the default standard one which is fast enough.
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$500.00 |
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$7,000.00 |
KDL55XBR8,
55" BRAVIA XBR Series LCD TV, Full HD 1080p
resolution
The
Sony BRAVIA XBR8-Series LCD TVs represent the next step forward
in LCD technology. In addition to Full HD 1080p, this XBR-8
Series TV features TRILUMINOS® RGB Dynamic LED backlight which
produces breathtaking images with enhanced colour purity that
result in deep blacks and bright whites with startling depth and
exceptional shadow detail. You'll also see the difference with
Motionflow™ 120Hz PRO technology which enhances motion and
delivers a smoother and clearer picture. Your 1080p HD images
will look more breathtaking than ever thanks to the BRAVIA
Engine™ 2 PRO fully digital video processor. This XBR-8 Series
TV has DMex functionality which
lets you expand the capabilities of your HDTV by adding optional
BRAVIA® Link modules (sold separately), plus it comes with
plenty of connectivity options to connect your video sources.
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SR-250,
System Remote Control
The
next generation system remote control preserves the same sleek,
compact design while adding single key press device selection
and context sensitive programmable buttons. Providing
customization and control programming never before possible in a
handheld device, this combination of flexibility and power
creates a new remote that further simplifies the homeowners
experience, liberating them from their cluttered and confusing
collection of remotes.
Featuring
a high visibility screen, backlit keypad and bi-directional
ZigBee (802.15.4) wireless connectivity the SR-250 puts
information and control of the whole home right in the palm of
the homeowner’s hand.
It is all part of the Control4 vision. We bring the benefits of
a truly automate home to more people with solutions at are
affordable, easy to install and designed to adapt to any home or
lifestyle.
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$230.00 |
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$1,500.00 |
Deltastatic,
Equipment Stand
Organized
and clear.
Its
design based on the triangle, it is Deltastatic‘s
adaptability that captivates.
Height-adjustable
shelves allow problem-free housing of audio components.
The
combination of the relatively small demands on floor space and
the great depth between levels allows the optimal employment of
available space.The additionally available lighting system
perfectly accentuates the brilliance of the glass edges.
Grace.
Sensuality. Radiance. The striking clarity that is the essence
of Deltastatic is particularly impressive when soft light
floods through it.
A
specially designed lighting system brings the beveled edges of
the glass to a brilliant sheen and creates an illumination
within which the equipment seems to float.
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7.1-Channel
A/V Receiver Featuring Direct Energy HD Amplification and THX®
Ultra2 Plus Certification, SC-07
The
Pioneer® Elite® SC-07 A/V receiver
boasts 140 Watts of power. Designed around a revolutionary
ICEpower® Class D amplifier, the Elite SC-07 A/V delivers best
in class multi-channel sound.
Built
from the ground up for High-Definition surround sound, the SC-07
boasts 7 channels of surround sound, AIR Studios™
certification and Direct Energy amplification, allowing the
SC-07 to operate at powerful levels with extremely low
distortion and virtually no wasted energy. The result is
enormous headroom and extraordinary detail, resulting in audio
depth and richness that is truly breathtaking.
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$2,200.00 |
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$6,200.00 |
Supernova,
Evolution Series CD Player
The
MOON SuperNova CD Player is a fully-balanced
differential design, representing the next generation of MOON
high-performance audio components. The SuperNova
raises the bar on the CD Red Book digital standard,
producing an astonishing level of sonic performance with
no equal in its price range. This achievement is the
result of extensive R&D yielding new proprietary
technologies, the use of the very finest electronic parts
available and a powerful 24-bit/352.8kHz internal
upsampling circuit. Further raising the bar, the MOON
SuperNova can be fully integrated into a
custom-install environment via an RS-232 port. As well, a
plethora of user selectable cosmetic options are available
at the time of purchase.
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Evolution
Series Dual Mono Integrated
Amplifier, i7
The
MOON i-7 integrated amplifier is a dual-mono fully
balanced differential design, representing the next generation
of MOON high-performance audio components. Using our new
proprietary "Lynx" amplification circuit, the i-7
produces a high-current rock-solid 150 watts per channel into 8
ohms with absolutely no sonic colorations. A genuine
non-compromising solution for those who don't require separate
component systems, this integrated provides for astounding
ease-of-use as a result of a variety of programmable features.
Further raising the bar, the MOON i-7 can be fully
integrated into a custom-install environment via an RS-232 port.
As well, a plethora of user selectable cosmetic options are
available at the time of purchase.
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$7,200.00 |
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$5,400.00 |
AVR600,
AV Receiver
Although Arcam’s new AVR600 receiver is part of
the well-known Arcam FMJ series and features many of the
familiar FMJ design cues, the Arcam AVR600 is a completely new
design both inside and out. Internally, it has all the latest
decoding technologies including DolbyTrueHD, Dolby Digital+,
Dolby Digital EX, Dolby Pro Logic IIx, DTS HD Master Audio,
DTS High Resolution Audio, DTS-ES Discrete, DTS-ES Matrix,
DTS96/24 and DTS Neo:6.
On the video side, it has five HDMI inputs and two HDMI
outputs (up to 1080p, Deep Colour) along with multiple
Component and S-video inputs and outputs. There’s also full
video up/down conversion and frame rate conversion for all
inputs. In all, there are more than 100 input, output and
control connections on the AVR600.
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ATF
Loudspeaker, Preface
Preface,
like every MartinLogan product, meticulously
advances those recognizable characteristics of
passion and performance that consciously
equate to pride of possession and elevated
quality of life.
At
first sight and first sound, you know this is truly a
MartinLogan, just for you. Key to Preface's performance is our
ATF™ (Advanced Thin Film) drivers. Superior in almost every
way to conventional moving-coil transducers (cones and domes)
– and very similar in most respects to the electrostatics that
we've always favored – ATF drivers project a wonderfully
detailed and three-dimensional sound field. Our proprietary
Vojtko™ crossover topology marries the ATF drivers to triple
high-resolution 6.5-inch woofers, whose quick, precise bass
provides the speaker's sonic foundation. Fully compatible with
all audio/video equipment, Preface excels in almost any
application, whether as a stereo pair in a music system or as
front or surround speakers in a home theater setup
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$1,800.00 |
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$650.00 |
Z-Stabilizer
III, Stand Alone Power Conditioners
The
Z-Stabilizer’s patented technology, designed to work in
parallel with your system, removes the conducted
differential-mode noise and audio frequency distortion
from the power line. The Z-Stabilizer improves Power
Factor, allowing the utilization of all the available
current from the power line. Because of the
Z-Stabilizer’s parallel circuitry, all of the components
connected to the same line will receive the Stabilizer’s
performance enhancements! Features & Benefits:
Unswitched, full Z-filtered receptacles. 1800 watts
maximum.
Over-voltage protection (OVP) against voltage surges and
spikes.
14-gauge, grounded power cable.
Replaceable fuse.
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Entertainment and Electronics news
Vancouver's
Peak 100.5 FM now testing transmitter
Vancouver's
newest radio station, 100.5 FM the PEAK began testing its
transmitter last week. The station is scheduled to officially go
on-air on November 13th after it was approved by the CRTC in May
of this year.
The station's Adult album alternative or Triple A format will
target listeners between 25 and 49. The format is relatively new
in Canada but is extremely popular on the West Coast of the United
States.
The
Peak will be putting an emphasis on new and emerging artists with
a secondary focus on alternative music from the 80's & 90's.
The station says 60% will new music with 40% from the 1980s, 1990s
and the early years of the 2000s. More...
TSN2 to televise 35 HD NHL
games this season
TSN2, The Sports Network's (TSN)
new companion English language 24-hour digital sports station, this
announced its NHL television schedule for the coming season.
In addition to the 70 NHL games already scheduled to air on TSN this
season, TSN2 will offer up an additional 34 live regular season NHL
games and one pre-season game.
Blu-ray
surpasses 30% of all DVD recorder / player shipments in Japan
We knew Japan
was warming to Blu-ray, but apparently those tepid desires have morphed
into infernos of passion. According to new statistics loosed by the
Japan Electronics and Information Technology Industries Association (JEITA),
Blu-ray Disc recorder / player shipments hit a level of 138,000, or
around 107 times more than the shipments posted a year ago. Moreover,
those shipments accounted for 31% of "overall shipments of DVD
equipment on a volume basis." Unsurprisingly, BD equipment --
coupled with flat-panel TVs -- were the two biggest drivers of consumer
electronics shipments in Japan this year, with visual equipment
shipments rising 8.2% year-over-year. Blu-ray and HDTV: a match made in
heaven. Or Tokyo.
Global
HDTV shipments exceed SDTVs for first time
The
times, they are a-changin'. Back in February, we found that LCD TV
shipments had surpassed
CRTs for the first time in history. Now, an iSuppli report on
HDTV growth has shown that HDTVs overtook standard-definition
televisions "as the leading TV shipped globally" in
2008. Sure, the current economic environment may put a damper on
HDTV sales for the moment, but the previously mentioned research
sees no sign of growth slowing in the long-term. In fact, it
forecasts that HDTV unit shipments will surge to 241.2 million by 2012,
up from 97.1 million units in 2007; in comparison, it reckons that
just 23.1 million SDTVs will ship out in 2012. Oh, and if you're
eager for even more smile-worthy news, the report also suggests
that HD set-top-boxes will represent 50% of the overall STB market
in under four years. Time will tell.
Baraka:
first ever 8K HD restoration Blu-ray Disc gets ship date, reviewed
We already
knew that at least one film was getting
a 6K makeover before hitting a Blu-ray Disc, but before A Star
is Born can even leave the studio, it's being trumped by Baraka.
Hailed as a "transcendent global tour that explores the sights and
sounds of the human condition like nothing you've ever seen or felt
before," the film was shot in 70mm in 24 countries on six
continents in order to provide breathtaking views of "wonders of a
world without words, viewed through man and nature's own prisms of
symmetry, savagery, harmony and chaos." All marketing hoopla aside,
even Roger Ebert has exclaimed that this is in and of itself a
"sufficient reason to acquire a Blu-ray player." In a separate
review, the critics were flatly amazed by the visuals and the audio
alike, and they blurted out the obvious by suggesting this as your de
facto reference / wow-onlookers disc. More...
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Video
games turn 50
Bob
Dvorak Jr. may very well have been the first kid ever to play a
video game.
It's a
big and somewhat controversial claim, but given that his father,
Robert Dvorak Sr., built what is considered to be the first such
device in 1958, the facts seem to back him up.
In the
1950s, Dvorak Sr. was an engineer working in the instrumentation
division of Brookhaven National Laboratory on Long Island. Using
designs supplied by his colleague, physicist William Higinbotham,
Dvorak put together Tennis for Two — a simple video game that
allowed players to bounce a ball over a net — for an open house
at the lab.
A horde
of visitors swamped the Tennis for Two exhibit when it was
unveiled on Oct. 18, 1958, but Bob Jr. got a sneak preview a few
weeks in advance when he visited the lab with his father. More...
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New
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Music
Neil
Young
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Queen
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Bloc
Party
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The
Killers
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Yana Imaginative Audio Video Solutions is located at 1872 Marine Drive West Vancouver, BC. V7V 1J6 Map
Phone 604-922-0107 Fax 604-922-0174
Store Hours:
Monday - Friday 9:30am to 6:00pm, Saturday 10am to 5pm, Closed Sunday and Holidays
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