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 ...
Having been fortunate to review over a dozen Marantz components in the past, I now come to expect very good things with every new product announcement. Marantz has recently made a big play ...
If you're a fan of Marvel's recent movies – like, a crazy huge fan – then you'll want to get your hands on the new Marvel Cinematic Universe Blu-ray set that's hitting on September 25th.It's a ten disc set that comes in a SHIELD case and includes a glowing Tesseract cube.
That's a new record for the company – one that CEO Reed Hastings hopes to eclipse very soon. Netflix streaming is more popular than ever, bringing in more users and greater viewership as time goes on.In June they set an absolutely enormous record, with a total of over a billion hours of viewed content.
Every once in a while, Samsung releases something very cool for its home country of Korea – something we don't get in the States.The latest is a massive 75" ES9000 Smart TV with LED backlighting and all the things you'd expect from a high-end Samsung set.
The latest in-wall subwoofer from Sunfire is a doozy.The HRSIW8 gives you not one but two eight-inch long throw drivers to pump that bass through your room.Stillbass technology is baked right in to make sure those speakers don't move your drywall.
September is a generally unwelcome moth, devoid of exciting holidays, harkening the return of cold weather and, for some, a return to school.It's not even the best fall month – that's October, clearly.But September has one thing going for it this year – 'Indiana Jones' on Blu-ray.
Sony announced both a Google TV enabled set-top box and Google TV enabled Blu-ray player today, coming in at prices of $199 and $299 respectively.Both are packed with the goodies you'd expect to see from a Google TV device, including access to the Google Play Store, Wi-Fi for your internet connection and a remote that packs a multi-touch pad and 3-Axis motion control.The Blu-ray player won't be out until the fall, but the NSZ-GS7 is coming July 22nd and is currently up for preorder on Amazon.
Sony was the first to jump into the OLED market, but they've since fallen behind. Panasonic, on the other hand, never really ventured into working on the new tech.Korean manufacturers LG and Samsung are far in the lead with this tech, which has prompted Sony and Panasonic to work together to get caught up.
