Sunday, 01 October 2006
,
Written by
Matthew Evert
Introduction
Let
me begin by coming clean about probably being one of the bigger nerds
at AVRev.com when it comes to the home theater techno-toys. I jumped at
the opportunity to review an all-in-one media manager and the Escient
DVDM-552 did not disappoint. Escient is not new to the arena of the
music management category of home theater. With several management
devices already successfully on the market, Escient was primed for a
big splash when it released the DVDM-552 in early 2006. Escient is a
division of D&M Holdings, which also owns familiar names such as
Marantz, Denon, Boston Acoustics and McIntosh, none of them wimps in
the home theater industry. The $5,999 DVDM-552 is a multi-zone music
and movie manager targeted for use in a home theater. It slices, it
dices and it purées all your media into one conveniently organized
interface. It combines DVDs, Internet radio, SACDs, CDs and MP3s into
three neatly ...