Recently, I was very impressed by the Musical Fidelity V-DAC II, and have been eager to hear more products from the venerable British company. The V-DAC II is part of the V Series ...
Thinking about it, it’s amazing The Avengers even exists. In 2008, the world was gearing up to have its collective mind blown by Christopher Nolan’s The Dark Knight. Nolan had ...
I’ve enjoyed Paradigm products for a number of years now. The Canadian loudspeaker company is well known for producing a wide variety of products across most price points. They make everything ...
Last month I reviewed a terrific preamp from a small company, and I mentioned that great products can come from small artisans that build per order. I also mentioned that large, multinational companies ...
Audio products emanate from all sorts of places. Many come from big established multi-national companies like Marantz or Harmon International. Some hail from medium sized, independently owned firms. And some even come from ...
Unison Research is a family owned high end audio company based in Treviso, Italy. They have been making tubed, solid state, and hybrid components since 1987. There are a number of unique things ...
Trends Audio, located in Hong Kong, is one of my favorite purveyors of budget minded, nice sounding, mini components. Recently a real market has grown for smaller components that don’t compromise ...
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&...
Headphone amplifiers are an oft ignored piece of the full audio experience, but a great amp can make a huge difference in sound quality.Cary's new Nighthawk aims to be just that with its Class A operations and monolithic, high speed FET.
When it comes to sound, it doesn’t get much better than Blu-ray.Or at least that’s what we thought before Dolby announced that they’re improving things even more.They’re going to be using TrueHD technology along with 96K upsampling to provide the best audio possible for the home environment.Dolby says that by improving the source of the lossless audio before encoding, they’re able to eliminate digital artifacts in the source material of 48K mastered recordings and restore the natural sound.
It's been a little while since we've heard anything new out of the Google TV camp, but LG is putting quite a bit of investment into the platform.The company's new Cinema 3D – for clarity's sake, that means passive – Google TVs are about to hit the market and they're looking incredibly appealing.
The folks over at McIntosh have a trio of new products on the way, all designed to play nicely together or to integrate into your current system.It kicks off with the MX121 AV Control Center, which includes 3D support, upconversion to 1080p, and a variety of audio features including Apple AirPlay.You can pick it up at $6,000.
When we talk about streaming music, you might think of the convenience of online services and the wide selection of music available.You also might think of low bitrates and cruddy audio.Dolby and Onkyo hope to change that – at least for Onkyo owners.
The folks over at Wolf Cinema don't do things on the cheap.That's not great if you're on a tight budget, but if you're the kind of person who doesn't mind shelling out for the top of the line, it's very good news indeed.
Panasonic has created another drool-worthy set that we'll unfortunately never get our hands on. It's a 145 inch plasma with an 8K resolution. CTO Hideo Toyoda says that no matter how close you are or far away you get, you'll be tricked into thinking you're watching reality. "It doesn't use 3D technology," he says, "but the picture is so realistic, you feel truly immersed in the scene."
.jpg)
