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 ...
The Consumer Electronics Association (CEA) is at long last opening its doors to those who work outside of the consumer electronics industry. No matter what your occupation or interest, you'll be able to join the CEA as a Consumer Technology Enthusiast, or CTE.
The new Vibrato from V-Moda is described as the ultimate multi-purpsose headphone. In addition to reproducing sound, it also contains a built-in microphone and three button control functionality that can control your phone or MP3 player.
The folks at Sony, Discovery and IMAX – who really need to think up a name for their joint effort – have announced some of the programming that's going to be coming to the first fully programmed 24 hour 3D channel.
We got so wrapped up in Build Your Business with Business Cards Week (Oct 9-15) and busy getting ready to celebrate International Credit Union Day (Oct 20) that we nearly forgot about A/V Week.
Last week Sony announced disc-free streaming was on the way for the PS3 and today it's finally here. PS3 owners can jump on and download the Netflix app and run it from their system without having to put in a disc.
Whether you're concerned about worker conditions or strictly about the quality of your electronics you've probably got strong feelings about in-house manufacturing. Outsourcing has become a bad word for high-end gear, but the Taiwanese daily newspaper DigiTimes is reporting that two different companies will be picking up Sony's workload.
