Anthem has entered the receiver market, unveiling four 3D-ready receivers at the CEA Line Show in New York.

The MRX Series includes the MRX 300 ($999), MRX 500 ($1,499), MRX 700 ($1,999), and MRX 900 ($3,999).

Each receiver features at least seven channels of amplification (MRX 900 will have nine channels of amplification) and four HDMI inputs and one output (MRX 900 will have seven HDMI inputs/one output). The receivers support 3D movies and TV playback when paired with a 3DTV, 3D glasses and a 3D-capable source component.

The receivers will include the company’s Anthem Room Correction (ARC) system equalization technologies. The MRX Series also includes Dolby TrueHD, Dolby Pro Logic IIz, DTS-HD Master Audio, and support for Internet radio. The MRX 700 and MRX 900 support HD Radio.

Audio Insight is excited to announce the introduction of Martin Logans new Motion Speaker Series. This new line will bring Martin Logan sound quality to many new customers with attractive aesthetics and price points. After hearing these products first hand, we came away extremely impressed with what Martin Logan has delivered.

Inspired by MartinLogan's ultra-high-end electrostatic loudspeakers, the Motion Series was created to provide stunning sound for your ultimate-performance home theater or stereo. MartinLogan's dedicated in-house engineers carefully crafted the Motion Series to create an extremely affordable and compact product line that seamlessly blends our exquisite Folded Motion™ transducers with powerful, compact bass technology. The result is a smooth, refined sound with stunning dynamic range and jaw-dropping clarity.

Motion Series speakers are available in floor standing tower and ultra-compact center bookshelf models. Speakers can be mixed-and-matched (along with any of MartinLogan's high-performance subwoofers) to create a stunning solution for any application—from a spectacular high-performance 2-channel music system to an exhilarating multi-channel home theater system. Voice-matched with MartinLogan electrostatic speakers, Motion Series Speakers also offer a perfect solution for compact rear-channel applications in traditional electrostatic based home theater systems.

The Future Has Arrived!
Science fiction films have long featured impossibly thin video screens mounted on walls or floating in air. While the floating-in-air technology might be some time off, super shallow video screens are here now. TVs less than 2 inches thick are in stores now and more are on their way. Compared to these super slims, today’s “made for plasma” speakers are too deep and look out of place. If you have an ultra-thin TV you’re going to want to use ultra shallow speakers.

The Definitive Mythos XTR-50 is the first high performance on-wall speaker whose depth matches that of today’s ultra-thin TVs. It is a mere 1.5 inches deep when mounted on a wall, shallower than many ultra-thin TVs when they are wall-mounted with their factory sanctioned mounting hardware. Beyond its utility and clean modern styling the XTR-50 stands out due to its uncompromising sound quality equivalent to full-size speakers.


The Mythos XTR was honored with the Best of Innovations award for the High Performance Audio category at CES 2010
Definitive’s engineers have unleashed their awesome creativity and brain power to develop this revolutionary speaker that has the high definition detail and dynamic range performance of large speakers yet is a mere 1.5” deep. No other speaker complements your ultra-slim television with more style, versatility and sheer performance.
The Thinner the TV, the Worse the Sound
Ultra-shallow TVs are the hottest category in TVs today. People love their space-saving qualities and elegant design. But it comes at a high cost—significantly poorer sound quality. The speakers in these ultra-thin TVs are small and poorly placed (usually on the bottom or on the back of the set) not even facing the listener. The result is sound that is good enough for news broadcasts but far from what is acceptable for sports, movies and action/adventure programming. Imagine the letdown when you return home after seeing Avatar or similar audio/visual blockbuster in a Dolby Digital cinema and turn on your TV to watch a DVD with cheap 2-inch speakers providing the sound!

In order to equal the total high impact sight and sound experience that high definition digital sources are capable of delivering, a great TV deserves a great component audio system. And the only component loudspeaker that can deliver clarity, dynamic impact and life-like realism while matching the slim styling of new generation TVs is the XTR-50.

Prodigy by Crestron, the most respected and trusted name in home automation, is control without compromise. Installed in more homes worldwide than all other brands combined, Crestron is the global standard in luxury homes. Backed by Crestron quality, expertise and support, Prodigy provides the power and scalability you’d expect at a price you can afford. Now every house can be a Crestron home with Prodigy.

Prodigy offers affordable, simplified control of your home and entertainment from any room in your house or any place on the planet. Keep all your music, movies, lights, thermostats and security at your fingertips wherever you are and wherever you go. You are always in touch and in control with Prodigy. Make your home the perfect sanctuary where you can escape everyday stress. Just a simple tap of your finger brings you serenity, comfort, convenience and pleasure. Prodigy does all the thinking so you don’t have to.

When S&V handed out a 2007 Editors’ Choice award to Def Tech’s Mythos ST SuperTower speaker, we called it “the essence of elegance, both visually and sonically.” Well, the same thing can be said of the newest Mythos model, the STS.
A slightly smaller version of the ST with the same built-in 300-watt powered sub, the STS also manages to deliver dynamic, full-range sound from a stylish, slender — and, in this case, less costly — package. When bundled with the company’s Gem surrounds and its new, multi- purpose Mythos Nine speaker for a center speaker, the performance of this $4,616 package was
nothing short of stunning. The STS SuperTower-based system might not be playing in the cost-
no-object high-performance leagues, but it manages to get all of the music and home theater basics exactly right, and does so for a reasonable price. And that’s why Def Tech’s STS rig richly deserves to be named Sound & Vision’s 2008 Audio Product of the Year. — A.G.