The increasingly unaptly named Home Entertainment Show open up its door today in NYC at the Grand Hyatt at Grand Central Terminal ( now through Sunday , $ 25-$35 ) . I say that because there are no TVs , or indeed any TV technology , on display . No projectors , no mention of DVDs , get alone HD videodisk or Blu - ray . In fact , few or none of the companies you know of that build home entertainment product are here .
But it ’s crowd : flock of gentlemen in their post - mid - life - crisis , pre - retirement year roll the halls in lookup of the double-dyed reproduction of Norah Jones . Her vocalisation that is , sadly , not the residual of her . See , the chief reason to amount to the Home Entertainment Show — besides the rarefied precious stone like theKrell iPod Dock — is to check out Extra Big Ass Speakers .
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I ca n’t decide if theseMBLsscream out Danger Will Robinson ! ” or “ Exterminate ! ” but I did finger like they were watching my every move . Gorgeous in their own way , they are $ 51,900 a pair for the Piano Rosewood finish ( the X - treme Piano Black destination will define you back $ 179,900 ) . Amplifiers to drive these baby go up to $ 38,000 ; hell , the preamp is well-nigh $ 20,000 . MBL just announced an SACD player ( and not a present moment too soon ) . They have n’t yet mentioned the price , but the CD player is over $ 8,700 . Thankfully , though , these are list prices . Surely you could get them to knock a few clam off .
Anyway , we ’ll descend back with a gallery of sweet-scented speakers we ’ve discovered . In the meantime , put on some Norah Jones , and wonder just how much better she would sound if you trade in in your house for a subwoofer .
Coverage of Home Entertainment Show 2007[Gizmodo ]
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