SYSTEMS--Audio and video merge in a producer's dining room.
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West Coast producer of music videos, Randi Michaels frequently entertains friends and associates who are also involved with music professionally. "When I first bought the projection TV, I put it in the den with my hi-fi equipment," she says. "At parties, everyone crowded around to watch videos. So I moved the screen and my KEF's into the dining room. Now that's where I spend most of my time." Another advantage to the location was the presence of a small pantry off the dining room. It is now filled with LP's, CD's, audio and video tapes, video discs, and all the components needed to play them.
The audio equipment, which is mostly from Denon, includes a DP-100 turntable, DCD-1800 Compact Disc player, DR-M33 cassette deck. TU-767 tuner, PRA-6000 preamp, two POA-8000 200-watt-per-channel Class A mono power amps, and an open-reel tape deck.
Also in the installation are a Sony open-reel deck, NEC Beta Hi-Fi and Panasonic VHS video-cassette recorders, a Pioneer LaserDisc player, and three NEC TV tuner/timers. The projection TV is by NEC, and the speakers are KEF 105.4's.
What's next? "VHS Hi-Fi when it comes out," Ms. Michaels says. "Then perhaps a surround-sound system. I started out by getting equipment for my work.
Then I got hooked on it.'
BY GORDON SELL
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Also see:
CAR STEREO--The first road test of AM stereo: Chris Greenleaf puts the Sansui CX-990 through its paces.
The Music (including new LPs, tapes and CDs releases)