Boston Acoustics Horizon MCS130  is distinctively styled 5.1 surround speaker system, which comes in  six other finish glacier (light blue), rosebud (pink), pearl gray, chocolate (brown), chili pepper (red), and caramel (tan) apart form orthodox black (onyx) or silver (mist). The Boston Acoustics Horizon MCS130 is 200 watt home theater equipped with three LCR satellite speakers and 10-inch powered subwoofer. The LCR speakers are newly designed  dual 3.5-inch drivers and a 1-inch soft dome tweeter along with relatively compact size.

    Features:

* 5.1 Surround Sound
* Left, center, and right speakers feature dual 3.5″ drivers and 1″ soft dome tweeters
* Rear surround speakers feature 3.5″ drivers and 1″ soft dome tweeters
* 10″ 200-Watt powered subwoofer
* All speakers feature MagnaGuard magnetic shielding
* Wall Mountable
* Matte black finish

Boston Acoustics Horizon MCS130 Specifications:

General:

Product Type:    Home theater speaker system
Dimensions (WxDxH) / Weight Details:    Satellite speaker : 5 in x 4.1 in x 13.8 in / 5.1 lbs, Surround sound speaker : 5.5 in x 4 in x 8.4 in / 3.1 lbs, Subwoofer : 16.5 in x 16.5 in x 13.7 in / 31.3 lbs

Speaker System:

System Components:    Subwoofer, 5 speakers
Speaker Type:    Active subwoofer, passive satellites
Response Bandwidth:    40 - 20000 Hz
Recommended Amplifier Power:    10 - 150 Watt
Connectivity Technology:    Wired
Detachable Grilles:    Yes
Additional Features:    Satellite magnetic shield

Speaker System Details:

Speakers Included:    3 x Satellite speaker - 2-way - 110 - 20000 Hz - 8 Ohm - Wired, 2 x Surround sound speaker - 2-way - 120 - 20000 Hz - 8 Ohm - Wired, 1 x Subwoofer - 200 Watt - 40 - 150 Hz - Wired
Driver Details:    Subwoofer : 1 x Subwoofer driver - 10″

Power:

Power Device:    Power supply - Internal

The Philips Go Gear SA2825 is 1.5 inches square and 0.5 inch in thickness Only in $50, the Go Gear SA2825 is packs that contain a decent amount of features, including MP3 and WMA audio playback, FM radio, and voice recording. The Go Gear SA2825 is support for Audible audio books . Philips gives the Go Gear SA2825’s battery life at 20 hours of continuous music playback with high quality music.

Philips designed the Go Gear SA2825 such that the squeezable edges that allows you four directions of control. In the Go Gear SA2825 on squeezing the top or bottom edges of the Go Gear SA2825 will allows you to scroll through lists of music or FM radio frequencies, and while squeezing left or right allows you can skip through songs or rotate through  the five main menu icons provided by Philips like Music, Radio, Recording, Folder, and Options.

General

    * Width: 1.6 in

    * Depth: 0.6 in

    * Product type: Digital player / radio

    * Height: 1.6 in

    * PC interface(s) supported: Hi-Speed USB

    * Amplifier total output power: 6

    * Digital player signal-to-noise ratio: 80 dB

    * Flash memory installed: 2 GB Integrated

    * Digital storage: None

    * Dimensions (W x D x H): 1.6 in x 0.6 in x 1.6 in

    * Included accessories: Neck strap

    * Packaged quantity: 1

    * Software type: Drivers & Utilities

    * Digital storage media type: None

Radio

    * FM station preset qty: 20

    * Tuner type: Digital Radio tuner

    * Tuner bands: FM

Digital Player / Recorder

    * Digital player supported digital audio standards: MP3, WAV, WMA, ADPCM

    * Digital player response bandwidth: 80 - 18000 Hz

    * Digital player sample rate: 8 KHz, 11 KHz, 16 KHz, 22 KHz, 24 KHz, 32 KHz, 48 KHz, 44.1 KHz

    * Digital player playback modes: A-B repeat, Repeat all, Repeat shuffle, One track repeat, Random play / shuffle

    * Digital player ID3 tags support: Yes

Battery

    * Included Qty:  1

    * Technology: Lithium ion

    * Capacity: 270 mAh

    * Battery: 1 x Lithium ion Rechargeable Player batteryInternal

    * Battery Life Details: MP3 playback 20 hour(s), Video playback 4 hour(s)

Audio System

    * Sound output mode: Stereo

    * Additional features: Volume control, Upgradeable firmware, Battery level indication

Cable(s) / Peripheral(s)

    * Cable(s) included: 1 x USB cable -

System Requirements

    * Peripheral / Interface devices: CD-ROM, USB port, Internet connection

    * Min Operating system: Microsoft Windows XP, Microsoft Windows 2000, Microsoft Windows Vista

Connections

    * Connector type: 1 x Headphones Mini-phone stereo 3.5 mm, 1 x USB 4 pin USB Type A

Built-in Display

    * Audio system built-in display: OLED

    * Resolution: 128 x 64

    * Backlight display: Yes

Audio Features

    * Amplifier output channel qty: 2

    * Amplifier signal-to-noise ratio: 80 dB

    * Built-in clock: Digital clock

Equalizer

    * Equalizer factory presets: Funk, Jazz, Rock, Custom, Techno, Classic, Hip Hop

Microphone

    * Microphone type: Built-in

    * Microphone operation mode: Mono

Headphones

    * Headphones type: Binaural Ear-bud

    * Sound output mode: Stereo

TheCD player can handle conventional discs as well as MP3 and WMA files stored on CD-Rs, and the system can also decode AAC, m4a and FLAC files.The audio side of things is handled by twin speakers, each with a 7cm long-throw driver backed up with an 8cm passive radiator on the base of the unit, and 20W of power amplification. The audio digital signal processing is in the hands of Analog Devices’ Blackfin, while there’s also Audyssey equalisation with Dynamic EQ and Bass-XT. It is priced at £500, and is currently available in the UK.

After critical research with the help of user panels, it was concluded that a large proportion required a high performance 5.1 receiver rather than a compromised 6.1/7.1 product. The 340R then is the ultimate entry level home cinema receiver, perfect for users who only want to run a 5.1 speaker setup but don’t wish to trade-off against audio or video quality.
It contains Ergonomic remote control and  Available in two colours silver and black.IT has On Screen Display and FM/AM tuner with RDS and 30 presets.It provides Fully freely assignable video inputs for ease of use and total flexibility which makes it more attractive and easy to use.The Advanced Bass Management allows separate crossovers and trims for PLII/DD/DTS and Stereo and Sub modes.

Key features:
• 50W per channel at the rate of 8 Ohms all channels driven/80W per channel @ 8 Ohms 2 channel
• High current transistors used in discrete output stages for optimized audio performance
• Crystal CS42518 multi DAC and CS493263 DSP
• Audio inputs: 6 line level in + tuner/5.1 direct
• Audio outputs: 5 amplified speaker/1 subwoofer/1 tape record
• Video inputs: 3 composite/2 S-video/2 component video/2 HDMI
• Video outputs: 1 composite/1 S-video/1 component video/1 HDMI
• Digital inputs: 1 coaxial/4 optical
• Digital outputs: 1 coaxial/1 optical/1 HDMI
• Processes Dolby Digital/DTS 5.1/Dolby PLII
• RS232 control for custom install use and software updating plus IR emitter
• Solid aluminium front panel and an ultra rigid, acoustically dampened chassis

About the design and the features of the new amplifier, the product has a metallic chassis and also a large front panel to make up the outer surface of the amplifier. The two colours available for the amplifier are gray and black. The amplifier has a huge volume knob that is positioned a little off-center in the front panel. On the left side, there are three other smaller knobs for the functions like bass, treble and balance. There is also an iPod input selector switch in the new Reference 2000 Stereo Amplifier of Norge and there are two more analog-style push buttons in it so that the users can select the DVD and aux inputs.
The top right bears the logo and the model name, while the left extremity exposes a phone input for headphones, typical of stereo-integrated amps. The Power switch placed below this is similar to the input selectors as far as physical dimensions go, giving the amp a uniform and modest look.

New Reference 2000 Stereo Amplifier Launched By Norge Among the other features of the amplifier, there is a phone input for the headphones on the left side. The Power switch of the device is positioned at the lower part and it has some similarities to the input selectors as far as physical dimensions are concerned. This also gives the amplifier a nice, standardized and decent look. So, the music lovers will be happy to have this new stereo amplifier in their music desk.

The SoundBar module sits on top of the TV and houses the left, center and right front channel speakers plus the system’s electronics–a state-of-the-art all digital Dolby(R) Pro Logic(R) decoder, multi-channel, actively-equalized power amplifier, and QSound(R) image enhancement technology. This innovative design replaces the three separate front speakers and the receiver/decoder found in conventional systems. Inputs are included for three signal sources such as a TV, VCR and cable box.

Boston Acoustics also provides a choice of colors for the grilles to match the ever-changing looks of the modern TV. It also comes equipped with a ‘Learning Function’ that help user to control TVee’s volume and mute commands via existing TV remote.

The Boston Acoustics TVee is a stereo soundbar with 100W RMS of power that you can place in front of a TV or wall mount, comes with a wireless subwoofer.

Boston Acoustics Tv Stereo SoundBar carries a retail cost of £350 (approx. Rs. 19,495). If you want to get hold of colored grilled with the soundbar speaker, you need to shell out £45 extra for each.

There are two major companies producing surround sound formats, Dolby and DTS. This format is stored on the DVD along with the video, and is sent to your AV receiver.The decoder inside your AV receiver reads the file and sends five separate audio streams to the five speakers, plus one special stream to the subwoofer.

Projectors:-
Projectors are the other side of the coin in the display section of your home theater. Prices can vary widely, but there are mainly two types, viz. DLP and LCD. DLP is considered to have more saturation and contrast. Projectors come with a burden of something known as ‘lamp life’, which means the lamp is going to go off, maybe sooner than you think if you don’t maintain your projector. Another thing is you need to be in a dark room for most of the models.

Conclusion:-
The main goal of setting up a home theater is to achieve a comfortable position first, and then the quality and performance of your equipment must be top notch, harmoniously syncing with each other. It’s like a team performing together; any mismatch or bad link in the chain will screw up your sound.
The main goal of projector is that, it’s the ultimate style of viewing, as the screen size can be larger than your wildest expectations. If set correctly, the image quality is brilliant too.

Yamaha is set to roll with their new YSP-1100 Digital Sound Projector unveiled at CEDIA. Like the YSP-1000 it replaces, the YSP-1100 is said to do a decent job of creating the illusion of surround-sound by bouncing sound off the walls via 40 built-in beam drivers and 2 built-in woofers with 42 corresponding digital amplifiers. However, the YSP-1100 brings a larger sweet-spot than its predecessor, an RS-232 port, IR in/out, component-video in/out, and an improved version of Yamaha’s IntelliBeam automated system calibration to adjust the sound for best effect.

Both new models feature multi-language onscreen displays and a large range of listening positions thanks to a wide soundstage. Also available are two volume modes; ‘Night Listening Enhancer’, which ensures that optimum clarity is maintained when listening at low level, and ‘TV Equal Volume’, to suppress sudden audio peaks and obtrusive TV advertising.

The YSP-1100 has an extensive range of audio and video inputs and outputs, allowing it to function as the hub of any home entertainment system. Both models feature Yamaha’s CINEMA DSP technology, capable of creating realistic sound effects in any room. Featuring easy installation and setup, and 3-D sonic performance from a single source, Yamaha’s YSP range is set to raise the surround sound standards.

Available in silver or black finishes with optional wall mount bracket, the YSP-900 and YSP-1100 cost £599 and £899 respectively.

The inputs are located on the right hand side of the main DVD unit.The main unit is finished in piano black, no surprise there, really, and has a large, blue LED-based display. This does mean that in a darkened room, the system can prove distracting.

In terms of connectivity, the main unit has two digital audio inputs,both of which are optical, plus one HDMI input and one HDMI out. The inclusion of extra digital audio inputs is a good move, and it means you can hook your games console and other gear up easily.

In total, getting everything unboxed and plugged in took about 45 minutes. If you’re using the speaker stands,it’s possible to wall-mount the speakers if you choose, you’ll need to screw the stands together. The same goes for the main unit.

The remote control is confusingly similar to the one you get with Samsung TVs,we were testing this unit with its new 50-inch plasma, so a few times we picked up the wrong remote control. The good news is the DVD remote can also control a TV, which means you can probably just hide your other controller away.

Enhancements to the MCACC system do not constitute a significant improvement, but they do seem to make subwoofer installation more accurate, and the amp equalises the output to replicate the AIR Studios sound in your room. Pioneer was the first to release a corded microphone automated installation process and - with these mild upgrades in place - it remains the best.

The MCACC system had a profound change over the sound of the speakers we tested with the Pioneer. It enforces a distinct equalisation curve, attempting to bring the speakers into line with the AIR Studios sound.
Ultimately this all means that the VSX-AX5Ai-S provides an extremely cinematic sound, both enveloping and seemingly larger than the room itself.

It’s a measure of how good the original AX5i was that, with just mild tweaks, the VSX-AX5Ai-S can continue Pioneer’s good work and remain at the forefront of home cinema sound.