(DLNA)-certified TVs officially recognized by Microsoft as compatible with Windows
7. The REGZA UX600 series makes home networking and connecting to the Internet
simple. Consumers can wirelessly stream content such as music, video and photos
from a notebook computer, and other DLNA certified devices. Unlike other Internet
capable televisions, the REGZA UX600 series also comes equipped with its own WPA
Wi-Fi adapter, making it ready for Internet connectivity right out the box. The WPA
Wi-Fi adapter simplifies the set-up process and allows users to access Internet widgets
with the push of a button on the TV remote control. The UX600 series use a LED
backlight design which allows the TVs to achieve a 3,000,000:1 dynamic contrast ratio
in a cabinet that's less than two inches deep. MSRP: 40-inch 40UX600 ($1699), 46-
inch 46UX600 ($1999) and 55-inch 55UX600 ($2599). www.toshiba.ca
further than the Black Onyx rim drive turntable from TTWeights.
The Black Onyx employs 21st century technology crafted by
highly skilled artisans with a lifetime of aerospace machining and
engineering experience and passion for vinyl. This turntable was
designed and is now manufactured and assembled at the Aerospace
Plant LJT Manufacturing and Consulting in Newmarket, Ontario.
The Black Onyx is engineered to reproduce the music's recording
to the highest degree of accuracy, providing a full, rich, stage-like
sound presence. Immense dynamics and reproduction of the most
delicate sounds allow the Black Onyx to reveal intricate details
rarely heard on vinyl. The nature of the design provides critical
speed and platter control resulting in a lifelike three dimensional
soundstage. The direct coupled rim drive enables attack and delay
of transient notes and tonality (pitch) creating a realistic and rich
sound. MSRP: $12,650. www.ttweights.com
ly versatile and will get
the best out of sources
like DVD, Blu-ray and
CD players thanks to
its Wolfson Microelec-
tronics WM8741 DAC.
The rDAC can also
ing high quality radio station streams as well as popular streaming
products like Logitech and Sonos. Technology licensed from Data
Conversion Systems allows a precision clock to drastically reduce
the level of jitter from USB music sources and deliver a massive
improvement in sound quality over the standard USB `adaptive'
system that is commonly used. The rDAC has three inputs: optical,
SPDIF and USB. Arcam will introduce a wireless version of the
rDAC that will work with a wireless USB dongle in the summer of
2010 so you can send your music wirelessly to your audio system
from your laptop. MSRP: $499. www.arcam.co.uk. Distributed in
Canada by Erikson Consumer, 1-800-567-3275.
compact, slot-loading,
CD ripping, hard disk
music player and serv-
er based on the tech-
nology of the multi-
award-winning Naim
HDX. Simply load a
CD and the UnitiServe will rip it to its 1TB hard drive. A 16GB
solid state drive (SSD) version of the UnitiServe is also avail-
able, although it does not offer local storage (the 16 GB is used
for the operating system). Instead the SSD version is designed
to be connected to a network attached storage (NAS) device for
those with very large music collections. Once ripped, the music
from the CDs can then be output to a digital input-equipped am-
plifier or a digital to analogue converter like Naim's DAC. The
UnitiServe can also operate as a UPnPTM server to stream audio
to any UPnPTM playback device over a home network, such as
NaimUniti or UnitiQute, to create a multi-room system. MSRP:
$3200 (1TB version), $3500 (16GB SSD version). www.naim-
audio.com. Distributed in Canada by Dimexs, 514-333-5444.