LATEST CONSUMER ELECTRONICS NEWS
Tube Magic: An Introduction to Tube Amplifiers and How They Compare To Solid State Amplifiers
It is now well known that turntables are making quite a strong comeback in the world of high-end audio. What is less well known is that a stable mate of turntables during their golden age, tubes, [...]
Hegel HD25 DAC
Hegel Music Systems of Norway has announced the release of their new top tier DAC - the HD25. The HD25 incorporates features of Hegel's existing DAC products, including the HD11 and HD20 and the DAC within their H300 integrated amplifier but also introduces some other [...]
The Expendables 2 – DTS Neo:X Optimized Blu-ray
DTS, Inc., just announced that The Expendables 2 on Blu-ray, available on November 20 from Lionsgate Home Entertainment, will be the first Blu-ray disc to feature a DTS Neo:X optimized soundtrack, allowing viewers to hear the movie in [...]
Allure Eyewear: Call of Duty Black Ops II Glasses
Allure Eyewear, is introducing officially licensed Call of Duty: Black Ops II branded gaming glasses, 3D gaming glasses and sunwear. Call of Duty: Black Ops II Gaming Eyewear incorporates high contrast curved lenses to enhance the [...]
Samsung PN64E8000 3D Plasma TV
There’s always a learning curve in life. From the first time I put my feet on the pedals of a bicycle to the first time I asked a girl on a date, I learned how to [...]
OLED TV Shipment Predictions for 2012 and Beyond
Despite high expectations set by manufacturers Samsung and LG Electronics for the entry of OLED (organic light emitting diode) displays into the TV market in 2012, these sets will likely only be available in small volumes [...]
iFi Audio “micro” Range
The new iFi audio brank of products incorporate trickle-down technology licensed from Abbingdon Music Research (AMR) and aimed primarily at the up-and-coming computer-audio market. All products boast Class A analogue circuitry with no DSP, ensuring that [...]
JAM Industries to Distribute Ferrari by Logic3 Audio Products in North America
Logic3 has just announced that it has selected JAM Industries to distribute the iconic Ferrari by Logic3 collection of world-leading audio products in Canada & North America. The extensive range of Scuderia and Cavallino collections celebrate [...]
Parasound Zdac Digital-to-Analog (DAC) Converter
Parasound has just introduced the Zdac, a 192 kHz Digital to Analog Converter that promises the highest possible sound quality when playing digital music files from computers via USB, or from a CD player, Sonos, or [...]
Smart TVs: the Evolving Screens of the 21st Century + Standalone Devices That Can Make Your Existing TV Smart
When the first television sets arrived in the 1930s, they changed the way information and media were brought to the masses. For the first time, moving images, along with sound could be transmitted and viewed by [...]
Tivoli Audio Portable PAL BT Radio
Tivoli Audio has just introduced the new PAL BT radio, now equipped with Bluetooth wireless technology. In addition to listening to your favourite FM/AM radio stations on the go, the PAL BT allows you to listen [...]
Audio Physic Sitara 25 Loudspeakers
It was late in February when I received a much anticipated visit from Reinhard Goerner of Goerner Communication, the North American distributor for Audio Physic. Reinhard had driven from Montreal to my home, just outside Toronto, [...]
Nordost Red Dawn Power Cord
Nordost is aiming to set the standard for performance with the introduction of its new Red Dawn power cord, which just began shipping. The Red Dawn power cord is of part of the company’s line of [...]
Kompatibel Design Thorax
Kompatibel Design has just introduced a gorgeous unique line of modular furniture made out of concrete designed for HiFi systems and TVs. Concrete is perfectly suitable material for audio and video racks because its heavy mass [...]
Bryston BDP-1 Digital Player and BDA-1 DAC Review
The ways in which we enjoy music have changed rapidly during the last few years. The advent of the mp3 file format and portable digital music players revolutionized our ability to purchase and play music. Adding [...]
SVS Ultra Series Loudspeakers
SVS, has just announced the launch of their new Ultra Series loudspeakers, designed to deliver high performance at an affordable price. The SVS Ultra Series loudspeakers were designed in house by audio enthusiasts with over fifty years combined experience in [...]
Electrocompaniet Prelude PI 2D Integrated Amp/DAC
Electrocompaniet of Norway has just annouced the launch of the new Prelude PI 2D integrated amplifier/DAC. Impressive, given it's modest size, the PI 2D is rated to deliver very respectable power output of up to 100Wpc into 8 ohms, [...]
PS Audio Returns to Online Sales
PS Audio Inc, a 40 year old U.S. based company, has just announced today that it will be returning to the online sales of it's own products, joining the PS Audio brick and mortar retail dealers. Sales outside the United States [...]
