Bryston Ltd, the long-standing Canadian firm, is one of the audio companies I respect most. Their products are produced from a true engineering standpoint, with real world pricing, and backed with standard-setting service ...
Distributed audio has been around for a while now. Companies like Sonos and others have taken advantage of the advances in wireless technologies and music streaming services to offer unprecedented access to digital ...
Marantz is on one heck of a roll. Over the past five years I have had the opportunity to evaluate a slew of their products, from reference-level hifi to entry-level home theater. Some ...
Marantz has been introducing new products into the marketplace at quite a clip over the past year. Even as a reviewer, it has been hard to keep up. Their recent lines of A/...
High performance audio cables are often the most controversial element of audiophile industry. This is generally due to the way they are marketed, and questionable claims made by wire manufacturers, and by the ...
The high resolution Digital Audio Convertor market is, to me, the most exciting and fastest moving sector in the audiophile industry. It is also global. There are superb products being designed and manufactured ...
DH Labs -- run by Darren Hovsepian, hence the initials -- makes excellent analog cables, including interconnects, speaker wire, and power cords. They also make top-notch digital cables. I know this because I ...
SOtM, a Korean audiophile component manufacturer, is slowly but surely making the industry sit up and take notice. They offer a line of impressive and versatile computer audio products that compete with much ...
It’s no accident Marantz has established itself as the dominant player in sub-$1000 stereo components. The company has a talent for trickling down technology and performance from their reference line on ...
I’ve reviewed a number of Musical Fidelity products over the course of the last few years. I have dabbled mostly in the entry-level series of products, with reviews of the V-DAC ...
I have long established a digital audio playback system based on an Ethernet network. I’m not down with a computer in my equipment rack, and have very little patience for all ...
Last month while reviewing the amazingly priced Denon AVR-S700W, I wondered how Denon could offer significant performance improvements without a significant increase in cost. Well, here comes the AVR-X3100W. The 700 was ...
You don't get much more high-end than a Bang & Olufsen set.They're made to be some of the best on the market and they're designed for form as much as for function. The BeoVision 4-85 is a massive 85 inch plasma television that combines video and audio features with an incredibly elegant style.It boasts 3D capability thanks to active shutter glasses technology and offers, of course, a Full HD picture.
Fanboys rejoice! The hallowed trilogy is finally coming to Blu-ray.The new trilogy comes with it, but that's a small price to pay for the absolutely crazy amounts of supplementary features that come with this nine disc Blu-ray set. The first six discs contain the movies, of course, along with audio commentary from the cast and crew as well as commentary constructed from past interviews.
The suit that has been going on between TiVo and Dish Network has finally been settled, to the tune of a half billion dollars. TiVo has agreed to settle out of court, and will be receiving $300 million from Dish, along with another $200 million to be paid over the next five years.It's a big blow for Dish, but it does mean they won't have to replace any of their existing DVRs.
Judging by the numbers presented by both IHS Screen Digest and FutureSource, Blu-ray hardware and software are going to be selling incredibly well this year. According to FutureSource, there will be nearly 50 million pieces of hardware capable of playing Blu-ray discs in households across America by the end of the year.That includes standalone Blu-ray players, game consoles, and PCs with Blu-ray drives.
Sidney Harman founded Harman Kardon back in 1953 and he didn't stop working for the company until 55 years later.He officially retired from the company in 2008 at the age of 88. During his life, Harman was a philanthropist and a strong proponent of quality of working life programs.He even co-authored a book on the subject with Daniel Yankelovich in 1988, entitled 'Starting With the People.'
Cary Audio is a company with a reputation for high-end audio solutions and the new Cinema 12 is exactly the kind of product you'd expect from them.It's a preamplifier processor made for people that look for the most out of their home theater gear. The Cinema 12 offers four HDMI 1.4 inputs to allow for compatibility with more home theater devices.
If you're a fan of the movie 'Avatar' and you want to enjoy it in 3D you've had to make some tough choices.Up until now, you've only had two choices when trying to pick up the 3D Blu-ray.You could either shell out $100 on eBay for the disc or pick up a new Panasonic TV. Thankfully, Panasonic has extended their promotion to include not just TVs but home theater systems and Blu-ray players as well.
