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Bryston is known for building some of the most sought-after, powerful and dependable amplifiers in the business. For over 40 years they have provided one of the most comprehensive warranty coverage of any manufacture of any product (not just audio), a 20 year transferable warranty, practically unheard of in this or any industry. If you find one, (that is if you can find one) on the used market chances are it will still be under warranty. There rare appearance on the used market has as much to do with their sound quality and dependable (high) power delivery as it does with their warranty.
When I hear the name Marantz, the first thing that comes to mind for me is music. From the 1950’s when Saul Marantz introduced the company’s first preamplifier, Marantz has been creating products which help people enjoy music in their lives. Today they create some of the best high performance audio products available as well as products which are accessible to the average home theater enthusiast. The Marantz UD9004 is their flagship universal disc player and is designed to let you enjoy every conceivable disc in your collection.
My wife often enjoyed making fun of how many optical disc players I had in my AV setup. When it was the most out of control, I had an HD-DVD player, a PS3 for Blu-ray movies, an Oppo Universal DVD player, and a Sony SACD changer for music. While DVD-A and SACD didn't catch on with lots of the public, some of us built up a collection of the titles that we want to be able to listen to, and we would like to avoid having an AV rack full of extra players like I do. Denon's new DVD-A1UDCI Universal Blu-ray player handles every format out there, including Blu-ray, SACD, and DVD-A, outputting the signals digitally through its HDMI port.
If you didn’t win the prizes for our first CAVE contest – and that means all of you except two – don’t despair. We are now announcing the next CAVE contest, and the prize is a Burson Audio PI-100 Integrated Stereo Amplifier.
Surrogates (Blu-ray), The Hurt Locker (Blu-ray), The Bourne Identity (Blu-ray), The Bourne Supremacy (Blu-ray), A Serious Man (Blu-ray), Love Happens (Blu-ray)
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