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• Rise audiophile CD player ships in three separate cases

  Published: August 9, 2007, 4:46 am

  Tags: Audiophile, Cd Player, Cd Pro 2m, Cdplayer, Cdpro2m, High End Audio, Highendaudio, Philips, Rise

  we say? We love when super-high-end audio companies try to convince us of whatever voodoo they're selling -- so this three-part CD player from Rise is right up our alley. The Philips CD Pro 2M transport is protected from pesky interference like vibrations and magnetism (really, that's what it says) by being mounted in a custom aluminum chassis,

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• When did J. Crew become high-end?

  Published: August 16, 2007, 9:01 am

  Tags: High End Fashion, Highendfashion, J Crew Collection, Jcrewcollection

  under: High-end threads, Dresses and SkirtsI am not a J. Crew shopper but I have found myself stopping in about once a year to check out a piece I might have seen on a fashion blog or magazine. Each time I have gone in, I've noticed that the prices were inching up and up. Call me crazy, but I thought J. Crew was a reasonably priced

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• IndyMac wades back in to the jumbo market

  Published: August 23, 2007, 11:43 pm

  Tags: Mortgage News Insight, Credit Crunch, High End Housing Market, Indymac, Jumbo Loans

  excellent performance of the high-end real estate market in defiance of the market forces pulling apart lower-end housing. This paradigm stands to crumble if jumbo loan availability and rates come back down. Adjustable rate mortgage resets are painful for people with loans of $200,000; imagine a reset when your loan is $900,000. The money

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• World's Most Expensive Stereo System

  Published: September 7, 2007, 3:03 am

  Tags: Audio, High End Stereo, Ifa 2007

  the world s most expensive high-end-stereo sound like? You will have to get rid of $ 860,608 if you care to know the answer! IFA 2007 has been the proud venue for the display of this absurdly expensive system, presented by the trade journal Audio. If you are keen to know what makes the hi-fi system so pricey, listen to this, the JBL-speakers

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• High End And Loving It: Olive Opus No. 5 HDD Jukebox Is Profit Margin Machine

  Published: September 26, 2007, 11:07 am

  Tags: Digital Audio, Hard Drives, High End Loving It, Home Entertainment, Olive, Opus No 5, Opus No5, Servers

  older folks that foolishly spend on equipment that should cost much less. Take for instance Olive's Opus No. 5 hard-drive audio server, referred to in marketing material as "The world's first digital audio system bringing together the sweet sound of vinyl and the accuracy and convenience of digital audio." To its credit, it is one of the only

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• Cook. Eat. Drink. Live.

  Published: October 12, 2007, 2:27 pm

  Tags: Cook Eat Drink Live, Cook Eat Drink Live, Food Event, High End, Upscale

  desserts, and sample high end bottled waters at the Water Tasting Event on Friday October 26th at 2pm.This incredible event is limited to 3,000 guests and it's not cheap, but 5% of all ticket sales will be donated to the Make-A-Wish Foundation. Advanced tickets begin at $200/day ($325 at the door), $400/weekend ($625 at the door). For

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• Denon intros two new high end Blu-ray players

  Published: October 17, 2007, 12:02 pm

  Tags: Blu Ray, Blu Ray, Bluray, Denon, Dvd, Dvd 2500bt, Dvd 3800bd, High End, Highend, Japanese

  Filed under: Home Entertainment Denon cares about you, movie-buff, and you need only look at the company's two latest Blu-ray player offerings to realize that. Enter the DVD-3800BD and DVD-2500BT, the former supports 1080p, 12-bit DAC at 297MHz, the exciting acronyms of D.D.S.C-HD (or Dynamic Discrete Surround Circuit-HD), and D.P.I.C. (Denon

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• Autographed Star Trek Phasers, Communicators to Go On Sale Next Week [High-End Memorabilia]

  Published: November 13, 2007, 4:25 pm

  Tags: Collectors, Communicators, High End Memorabilia, Phasers, Star Trek

  A serious Star Trek fan and collector died recently, and an anonymous tipster sent us pictures of the Star Trek memorabilia he left behind. Here's a heads up to dedicated Trekkies everywhere: These items will be appearing on eBay next week, so check out the gallery on the next page; maybe there's something you'd care to bid on. There are

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• Which High End International Brands Can be Found in Tokyo's Ginza?

  Published: December 2, 2007, 6:49 pm

  Tags: Doing Business In Japan, Brands, Bulgari, Dunhill, Ginza, Giorgio Armani, High End

  Which High End International Brands Can be Found in Tokyo's Ginza?Italian jeweler Bulgari is there.British luxury menswear designer Dunhill is there. Giorgio Armani is there.But, why?Nationwide same-store sales at department stores had fallen 10 years straight through 2006.

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• Dress of the Day: MNG Pinaford Dress

  Published: December 2, 2007, 2:02 pm

  Tags: H And M, High End, Low End, Mango, Mng, Mng By Mango, Monica Cruz, Penelope Cruz, Spain, Zara

  for Mango, the latest "high-end low-end" clothing store. We're particularly fond of the Pinaford Dress, which happens to come from the collection designed by Penelope and Monica Cruz. The short sleeve dress made of a broad plaid fabric is so short that it could technically be called a "top," but with a pair of opaque tights and the right

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• Glass and Gold Center Channel from Perfect8 a Snip Compared to its Speakers [Expensive Audio]

  Published: December 7, 2007, 7:28 am

  Tags: Audio, Center Channel, Expensive, Expensive Audio, High End Audio, Home Entertainment, Perfect8, Speakers

  Swedish audio firm Perfect8 has introduced a glass-and-gold center channel that it sees as the perfect accompaniment to its FORCE speakers. Perfect, that is, if you've got $40,000 to spare. Still, that's a drop in the ocean compared to the cost of the 6'7" speakers, which weigh 350 pounds each. You'll find a gallery and the awe-inspiring price

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• Jay-Z Invests Millions In New Manhattan Hotel

  Published: December 12, 2007, 2:24 pm

  Tags: Abram, Charles, Chelsea, Hotel, Manhattan, New York, Scott, Blaichman, Culture, Developers, Gallery, High End, Including, Invests, Involved, Jay Z, Johnson Designed, Luxury Lodging, Mogul, Partners, Philip, Projects, Purchased, Shnay, Stories, Swanky, Urban

  Rapper, record exec, fashion label mogul, and entrepeneur -- this is the reason Jay-Z claims: "I ain't a business man / I'm a business, man.""According to the New York Post, along with several partners, Hov has reportedly purchased a $66 million site at 510 W. 22nd St. which...read more

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• Super Audio CD, SACD para el automovil

  Published: August 2, 2007, 11:29 am

  Tags: Car Audio, Sony, Sacd, High End, Alta Resoluci N

  Por fin tras a os de espera para muchos de los seguidores del formato SACD, formato superior al CD que fall en su cometido de tomar la estafeta en su relevo y que se ha establecido como un formato de nicho para quien demanda la mayor calidad de audio posible, SONY ha lanzado este nuevo equipo, el modelo XAV-W1 a un precio sugerido de 800 USD,

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• Custom Painted Computers & Other Gagets

  Published: January 10, 2008, 11:51 am

  Tags: Custom, Computers, High End, Painting

  it shows". If you can afford high end computer and electronic stuff this is a neat company to explore your options.SCRIPT TYPE="text/javascript" SRC="http://www.brainyquote.com/link/quotebr.js"> http://www.brainyquote.com/link/quotebr.rss

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• Lumenlab Qx to go on Sale for $10,000

  Published: January 17, 2008, 2:04 pm

  Tags: Lumenlab Qx, Lumenlab Pc, High End Pc, Hybrid Pc

  programming needs. The hi-end spec list comes for a high-end price of $10,000.

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