LATEST CONSUMER ELECTRONICS NEWS

Audience has announced three new models within their Au24 line of cable products: the Au24 SE MP (medium power), Au24 SE LP (low power) and Au24 SE c7 powerChord AC line cords.  These are essentailly three different-sized, lower-cost varients [...]

Pioneer Electronics has just introduced three home theatre receivers - the VSX-824 (5.2-channel) and the 7.2 channel VSX-1024, and VSX-1124 receivers.  These new receivers incorporate the latest HDMI 2.0 specification for the highest video signal transfer and are Roku Ready certified, incroproate ESS [...]

This compact wireless speaker is designed for you to take just about anywhere: the backyard, swimming pool, hotel, park - you get the idea!  And we would like to equip one of our lucky readers with [...]

Paradigm Electronics has just announced that the new 2.1 Millenia CT 2 speaker system has just began shipping.  The Millenia CT 2 has been designed to provided easy connectivity with popular networked audio devices such as Apple [...]

Onkyo has just announced two new A/V receiver models - the 5.2-channel TX-NR535 and 7.2 channel TX-NR636.  Both new receivers are 4K/60Hz capable via HDMI and incorporate Wi-Fi and Bluetooth.  They also have universal support for [...]

In January of 2015, Verifty Audio will be celebrating their 20th anniversary.  To commemorate this milestone, Verity Audio has just introduced their latest generation Parsifal loudspeaker - the Parsifal Anniversary loudspeaker.  From design, cabinetry and technology, the new Parsifal Anniversary is set to [...]

Pioneer has just introduced two new entry-level Elite series AV receivers - the VSX-44 and VSX-80 7.2-channel models - designed for custom installers in mind.  Both promise great installation flexibility, support for the latest high quality [...]

  PonoMusic is a revolutionary movement conceived and founded by Neil Young. The company's mission is to bring the highest-quality digital music to discerning, passionate consumers, who wish to experience music the way the artists intended, [...]

Nordost has just revealed to newest addition to its Heimdall 2 range of products, the Heimdall 2 USB 2.0 cable. For the first time, this new USB cable brings the technological advances and performance advantages of [...]

This fall, the fourth edition of the Toronto Audio Video Entertainment Show, better known as TAVES, will be returning to downtown Toronto.  The rapidly growing show will be hosted in a brand new, significantly larger venue [...]

Wyred4Sound has just released the Mark 2 (mkII) versions of its stereo amplifiers.  The ST-500 mkII and ST-1000 mkII will be priced at $1,699 CDN and $2,199 CDN respectively. Both new models promise to deliver all [...]

  The annual Salon Son & Image, now also called the Montreal Audio Show, will be held between Friday, March 28 and Sunday, March 30 at the Hilton Bonaventure hotel in downtown Montreal.  This will be [...]

You may have heard of M&K Sound before by reading our review of the MK150THX speaker system but the company hasn't been actively involved in developing new designs for a number of years.  Until now...  The [...]

Paradigm Electronics has just began shipping its brand new Soundtrack 2 ($899), a 6-driver soundbar and wireless subwoofer system.  This system is a follow up to the company's successful original Soundtrack system, which received a very [...]

Krell has just introduced a pair of new preamplifiers, called the Illusion and Illusion II. The Illusion preamplifier extends the Krell tradition of separating the power supply from the audio circuitry in the company's flagship preamplifiers. [...]

Apple's just annouced CarPlay feature gives iPhone users an intuitive way to make calls, use Maps, listen to music and access messages with just a word or a touch. Users can easily control CarPlay from the [...]

PS Audio has just announced the introduction of their revolutionary new DirectStream DAC, the result of lead designer Ted Smith's decade-long obsession with DSD.   In 1981, music was reproduced exclusively on analog-based turntables and tape decks.  In 1982, Sony and [...]

PMC has just released a new flagship model within their twenty series line of loudspeakers - the new twenty.26 loudspeaker.  Unlike all other twenty series models, the new .26 is a three-way design, rather than a two-way.  It [...]