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Amazon Echo and Fire TV New Product Preview
In a low-key press release on September 27th, Amazon showed a surprisingly large number of new products in its Echo line of home-automation gadgets, and...
Blogs & Little Things
Emotiva A-100 Desktop Amp Mini Review
I recently sold my amazing Emotiva Mini-X A-100 Stereo Amplifier, which I’ve owned for the past three years, and replaced it with the new edition Emotiva...
Schiit Modi 2 Desktop DAC Review
Schiit is one of my favorite little hi-fi companies that I’ve had the pleasure of buying gear from and if you haven’t heard of them, here is a short excerpt from their website. “Schiit got started in 2010 when two audio industry veterans decided it was time to shake things up a bit. The two audiophiles are...
You Need This – Episode Digital Mini-Amplifier by SnapAV
As technology advances, digital media has found its way into more places in the home. Products that provide audio and video must adapt to the growing needs and wants of consumers. In many environments where one might install a TV...
Pancake Sundays and Technical Difficulties
Sunday mornings are buttermilk pancake Sundays. We wake up, we make pancakes and we dance around the house to whatever music floats our boat. We have an 18-month-old who has discovered dancing and loves her some reggae.
A Budget AVR For Simplicity And Value
Audio/Video Receivers, or AVRs, are a key part of the modern media/entertainment room and are sold at most electronics stores and websites. AVRs perform a few key things, like switching audio and video sources and they provide your...
Topping TP41 Desktop Amp Mini-Review
Topping is a value audiophile brand often found on eBay and Amazon that regularly scores decent reviews from customers...
Protect Your Gear From Dirty Power
The very thing that powers your A/V can actually kill it; what I am talking about? It’s power, and things like surges, power loss, power spikes, and brownou...
Tips For Home Network Performance
As physical media dies out in the wake of digital media streaming, services like Hulu and Netflix are offering more content than ever before...
First Look – Apple HomePod
Earlier this month Apple announced its new device called HomePod, a voice-controlled speaker you can interact with using Siri. Apple seems to be placing a lot of focus on the music aspect of this unit, more so than Amazon or Google have with Alexa and Home. Apple has a tough uphill battle here; Amazon controls nearly...
Traveling While Audiophile: A Primer
Isn’t it fun when you spend lots of time, effort, and money setting up a killer home audio system that really transports you to your favorite music…and then your job or other commitment takes you away from home for extended periods of time?
Eight years with the NAD 326BEE Integrated Amplifier
The NAD 326BEE may not be beautiful…..but it was on sale for a good price. It is built in Canada and MOST IMPORTANTLY it belts out music like nothing I had heard previously.
Google Home Review
A direct response to Amazon’s Alexa, Google released its own version, called Home, nearly a year later. Since then, the rise of voice recognition software has begun.
Bluedio Turbine T3+ Bluetooth Headphones
I saw the Bluedio Turbine T3+ Bluetooth Headphones and I wasn’t sure what to expect. With so many affordable options out there it’s tricky to wade through them all to find any gems.
Virtual – Reality Headsets, A Quick Run-Down
Virtual reality is cool, no wait, it’s really, really cool! And if you didn’t know, it isn’t exactly the latest thing, but it is just starting to enter the mainstream with a broader availability of products...