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Comment on Tone Competition Winners – Issue 79 by Tone

Tone — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 08:34:03 +0000

Hi Edward,

Sorry about the delay – we’re sorting this one out right now and will be back to you ASAP. Apologies for the wait and thanks for your patience!

Tim

Comment on Strawberry Sound Hi-fi opens in Auckland by gringodevil

gringodevil — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 20:47:52 +0000

@Not telling "This will burn them and they deserve to go down with the prices they charge" really? Mr Brave Not Telling, really? The reason the charge the way they do is for one reason, good quality costs proper sums. Maybe you should stick to Harveys, Onkyo and Samsung Mr Brave Not Telling. Leave the good stuff to the rest of us. And as for shoddy work, it's easy to say things like that with no explanation or examples while hiding on the internet. If you are so expert why did you need Strawberry Sound in the first place. You couldn't be a rival by any chance. I've had good dealings with Strawberry for years and found them to be nothing but professional. I always try to support local business.

Comment on Track Your Child – 50 by SUNNI

SUNNI — Sun, 28 Feb 2010 08:11:33 +0000

Cheers.. Still one more super picture, that is why my partner and I return to your website over and over again!

Comment on HP Photosmart Premium Fax C309 – Review – 79 by CHASTITY

CHASTITY — Sun, 28 Feb 2010 03:42:51 +0000

Heya! Wonderful concept, but might this genuinely work?

Comment on Tone Newsletter Issue 11 by Kevin Andreassend

Kevin Andreassend — Sat, 27 Feb 2010 23:48:00 +0000

Does the public realise the naming scam used by many TV manufacturers and the confusion it causes. Why do manufacturers describe them like this …you guessed it to make you think you are missing out on the latest technology and to feed to your need to have the latest.

LED’s have been around for years in the large stadium screens and more recently in the ICE Flexible LED curtains where the LED itself carries the pixel display image. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qlz5XXJ6ibQ

LED TV are simply a LCD monitor that uses LED lamps as the backlight…nothing to amazing about that. Previously they used small flourescent tubes. Many people I talk to think that an LED TV is actually a new display technology. LED’s can not be manufactured small enough to use in TV’s to carry the pixel signal hence why we use them in large format public displays only.

Describing a LCD-TV and LED-TV as being two different technologies is erronus as it is simply the backlight that is being used. I doubt very few people could ever tell the difference which back light solution is being used by simply observing the picture, or for that matter could care less.

The LED lighting technology does allow extraordinarily thin profile LCD TV to almost picture on the wall type stuff. Now that is worth writing about …but come on guys LED-TV cut the confusion out and call it for what it is.

Comment on New Issue Instore Today! by Kevin Andreassend

Kevin Andreassend — Sat, 27 Feb 2010 22:56:49 +0000

The article on page 19 re the Displax touch foil is certainly nothing new. It first began shipping in 2004 and Auckland based ICE AV has been a distributor and installer of the technology since 2006 and more recently supporting and distributing world wide in partnership with the IP owners and manufacturers, Visual Planet in Cambridge, UK. Displax happens to be a Portugese reseller of the technology nothing more more and nothing less, they have certainly not developed the touch technology, not have been licensed by Visual Planet. For info on the first install in New Zealand download this application note. http://www.box.net/shared/u707o37mla

Video clip of the Touch technology in action – http://bit.ly/Thru-Glass-Touch

The touch foil is one of a number of touch technologies available from ICE AV including its own world first 10 point touch kit set touch frames that went into manufacture the last week of Feb 2010 http://www.iqrite.com

Comment on Facebook Fans Get Terminator Salvation Free! by Tim

Tim — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 20:41:34 +0000

I know someone who would like this. Will give them a ring right away.

Comment on Strawberry Sound Hi-fi opens in Auckland by Not telling

Not telling — Thu, 18 Feb 2010 05:18:44 +0000

Strawberry sound expanded at the wrong time. This will burn them and they deserve to go down with the prices they charge and the shoddy work they do anyway.

Comment on Aperion Releases Wireless Audio by Don T

Don T — Mon, 15 Feb 2010 05:03:08 +0000

Also check out the Audioengine W1 (and the W2 for iPod/iPhone). It looks like the W1 transmits at a higher bitrate than the Aperion and is only $99 a set, which is great for daisy-chaining to all your gear around the house – think “poor-man’s Sonos”.

I use the W1 from my computer out to my living room stereo system and then another set from the living room into the dining room plugged into my Audioengine 5 powered speakers. Easy setup and sounds just as good as wires.

Comment on Cracking A Fat – Parmenter Sound – 58 by Jason Parmenter

Jason Parmenter — Sat, 13 Feb 2010 21:40:52 +0000

Dear Gary
Thank you for your very positive review on my Parmenter Fat Boy Horn speakers, it was great to be able to demonstrate my Reference audio system to you.
I have listed some specifications on my Parmenter Fat Boy horn speakers below for your readers to view as they have changed since your visit.
Please feel free to come out again for another visit with the guys from Tone magazine when you have time.
Cheers Jason Parmenter.

http://www.parmentersound.com
http://forum.audiogon.com/cgi-bin/fr.pl?vaslt&1213592673

Parmenter Fat Boy Horn speakers are hand made in New Zealand by Jason Parmenter of Parmentersound.com supplier of NZ Reference Audio systems.

Parmenter Fat Boy 2 way Horn speaker Specifications.
TAD 4001 & TAD 1601a speaker drivers used with Alnico Magnets.
External vibration plinth crossovers using Duelund Cast Capacitors / Duelund Inductors / Duelund Silver & carbon resisters / Cardas pure Copper Binding Posts / Stillpoint vibration OEM feet.
Internal speaker cables & crossover wiring is Cryogenically treated and supplied by Jena Labs.
Black Diamond Racing Cones & Pits for Isolation feet (7 of each used per cabinet).
Frequency response 28 Hz – 100 KHz -3 DB with Townshend Ribbon super tweeter addition.
Efficiency 98 Db 1 watt 1 meter.
Dimensions: Width 810 mm Depth 700 mm Height 1310 mm.
Weight 200 KG each speaker cabinet.
(POA)

Comment on The best HiFi I’ve heard in a long time by Jason Parmenter

Jason Parmenter — Sat, 13 Feb 2010 20:51:16 +0000

Dear Brett
Thank you for your very positive review on my Parmenter Fat Boy Horn speakers, it was great to be able to demonstrate my Reference audio system to you.
I have listed some specifications on my Parmenter Fat Boy horn speakers below for your readers to view.
Please feel free to come out again for another visit when you have time.
Cheers Jason Parmenter.
http://www.parmentersound.com
http://forum.audiogon.com/cgi-bin/fr.pl?vaslt&1213592673

Parmenter Fat Boy Horn speakers are hand made in New Zealand by Jason Parmenter of Parmentersound.com

Parmenter Fat Boy 2 way Horn speaker Specifications.
TAD 4001 & TAD 1601a speaker drivers used with Alnico Magnets.
External boxed crossovers using Duelund Cast Capacitors & Duelund Inductors, Cardas Copper Binding Posts.
Internal speaker cables & crossover wiring is Cryogenically treated and supplied by Jena Labs.
Black Diamond Racing Cones & Pits for Isolation feet (7 of each used per cabinet).
Frequency response 28 Hz – 100 KHz -3 DB with Townshend Ribbon super tweeter addition.
Efficiency 98 Db 1 watt 1 meter.
Dimensions: Width 810 mm Depth 700 mm Height 1310 mm.
Weight 200 KG each speaker cabinet.
(POA)