Rein Audio, out of Germany, was unknown to me until I received an email from Rein’s Jason Tornald asking if I was interested in reviewing their new X-DAC. Since I have ...
While I am not a headphone fanatic, I am rather picky about the phones I use for my iPod Touch and iPod Nano. I also use headphones for early morning or late night ...
Las Vegas was yet again host to CES, where hundreds of industry folks, journalists, and just plain revelers converged to see the latest trends in technology, communications, entertainment, and lifestyle products. Every ...
Integrated amplifiers are probably more popular than ever before. Today, many companies offer a one box, convenient solution loaded with features and requiring fewer cables / less rack space, which allows for full system ...
Legendary British HiFi firm, Musical Fidelity, has been at it for about 25 years now. They have been widely praised for decades for their amplifiers, hybrid tube designs, and digital source components. Musical Fidelity&...
Bel Canto Design, out of Minneapolis, has an the envious reputation of making a full line of very well reviewed Class D amplifiers, preamps, DAC’s, CD players, and transports. Their ...
Very few categories in high end, perfectionist audio are as controversial as cables. There are endless debates about silver or copper,shielded or not, soldered or crimped, cryo’d or not, and ...
Pro-Ject, the company from Austria, whose Pre Box and Head Box I previously reviewed, has been expanding their product line while keeping true to their mission. That mission is producing great sounding, well ...
DH Labs is one of my favorite audio cable makers. As a matter of fact, their digital cables and the silver Revelation interconnect are two of my references. They have been at the ...
“Computer audio” is the current favorite buzz phrase in high end audio. Ironically, non audiophiles are probably not too familiar with the term since playing music files from a computer, internet ...
One of the biggest challenges a speaker designer has is making a very compact, low mass speaker sound lifelike. There have been a number of notable “book shelf” designs, like ...
Olive Media Inc. has gained quite a loyal, worldwide following for their user friendly, great sounding series of music servers they created from the point of view of non computer geeks and music ...
NBC and the NFL made headlines across the internet when they announced that Super Bowl XLVI would be streamed online. The planned coverage was impressive, giving fans access to different commentary, alternate camera angles and more. It brought in 2.1 million unique viewers which certainly made the folks that put it on very happy indeed.
Today is a very big day indeed for the folks over at Netflix. The streaming service has launched its first original series and reviews thus far are glowing. 'Lillyhammer' stars Steven Van Zandt who you may recognize from 'The Sopranos' or as the guitarist for Bruce Springsteen. It's a sort of fish-out-of-water crime drama where a former gangster is sent to Norway under the witness protection program.
The PT-LZ370U is Panasonic’s newest entry to the 3D projector market. It offers 3,000 lumens brightness and a 1080p resolution, along with a 10,000:1 contrast ratio. The Dynamic Iris Pro system analyzes each image and adjusts lamp power, iris and the gamma curve to give you the best possible picture.
Netflix has been sitting at the top of a heap of one. Though other similar services exist, Netflix dominates the space - at least for now. Later this year, Redbox and Verizon will be revealing a joint venture that will offer both streaming movies and movies on disc with a low price of entry. The service will be subscription based, but it sounds like the companies are going to offer a little bit extra for those willing to shell out more cash.
Vizio has been talking up its CinemaWide sets since CES 2011 and now they're finally on the way. The 21:9 sets are designed specifically for those that want to get the full theatrical experience on their TV. It's the kind of set that really takes advantage of the wide aspect ratio used in theatrical movies. It features Razor LED lighting, upscales your Blu-rays for the 2560x1080 resolution and does the things you'd expect from a Smart TV, like streaming movies and music.
When it first launched, Google TV was a mess. It didn’t work as well as it should have and sales were incredibly weak. Things are starting to turn around though, thanks to a series of updates to the platform. The latest update brings a bit of functionality to all of Sony’s Google TV products, but the big change comes to the Google TV Blu-ray player.
When it came out, the Slingbox seemed like a cool idea for people that travelled a lot but not the kind of thing with mass market appeal. The widespread adoption of tablets and smartphones has changed that though - being able to watch your favorite programming while on the go is a pretty slick setup.
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