Summer 2005 Newsletter

Hello again, this summer there will be plenty of fun things to see and hear at Yana. We have brought in some exiting new product lines and our existing lines keep putting out new technologies as well. Hope you enjoy this summers newsletter.

New Arrivals

Before pencil meets paper or form and structure begin to emerge, each MartinLogan product begins life after the ML team considers their customers needs and desires. Only then do they apply their philosophy, aesthetics, materials knowledge, and engineering to every aspect.

A family of speaker systems that transforms any listening room into the MartinLogan reference experience.

Control4 manufactures a complete line of affordable wired and wireless home automation products, making safety, convenience, comfort and economy available to virtually any homeowner in America. Control4 wireless products can be installed in any home in just a few hours, without the need for extensive or expensive remodeling. Not only can homeowners easily customize their Control4 system to meet their unique lifestyles, but the modular nature of the products also enables customers to start small and add to their systems over time. Our products are capable of delivering a complete solution for the home because they integrate the control of lighting, audio, video, landscape and climate into a single cohesive system.

Electrostatic Floorstanding Speakers, Clarity

The Clarity speaker system brings a rich cinematic experience into your home theater—without compromise. The heart of the Clarity is a Generation 2 electrostatic transducer with an ultra-thin diaphragm that precisely tracks the input signal and flawlessly transmits clean powerful sound. MicroPerf™ stator design maximizes efficiency and dispersion of sound and also increases optical clarity.

MartinLogan ClearSpars™ elegantly suspend the diaphragm between the stators and accentuate Clarity's exclusive transparent look providing incomparable sonic accuracy, efficiency, and dispersion.

$3,750.00

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$7,500.00

PDP-50A5HD, 50" HDTV Plasma

This will be the first Pioneer Branded Fifth Generation panel available. Including features like:

1st Surface Filter Pure Color Filter

Integrated DCR Tuner w/ CableCARD

Deep Encased Cell Structure

ACE III for over 1 billion colors

Table Top Stand and Full Length ~ Detachable 2-Way Stereo Speakers

THX Home Theater Receiver, RX-V4600

7.1-Channel Receiver Provides Digital Data Handling with the Latest HDMI Interface Advanced

Yamaha Electronics Corporation today introduced the RX-V4600, a new A/V digital home theater receiver with HDMI, Dual i.LINK, HD Radio technology, and YPAO (Yamaha Parametric Room Acoustic Optimizer).

130W x 7 and HDMI Switching
The mid-priced RX-V4600 features 130W x 7-channel amplification and employs Yamaha’s Digital ToP-ART (Total Purity Audio Reproduction Technology) design concept to maximize digital sound quality, with several operation modes that provide short, direct signal paths for even greater sound clarity. The receiver features component video up-conversion, HDTV (720p/1080i) compatibility, and a two-in-one out HDMI switching interface. The HDMI interface offers the convenience of a single cable connection and ensures that there is no deterioration in quality in its digital audio and video signal transmission.

Advanced Audio Features with Dual i.LINK
The Dual i.Link terminals provide a digital connection for DVD-Audio linear PCM, Super Audio CD DSD and other high quality audio sources. In addition, the 192 kHz/24-bit digital-to-analog converters are used for all seven channels. For true audiophiles, a Pure Direct Switch provides the highest quality two-channel and multichannel stereo sound reproduction.

$2,000.00

$1,000.00

DVD-S2500, DVD Audio/Video and SA-CD Player

Faroudja DCDi Processing for Smooth and Natural Images
Versatile Format and Disc Compatibility
HDCP and HDMI Compatibility for Superior Video Quality
SA-CD and DVD Audio Playback Compatibility
iLINK connection for high quality audio sources
216MHz/12-bit Video DACs for High Picture Quality
NTSC/PAL Progressive Scan Video Output

42" HDTV Plasma, 42PX5D

1024 x 768p XGA Resolution

Digital Cable Ready (CableCARD)

8-in-2 Memory Card Slot

XD Engine

5000: 1 Contrast Ratio

$5,000.00

$750.00

LRH-539, HDD/DVD Combo Recorder with 250 GB Hard Drive

250 GB Hard Drive
Time-Shift
Multi Format Recording (DVD-R/-RW, DVD+R/+RW, Double Layer)
Multi Format Playability (DivX, XviD, DVD-Video, Audio CD, CD-R/RW, MP3, WMA, VCD, JPEG)
Plays DivX/XviD Movies (.avi/.mpg/.mpeg files)
8-in-2 Multi Memory Card Slot (CF/MD/MMC/SD/SMC/MS/MS Pro/xD)
Copy DVD, MP3, JPEG to HDD

23" HD LCD TV with built-in DVD, 23LX1RV

1366 x 768p Wide XGA Resolution

Built-in DVD Player with Multi Format Playability including DivX

DCDi™ by Faroudja

178/ 178 Wide Viewing Angle

$1,700.00

$330.00

880, Advanced Universal Remote

The Harmony 880 Advanced Universal Remote puts you in control of your entire audio-video system with just one button. It´s home entertainment the way it should be—simple.

Optimized for complicated HDTV and PVR systems, the Harmony 880 helps you tame tough configurations like switching your television between video aspect ratios depending on the program source. The interactive color display lets you quickly choose a 16:9 ratio for movies and HDTV, or a standard 4:3 ratio for basic television programming.

Sennheiser

Reference Headphones, HD-595

The open, dynamic HD 595s open up a new dimension in headphone sound and comfort. Sennheiser's most advanced driver technology is used here, combining exceptional clarity with outstanding musicality. The unique E.A.R. design channels music directly into the user's ears, creating a new kind of listening experience. The HD 595s come with a clever headphone bracket that easily attaches to a table or shelf, making sure that the headphones are always at hand.

MOON A/V Stargate Processor

$350.00

$1,000.00 8ft

AVt-1 , Bi-Wire Speaker Interface

Improved networks—Based on Oracle technology for greatly improved focus , detail and coherence, a huge soundstage and deep z-axis.

Eight conductor geometry —For increased bass performance.

P.E. insulation—Reduces non-linear dielectric-based distortions for excellent low level detail & superior sound.

Streamlined packaging with improved cosmetics

Uses the iconn™ interchangeable connection system—Makes speaker connections simple and easy.

Universal Stand holds 30" to 50" flat panel TVs, PFFP

This is a great stand solution for flat screen TV's. It securely holds a panel TV and offers you tilt adjustment. Cable management is available in the Aluminum piping. Also, an elegant glass shelf is provided to place your center speaker or electronics on.

$600.00

Roku HD1000 HDTV Media Player

$1,400.00

AVS-2663, A/V Stand
Versatile Two-Tone Audio/Video Furniture Featuring Sides with the Look and Feel of Leather

This contemporary design of scratch resistant, powder-coated steel and tempered safety glass is accented by the sleek leather look sides. It will accommodate most Flat Panel Plasma or LCD TVs, DLP or LCD Projection TVs up to 63", many Direct View TVs, plus up to 6 or more audio/video components and a center channel speaker. There is an integrated CMS® Cable Management System to hide wires and interconnect cables.

Entertainment and Electronics news

Satellite Radio Decision Appealed

Ottawa , ON , June 27, 2005: A coalition of organizations released a letter today appealing to the federal cabinet the recent Canadian Radio-television Communications Commission (CRTC) decision to license satellite radio service in Canada . The license would permit two applicants, Canadian Satellite Radio Inc. (partnered with XM Satellite Radio in the U.S.) and Sirius Canada Inc. (partnered with Sirius U.S.) to offer their services in Canada, utilizing signals implemented by the two U.S. counterparts, which already cover all of North America. Various groups expressed their dissatisfaction with the decision last week, concerned that it does not offer protection to Canadian artists, nor follows provisions within the current Canadian Broadcasting Act. More

3 of 4 Americans prefer movies at home
Young adults like cinemas; older people would rather wait for DVD.

If you like sitting in front of your big-screen TV watching a movie on the DVD player, you're not alone. By almost three to one, American adults prefer watching films at home rather than at a theater, says a new Associated Press-AOL News poll.

The survey comes at a time that Hollywood is enduring its worst slump at the box office in two decades and raises questions about whether a major cultural change is occurring or whether a series of temporary factors is leaving a lot of theater seats empty. More

Pioneer announces format for recordable Blu-ray discs

Now that the Blu-ray/HD-DVD peace talks have broken down, the battle has entered a new phase: developing standards for recordable discs. Toshiba has already announced a format for recordable HD-DVD discs. Now, Pioneer has struck back with a spec for Blu-ray recordable (BD-R) discs. Single layer BD-R discs will hold 25GB, while Toshiba’s recordable HD-DVD-R reportedly holds a mere 15GB. And the race goes on…More

High-definition H.264 video playback

H.264 is the video compression standard that will be used in the next generation high-definition video players such as Blu-ray and HD-DVD. The ATI H.264 video demonstration with ATI's next generation Radeon® technology will occur during Computex Taipei 2005 at the Grand Hyatt Hotel.

H.264 is a new video compression standard that's designed to have two to three times the compression efficiency of current schemes such as MPEG-2, while simultaneously improving overall image quality. This increased compression efficiency is highly computationally demanding, therefore graphics hardware assistance is crucial for real-time decoding of high bit-rate video. Working with industry leaders including CyberLink Corp., ATI's Radeon graphics acceleration technology meets the high-definition and computational demands of H.264 More

Sharp Begins Giant LCD Plant Construction TVs.
Output will go to make large LCD TVs that are more competitive with plasma
Sharp has started construction of a factory that will be capable of handling the largest-ever sheets of glass used to make LCD (liquid crystal display) panels, the company has announced.

The Osaka-based consumer electronics firm is investing $1.35 billion to build the factory in Kameyama in Western Japan; the plant will start producing glass panels in October 2006 using so-called 8G (eighth-generation) manufacturing technology.

The 8G process means that the factory can handle glass sheets measuring 85 inches by 94 inches. A single sheet of glass that size can produce eight panels measuring 40 inches to 49 inches diagonally, or six panels of 50 inches or bigger diagonally, the company said.

Onkyo Helps You Dock Your iPod
Onkyo has introduced the DS-A1 remote interactive dock ($100) to provide integration of iPod audio playback and photo display with Onkyo home-entertainment systems. The DS-A1 adds the ability to operate key control functions using the receiver's remote control. This allows the iPod to function as if it were a home CD player or other source component. Because DS-A1 employs Onkyo's RI system, which enables users to operate an entire system of the company's components with a single remote control, the DS-A1 is backwards-compatible with most of the Onkyo components manufactured in the past decade. The DS-A1 RI is compatible with third- and fourth-generation iPods, iPod photos, and iPod minis. The Onkyo DS-A1 has a white finish that matches most iPod models and includes all necessary cabling.