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 ...
Tisbury Audio is a relatively new artisanal audio design firm located in London, England a few blocks away from the Wimbledon village, where the famed tennis championships are played. It is rather fitting. ...
D&M Holdings has been on a tear recently. The company that owns Denon has been flooding the market with products chock full of cutting edge features, and priced at amazingly reasonable ...
Finally TiVo owners get what they've been waiting for – the TiVo Mini. Despite the TiVo name, this isn't an individual DVR. The TiVo Mini allows you to watch content from your DVR on another room in the house that’s connected either by Ethernet or by MoCA.
The folks at Sharp announced their AQUOS 6 TV line back in January and they're now shipping the 650 series, which includes a 50, 60 and 70 inch set, all of which are shipping this month. They boast dual core processors, built-in Wi-Fi and a Smart TV platform that allows you to take advantage of everything that comes with the latest generation of TVs. You'll also be presented with Sharp Beam, which allows you to stream content directly from your Android or iOS device.
2013 is the year that we finally get OLED TVs in decent sizes at not terribly ridiculous prices. The 9,999 pounds or approximately $13,000 that LG wants for its 55 inch set will set you back bit, but it's a big step from the $2,500 11-inch OLED that Sony first put on the market. Deliveries in the UK will start in July. LG is going to be shipping this set to US retailers later on this month, and pricing is set at $12,000 even.
The folks at Pioneer are really stepping things up with their entry and mid-level receivers for 2013. The company has trickled down quite a bit of technology to even their lowest price models. The $249 VSX-523, for example, is future proofed with 4K passthrough. At $599, the VSX-1123 adds 4K upscaling.
There's a new flagship from REL – the R-528 Special Edition. This new subwoofer improves on the 528 thanks to a handful of upgrades and a smaller overall footprint. You'll find similar tech to what's in their higher end Gibraltar G-1 system.
‘Schinder’s List’ may be one of the most powerful movies of all time, and one that personalized the Holocaust in a way that no film had done before. It wasn’t just skilled directing and acting that made this movie as good as it was though – Spielberg met with Holocaust survivors and listened to their stories, incorporating all of that into the film. Spielberg wants to make sure everyone can share in that and learn firsthand from people who were there, and so has founded the IWitness project.
There’s no question that we want 4K content, but there’s quite a bit of debate about just how we’re going to get it. Some opt for the disc-based methods that have served us thusfar while others prefer to go with streaming. Streaming seems the most consumer friendly method since there’s no need to upgrade your whole collection, but internet connection speeds have to be up to the task.
