Founded in 1998 and quickly making a name for themselves in the subwoofer market, SVS is now a global maker and distributor of complete speaker systems. They are a unique organization, with a design ...
Italian speaker maker Opera has been making headlines recently with their great-sounding demos at various audio shows, earning them positive print and online reviews. I reviewed their floor-standing Seconda model, which I found ...
Active speakers have had a tough road in the audiophile world. They are fairly commonplace in recording studios and other pro sound environments. I have heard several theories for this, including the fact ...
Rein Audio impressed me when I had the opportunity to review their very fine sounding X-DAC last year. The German based company, just a few years old, has since developed a few more ...
The very aptly named HiFiMan has been around since 2007, and I first became aware of the company from the ads for their high performance portable file players. They have developed into a one-stop ...
With the move to computer and hard drive based digital sources, one would think a format tied to a physical medium would be odd in 2013. But SACD has proved to be remarkably resilient ...
I’ve enjoyed reviewing several Rogue products over the last few years. The Brodheadsville, PA based company makes beautifully built, excellent sounding tube preamps, power amps, and integrated amps. They have products ...
Audience, out of San Marcos, CA, is one of the most respected companies in the power conditioning arena, with their line of adeptReponse series consistently getting rave reviews from the audio press and ...
PS Audio, out of Boulder, CO, has been a major player in high end audio for decades. Their power distribution/conditioning units and digital source components have been go to products for droves ...
MartinLogan enjoys a place at the mantle occupied by a relatively small group of state of the art speaker companies enduring the test of time. Nearing its third decade, the Lawrence, Kansas company ...
Boston Acoustics was founded in 1979 and quickly made a name among budget audiophiles, and later home theater enthusiasts. They became a big player in car audio as well. In 2005, D&M Holdings ...
Sometimes good things appear in big packages. So it was when Federal Express arrived at my door with two huge boxes that happen to house one Opera Seconda loudspeaker each. Opera manufactures its ...
Panasonic executives detailed their thoughts on the future of the company and the industry as a whole at a CEATEC round table this week. Over 70 journalists bombarded the panel with questions, but the one thing on everyone’s mind was 3DTV.
According to the consulting firm Futuresource, Blu-ray player sales are ahead of where DVD player sales were at the same point in the lifecycle. Blu-ray has existed for consumer purchase for around four years now, and despite initially slow sales and an unfortunate economic condition, the format is doing well. Jim Bottoms, managing director of Futuresource, says that the lead Blu-ray have is impressive, but that it will never match the overall acceptance of DVD.
Sitting at comfortable 56” and a resolution of 3840 x 2160, Sony’s TRIMASTER seems to have everything going for it, aside from a decent name. Aimed at a professional audience, the TRIMASTER looks to steop up the game when it comes to three points: exact color, accurate image, and reliability. Sony hopes to achieve these goals by utilizing a trio of technologies such as 10 bit drivers, a 12 bit display engine and RGB LED backlighting.
Today begins the CEATEC exhibition in Japan, but Toshiba couldn’t wait for what may be the biggest unveiling of the show. Hotly anticipated and surrounded by rumors and speculation, the Cell REGZA 55X1 has finally been officially shown. And yes, it’s impressive. The Cell REGZA boasts a 3TB hard drive and has the capability to display and record up to eight programs simultaneously.
A pair of S-Series power amps, the S-275 and S-150M, has been introduced by Krell. These amps were designed with one goal in mind: to bring high end performance to users in a very small package. Krell’s S-275 is, not surprisingly, a 275 watt stereo amplifier. Via a switch on the back, the S-275 is able to be placed into mono mode where it boasts a 550 watt output. With a half sized footprint, the S-275 is able to be placed side by side with another amplifier.
Nontraditional subwoofers seem to be increasingly popular with high end consumer electronics manufacturers and Paradigm is no exception. Their new SUB 2 and SUB 1 subwoofers use a total of six drivers that, rather than simply pushing sound in one direction, cause sound to emanate from three different points.
Last month we saw a great deal of announcements regarding upcoming wireless televisions. Taking a signal from a base unit, these displays were able to display a huge variety of content without any wires connecting the source and the screen. They weren’t completely wireless of course, but Sony hopes to change that. Over the weekend, Sony announced a new technology which is currently dubbed the “Wireless Power Supply System”.
