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UCI Wycombe #1 was an amazing-sounding THX room, but Empire Leicester Sq was a retrofit and a little underwhelming by comparison.

I don't really know, Brian. To me it's all a bit sad. They should have led the charge on PLF auditoriums and 4K home media as you say - they had (and have) all the know-how. The company got obsessed with car and computer audio in the early 2000s when Creative took over which I think diluted the...

THX Select was a way to get receivers and speakers to lower price points by promoting the same performance in rooms up to 1500 cu ft, while THX Ultra branding was for equipment in rooms for 3000 cu ft.

THX Laser Disc was a small business unit within the THX Division in the mid-late 90s consisting of a studio relations manager, tech guru Dave Schnuelle and, for a while, yours truly overseeing quality control when I first joined. If I found visual anomalies and artefacts, or audio problems, I...

I really wanted that first Technics controller and power amp back in the day, Jonathan. Nice looking kit with the grey textured body and red THX logo on the blue front panel display. I can't find a pic of it online unfortunately. I can tell you that not many of us were happy with the VHS...

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