Having travelled to Hong Kong several years ago, I was surprised to see a large number of high-end audio shops filled with hifi aficionados. Mainland China has been an audiophile hub for decades ...
I have been into computer audio since the time it meant ripping your CDs into lossy files to either load them up on your mp3 player or to play them back over plastic ...
Over the past year or so I have come to rely on a few cable manufacturers that make reference products at their price points and even beyond. Darwin Cables, who I first heard ...
My first extended experience with an Anthony Gallo loudspeaker was two years ago, when I reviewed the Classico Cl-1 monitor and matching CLS-10 subwoofer. Having already heard much about Gallo products -- from ...
Denon has introduced a number of notable new products in the last year or so, including streamers, AV receivers, Blu-ray players, HiFi components, and headphones. I recently reviewed their very nice DHT-S514 Soundbar. ...
SVS is one of those companies that established themselves in this “new economy” with a direct-to-consumer, high value, business model that has grown to include a burgeoning retail footprint as more ...
Television soundbars are all the rage today, and for good reason. They allow you to enjoy high fidelity sound -- without a bank of front, right, center, and rear channel speakers -- in ...
Merrill Audio has made quite a few waves in the audiophile community. The company is relatively young, but has already garnered excellent reviews for their Veritas monoblock amplifiers. The firm is based in ...
Plinius is a 30-year-old high performance audio company based in New Zealand. They enjoy a stellar reputation, and fiercely loyal fan base, thanks to achievements in industrial design, build, and ergonomics. More importantly, ...
U.K. speaker legends KEF have been front and center lately with cutting edge products like the flagship Blade and the 50th anniversary stand-mounted LS50. At $1500, the LS50 is a remarkable bargain for ...
As noted in my recent review of the terrific Marantz NA-11S1 network player and DSD DAC, the Japanese company has been on quite a roll with respect to digital source components. The ...
I'm no stranger to Britain's Musical Fidelity, having reviewed a number of their budget minded and mid tier products over the past few years. A few of the items that have ...
Just over a month ago, Samsung announced a tremendous accomplishment - their app store had logged one million downloads. The number is impressive of course, but not unexpected. The announcement today is both.
Comcast's purchase of a 51 percent share in NBC has been a long time coming, and it looks like we'll finally see it happen. The FCC turned in a 4-1 vote in favor of the deal and the Justice Department approved of it shortly after, which was the final obstacle the companies had to navigate.
Ever wonder what industry execs say about Netflix when they're operating under the guise of anonymity? The Hollywood Reporter has a great read that consists of exactly that.
The iPad is a slick device that's capable of, well, just about anything you want it to do. It can even play back high-definition content from iTunes, which would be a lot more exciting if it had a high-definition screen. At 1024x768 it falls short.
Netflix has been making some big moves to improve the quantity and quality of its streams, and that's a very good thing for a company relying on streaming customers. The downside is that those customers getting DVDs and Blu-rays with their streaming content are getting left in the lurch.
