LATEST CONSUMER ELECTRONICS NEWS

When you think of Hercules – you probably don’t think about diamonds; however, just new from the company Hercules is their XPS Diamond 2.0 USB Multimedia/PC Speakers.  Interestingly enough, these speakers have been designed with female [...]

Magnify might be an appropriate name for this new tonearm from Clearaudio as that’s its objective, to magnify all that good stuff in the vinyl grooves.  The Clearaudio Magnify tonearm is an all new rigid design [...]

Not to be out shadowed by the second version of Apple’s iPad which became available today, Samsung Electronics has just announced two new additions to its family of GALAXY Tabs, the GALAXY Tab 10.1 and GALAXY [...]

There will be no shortage of tablets this year.  Following in Apple’s successful footsteps, BlackBerry is yet another company that will be introducing a tablet very shortly.  Customers eagerly awaiting the BlackBerry PlayBook tablet can now [...]

How do you spell “smooth”?  Some might say “D.A.C”.  When it comes to trying to play USB sourced music files on anything mid-FI, there’s no doing it without a DAC.  Hegel Music Systems, based in Norway [...]

Panasonic is the latest manufacturer to announce the details about its 2011 VIERA HDTV line-up for the Canadian market.  For this year, Panasonic has introduced three VIERA Full HD 3D NeoPlasma model lines – the VT30 [...]

Yes, it’s that time of the season again when new TV models start coming out.  Sharp is among the first companies to release its 2011 line-up which includes the new LE835 Series of AQUOS Quattron 3D [...]

The digital edition of the April/May 2011 issue is now online in the Digital Editions section! We’ve got both a flash version for computer users and a high quality PDF to download for iPad users. Here’s [...]

An attractive, high quality audio rack will not only give your audio system a visual appeal, it can also improve the performance of your audio system. Naim’s equipment support system Fraim, first launched in 2002, has [...]

The first steps toward accessing web content on your TV were taken by companies like Samsung and Panasonic with their last year’s TV models.  The online content was however very limited and typing in any search [...]

Singing in the rain….that’s what I imagine some purchasers of this new product from SunBriteTV will be doing. For myself, I’d like to think of basking in the sun. SunBriteTV has just recently announced their new [...]

When it comes to vacuum tubes – what’s old is new again.  That goes for this newly upgraded integrated amplifier from Antique Sound Labs.  Their new MG SI 15, now has upgraded transformers, larger extruded aluminium [...]

The new Phantom Preamplifier builds on the performance-levels of the Evolution Two model, while providing an active crossover option (a first for Krell).   The crossover allows for independently assignable crossover frequencies as well as high and [...]

MartinLogan has just began shipping of the all new ElectroMotion-ESL (EM-ESL) speaker models as well as the Dynamo 300 subwoofer in the US. The subwoofer is available now in Canada and the speakers will ship this [...]

We just can’t seem to get enough of tablets.  Motorola has just announced that its XOOM Wi-Fi edition tablet will be available across the United States starting March 27 for $599 CAD/US.  A Canadian release date [...]

For some of us, wires – both fancy and phat are the bling to an audio system…but to others, wireless is the way to go…especially it seems when trying to satisfy the significant other.  With that [...]

Roth Audio, a company well known in the U.K. for it’s stylish and quality audio products has just introduced their new Roth BAR 1 soundbar with wireless subwoofer.  The BAR 1 is set to provide full [...]