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 ...
Sure, when you're stocking your home theater, you're going to look for the absolute best. You'll want something that can handle everything you throw at it with the finest quality available. The PLED-W200 and PLED-W500 don't do that. They have some pretty modest specs truth be told. They do 3D, but only offer a 720p resolution. But of course, they're not for permanent installation.
Right now there's a deal in place that makes the folks at Redbox and Netflix wait until 28 days past the release of a DVD or Blu-ray to start renting it out to people. This is pretty standard with all studios and seems to be working out well. Warner Bros. doesn't see it that way though. Rumor has it they'll be expanding that further - a lot further.
If you've heard the RED name before, you've probably heard it attached to digital video cameras - they make some of the best around.The company has made quite a name for itself in the last few years and they're going to branch out a bit in hope of expanding their reputation and business.RED is moving into the projector business with a brand new 3D 4K projection system that bucks tradition and uses lasers.It's also using passive 3D technology, which you'd think would be a lot more common in projectors since that's the go-to for movie theaters.
Many Android owners have a new option available for video streaming on their phones. Android is such a nice operating system.It's available to the folks that want to use it, it's incredibly customizable and it allows for much more flexibility than something like Apple's iOS.The downside is that Android devices aren't all built to the same standard, which leaves developers having to make adjustments for individual products.
Ever since the possibility was made public - shortly after an offer by Yahoo that came completely out of the blue - we've been waiting to see what happens with Hulu.A sale to Amazon, Apple, Google or any of the other suitors could completely change the face of streaming media going forward.
Even if the Black Diamond III was an absolutely terrible turntable with no positive audio qualities whatsoever, it would be worth owning for the look.This thing is gorgeous.It's like something you'd see on display in a home, but in that room where you're not allowed to wear shoes or touch anything. Of course, there's more to the newest iteration of the Black Diamond than just the look. Walker found a way to lower the amount of pressure exerted which not only keeps components lasting longer but improved the audio quality.
There are plenty of ways to get audio from one room in your home to another. You can wire for sound in every room or pick up a wireless audio system, but there are downsides and complications to both. The latest product from Aperion gives you the freedom of wireless audio and doesn't make you replace your audio components to do so.
