I think it will be some type of integrated 2 channel amp, all analog.

Maybe soundhound talked them into some tubes!!

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Gonk, going a bit off-topic; what field of Engineering do you work in? I have been in mechanical design for 20 years now ! Kinda wish I'd gone for that piece of paper seeing the gap in the scale of pay and opportunity there is between designers and Engineers IMO!

My degree and PE license are in mechanical engineering. My main focus is HVAC design for commercial buildings, although I also do some fire protection and I can muddle through plumbing when necessary. It's interesting and varied work, but certainly not the most lucrative avenue for an engineer, so I know what you mean about the pay scale. We're a small shop, so I also do my own CAD drafting. When I was coming through college, I interned here in the summers and did plenty of drafting for other designers, both mechanical and electrical. I've even gone so far as to dabble in some 3D drafting in AutoCAD to help lay out particularly nasty mechanical rooms.

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Ahhh....3D! Haven't worked with that since '98 - Pro-E to be exact. I enjoyed 3D immensely, but haven't been able to get back to it since leaving that job for greener pastures I currently use Autocad 2004. The 3D packages out today sure would have come in handy at my previous job - HVAC for industrial applications(air turnover,make-up,de-stratophication units)!
Those sheet metal enclosures, some as large as UPS trucks, can be a bear to get the flat pattern laid out correctly using 2D

oh? you mean like these that I suggested back in December of '02 ...



nothing ever came of my idea, but i'd still love to see one or both of these offered so that i could include them over my theater like these:






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[This message has been edited by psklenar (edited May 19, 2004).]

you could put them right over Mickey! lol. ANY new product is exciting.

Someone on hometheaterforum, said one of the new products was a 7.1 receiver due end of the year priced around 1k. Black with silver accents. That's all I've heard so far.

Interestinger and interestinger... That sounds like our 1050 replacement. Why do I think there may be more details on it that we haven't heard yet? And of course there's still one other product announcement out there (which I'm assuming is an amp, or perhaps a wall plaque for Grumpy's Lair).

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gonk -- 950 Review | LFM-1 Review | Pre/Pro Comparison Chart | Saloon Links

Just got back from the show. They announced the RR-2150, the 1070 which is a replacement for the 1050 and a new 7 channel amp. They said they will be release at the end of the year and made it clear that this means at the VERY end of the year. I have some photos of the 1070 and the RR-2150 if they came out on my digital camera. When I can post them I will try. The 1070 has DVI switching and a very simplified look on the front panel. The speaker connections look like a nice upgrade from the 1050's plastic connections. Unfortunately they didn't have any specs on the new stuff on display. Their demo was all based on the LFM-1.