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SoundStagers Doug Schneider and Ian White declared that this was the best multi-channel audio/video demonstration they had ever experienced -- in fact, it was one of the rare systems that could double as a state-of-the-art music AND home-theater system. Designer Kevin Voecks ran the demonstration that included the Revel Ultima Studio loudspeakers (approximately $10,000 per pair depending on finish) for left and right front channels, Voice center-channel speaker and Embrace surround speakers for the rear channels. A pipe-organ selection demonstrated the Studio's ability to go very loooooow in the bass. When the demo moved to home-theater material, the Ultima Sub-15 subwoofers with Ultima LE1 subwoofer amplifier were employed, and the bass was extremely well defined and articulate. All amplification was by Mark Levinson, and the state-of-the-art video system used an Electrohome projector ($35,000), Proceed PAV and Digital Audio Decoder. Total system price? If you have to ask... The demonstration started with two-channel music that sounded simply superb and even included a rap duet with B.B. King and Heavy D. Any skepticism on our part that audio and video could not be properly integrated was obliterated by a Suzanne Vega music video presented in two-channel Dolby Digital. For the film demonstration, Kevin Voecks used clips from Conspiracy Theory and Lost in Space, and the system was brilliant in the way that it was free of the excruciating highs that are commonplace in many home-theater demonstrations. We were most impressed by the clarity of the dialogue and the separation of the soundtrack from the rest of the sound. Both Ian White and Doug Schneider were overheard offering to cut the grass and shovel the snow at Harman headquarters (for all eternity, mind you) for the chance to own this system. |
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