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"My wife complains that she can't ever watch anything on her own because my elaborate home theater system is too difficult to operate. Frankly, even I wish it wasn't so darn complicated just to get a TV show or movie going. It would be great if all my audio and video equipment could just work together automatically, but I've yet to find a simple way of doing this....

Less than 10 minutes after Bardeau leaves, my wife has commandeered the home theater in the living room and is already watching her favorite movie, Finding Nemo, on the big screen. She never could do that before without asking for help. How do you put a price on that?"

by Marshal M. Rosenthal, Robb Report Home Theater October 2007

Canton Vento, Home Theater Speaker System
"It's quite a trick to deliver a really big sound with impressive impact and excitement while avoiding a look that might seem more at home in the local Cineplex. Yet the Canton Vento home theater speaker system manages to make it all seem easy. This system has a truly uncanny ability to project the power and dynamics...It requires no excuses, and it can extract the best from just about anything you might care to throw at it. As if that weren't enough, the system stays true to its German heritage by being built like a Mercedes and looking as good as Heidi Klum. Okay, so maybe I went off the deep end there . . . but you get the idea." 

by Michael Trei, Sound and Vision Sept 2007

Runco 65", Plasma HDTV
"A $20,000 TV - that's actually worth the price.

This 100-person, privately held television and projector company in Union City, Calif., was started by Sam Runco back in the 1970's. Runco makes some of the best consumer-electronics equipment on the planet. Not only is the XP-65DHD no exception, it was the best single product shown at last week's gadget bonanza, the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas.

This set is my personal best-in-show." 

Simaudio Moon Evolution i-7 , integrated amplifier

" As an engineering accomplishment and objet d'art industriel, the Simaudio Moon Evolution i-7 is a success, and its price is a fair reflection of the effort required to make it real. It is also a safe buying recommendation for anyone who wants power, neutrality, and flexibility—and doesn't want to jump through hoops o' flame to get them. A lovely thing."