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Niles Introduces Quartet of Horizontal In-Wall Soundbars

Published May 09, 2013

Niles, a CE manufacturer providing high–quality products that integrate and distribute home entertainment for the residential and light commercial markets, proudly launched this week a quartet of horizontal in-wall soundbars — believed to be the industry’s first such products. The… Read More »

Salamander Enhances Synergy Line, Adds New Furniture Accessories

Published Apr 24, 2013

Salamander Designs, Ltd. has made a move to expand its Synergy line, which now includes a variety of pre-configured cabinets, wall hanging kits, and an option for factory assembly. These new furniture accessories help to evolve the Synergy… Read More »

Audio / Surround Sound

New Pioneer Elite Receiver Features a Deft Mix of Custom Installation Features and Consumer Ease of Use

Published Apr 16, 2013

When shopping for a new home theater receiver, you generally have to choose between control-rich, bulletproof models aimed at the custom installation market and affordable, user-friendly models aimed directly at consumers. Pioneer is breaking down the wall between those two… Read More »

Pioneer Introduces 4 New Home A/V Recievers Ready for Smartphone Integration and Expanded Entertainment

Published Mar 13, 2013

As today’s advanced smartphones continue to become essential components of the home entertainment experience, Pioneer Electronics (USA) Inc. is making integration of these devices easy and convenient. Pioneer’s latest 2013 audio video receiver lineup, the VSX-523 and VSX-823… Read More »

Review: GoldenEar Technology SuperCinema 3D Array

Published Mar 07, 2013

I’ve always been fascinated by denotations and connotations—that is to say, the difference between the dictionary definition of a word and its implicational baggage. A soundbar, after all, is by definition a single speaker cabinet designed to replicate the effect… Read More »

Formats Explanation

The ABCs of DACs

Published Feb 28, 2013

If you follow the electronics market closely at all, you’ve probably noticed that one of the fastest-growing sectors of the audio world is that of the Digital-to-Analog Converter, or DAC. Simply put (very simply, exceedingly simply), DACs take digital… Read More »

Using Home Automation to Make Vinyl More Portable

Published Feb 25, 2013

Whether you want to call it a fad or a genuine comeback, the market for vinyl LPs is booming in a way that most of the music industry simply isn’t. The reasons for this trend are numerous and… Read More »