At MacWorld recently Apple announced the ability to download movie rentals and purchases via the iTunes store. Of course there are many other movie download ser...
Christmas shopping is over, and this could be just the right time to walk into a store and say, "I want to buy a flat panel TV." Here is one that could end up on your shopping list. Plasma, 50", 1080p. Nice, very nice.
If you watch the economic measures in the world - shame on you if you don't - you know the US dollar is losing value against the Euro dollar. Right now, the Eur...
Has anyone else noticed a trend in the A/V industry that emphasizes the extreme ends of the market to the detriment of the “middle class,” those of us with neit...
This past Christmas was a real water shed for LCD and Plasma flat panel TVs. Of the bazillion people who brought one home last month, I wager about 99% of them...
I thought I'd let you all in on my audio “lab”, some might confuse it with a corner of my basement, but don't let that mislead you. Although I use a couple of...
It comes in part out of laziness, and it comes in part by simply the hurdles of life that get in the way of our comfortable, every day routine, of which product...
Over the past few months, I have had increasing problems with playing high definition discs that I have rented. Here is a scan of the surface of a recent rental...
Just a few weeks back, when I was at CES, I was gifted with a SoundSmith “The Voice” phono cartridge. Blessed would be more like it. I can't believe how this li...
As we speak, the pundits are busily writing their obituaries for HD DVD. Cause of death: Warneritis. I never took sides, so tend to read the articles with a cer...
Is anybody else tired of format wars?
What do you want, a hard boiled egg, or a scrambled egg? Which is better? And what do you do if you really just wanted...
My initial review of the DAC1 Digital-to-Analog Converter appeared in these pages toward the end of 2003. As I wrote at that time, Allen Burdick of Benchmark Media explained that the DAC1, then retailing for $850, was designed with the recording engineer in mind. Since then, the DAC1 has continued to make waves in the audiophile community.
Ontario, Canada – January 21, 2008 –- Paradigm Electronics Inc., an international leader in speaker design and manufacturing, today added two new in-wall “LCR†speaker systems to its ever-expanding line of high-end custom install products. Unbeatable placement flexibility and premium component parts (including design and technology from the company’s award-winning freestanding Signature and Studio Series) allow SIG-LCR 5 and SA-LCR 3 to turn any wall into a dynamic performer.
Anthem's new Room Correction System for the Anthem Statement Digital Audio/Video Processors uses cutting-edge technology to optimize the speaker/room interface to achieve the target response†in any listening room.
LAS VEGAS—January 2008—Sennheiser Communications is expanding its premium Bluetooth wireless headset line-up with the new FLX 70. Comfort and unparalleled sound quality are the keystones of this flexible mobile headset, which incorporates over 60-years worth of Sennheiser’s renowned audio expertise combined with the hearing health care knowledge of the William Demant Holding Group.