FiiO has been making portable digital audio players since 2013, and they’ve gotten very good at it, serving up products in a variety of price ranges with...
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We’re home theater enthusiasts, and most of us have large collections of movies on DVD, Blu-ray and 4K UHD discs. We buy them; we play them; we store them.
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Wireless powered speakers seem to be the ‘hot’ buy for audiophiles these days, and SVS, noted for their excellent subwoofers, is offering this Prime...
Mel spent most of his life working in television journalism in Ohio, Florida, the BBC in London, and in Seattle, WA. He won a few EMMY awards along the way which most people mistake for bowling trophies.
Being around all those expensive monitors frustrated him when he got home to his threadbare TV and stereo, so he began to improve things, brand by brand, upgrade by upgrade. He’s got a lovely OLED TV now, flanked by Magnepan 3.6r speakers, and a Home theater with an Epson Projector and Focal speakers. Also scatted about the house are HiFiMan headphones, and 6 Sonos Connect devices that are spraying his rather large music collection from room to room. Other equipment is from Oppo, Sony, Aurender, PS Audio and Emotiva.
Musical tastes range from Classical to Jazz to New Age to classic Rock and Roll. Mel has written a biography of film producer Samuel Bronston (El Cid, King of Kings) and is working now on a second film related book. He resides in Arizona where, when he’s not adjusting his home theater, he dabbles in landscape and astronomical photography.