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Read the latest news from the world of specialty audio-video dealers, big box stores, warehouse outlets, online resellers and more from HomeTheaterReview.com's staff of news writers. What new home theater stores are opening, who's firing who? What brands are being added to what chain, who's dropping what lines? If its happening in the world of audio-video dealers or its a trend germane to the world of a stereo store, home theater shop or an audiophile salon - you will read about it here from HomeTheaterReview.com.
First McIntosh Experience Centers Open
To help consumers experience their products, McIntosh has designed showrooms for dealers to open in their stores that are dedicated to the company's products and help immerse the consumer in what they have to offer.... Click Here To Read The Full Review
Aperion Audio Announces Thanksgiving Week System Specials
Aperion Audio is offering some fantastic deals in honor of the Thanksgiving holiday and Black Friday. The products offered are some of their best and are being offered at some impressive discounts.... Click Here To Read The Full Review
iAV Consumers Struggle With Online vs. Retail Debate
In the modern age, the choice between buying from an online AV retailer or a traditional brick and mortar one can be a difficult one. However, first impressions can be wrong and not everything is as it seems.... Click Here To Read The Full Review
Why Are Some Audiophiles Scared of Bob Hodas?
Bob Hodas does something mysterious and powerful, which can cause fear, but really it is helpful and wonderful and can make your system sing if you take what he does for what it is and embrace it.... Click Here To Read The Full Review
Can Burnt Bridges Be Mended Between Audiophile Retailers' Scorched Customers?
Audiophile retailers and consumers are in a bit of a battle, but it doesn't have to be that way. Jerry Del Colliano presents a few ideas that both groups can put into practice to get things back on track.... Click Here To Read The Full Review
What California's Retroactive Sales Tax Means to Online and Out-of-State AV Retailers and Consumers Alike
When it comes to our nation's tax code it reads more like a choose your own adventure than a how-to and California's tax code isn't exactly better for their retroactive sales tax code is among the hardest to understand. Home Theater Review publisher, Jerry Del Colliano, weighs in on this rather unknown tax code.... Click Here To Read The Full Review
RBH Launches New Website
RBH is known for their attention to detail and customization when it comes to their extensive line of loudspeakers though you wouldn't know it for their largest sales tool, their official website, had languished for years. Well, to accompany the release of some new speaker models the Utah based speaker company has revamped their web presence with a whole new site. ... Click Here To Read The Full Review
What Really Happened With The Closing of Sound By Singer and Why They Will Be Back Soon
Sound By Singer is one of those AV retailers that has seemingly been with us since the days of Marconi and his radios so it was a shock when over the mythical AV airwaves came word that Sound By Singer was closing. Now, before you go off and light your candles in a collective moment of silence know that Singer's closing is nothing more than a strategic business ploy and not a sign of an audiophile apocalypse.... Click Here To Read The Full Review
Florida Retailer Sound Advice On Its Way Back
Sound Advice (good name for a company in the audio business) was bought out in 2001 by audio/visual retailer Tweeter (no relation to Twitter). Tweeter went out of business and now some of Sound Advice's original principals are going to try to make a go of it again in Florida. ... Click Here To Read The Full Review
New AV Dealers Sprout Up As Economy Slowly Improves
To say its been a rough few years is an understatement and no segment of our economy has been spared, especially those dealing in luxury or entertainment goods such as specialty AV. But all is not lost for there are signs of life beginning to appear as new retail stores emerge from the ashes. ... Click Here To Read The Full Review
Black Friday Preview From Vizio, Apple and Samsung
Black Friday or as I like to call it "the whole world's gone crazy day" is the one day a year where seemingly everyone and their mother decide its perfectly rational to wait in line for more than 24 hours to score what amounts to a $10 savings on toy that didn't cost $10 to make in the first place.... Click Here To Read The Full Review
Can The Home Theater Business Re-price Itself Back Into The Hearts and Wallets of Consumers?
HomeTheaterReview.com publisher, Jerry Del Colliano, takes a look at the in's and out's of how the real estate market ties into the world of custom home theater while asking how dealers can woo consumers back into invest in AV for their homes even in a recessionary market.... Click Here To Read The Full Review
Circuit City Files For Chapter 11 Bankruptcy After Years of Bad Decisions and Aggressive Tactics
It's no surprise Circuit City is the latest victim of our dying economy for anyone who's frequented a Circuit City will tell you the place was about as inviting as a stirred hornets nest and about as comfortable as -well you get the idea. But there's more than just its shoddy show floor and a poorly trained staff that brought down this one time giant. ... Click Here To Read The Full Review
With Introduction of HDMI Models, Niles Provides Integrators an Expanded, Up-to-Date Assortment of CAT-5 Baluns
While the rest of the consumer AV industry may be going HDMI there is still a need within the custom installer space for stalwarts such as CAT-5 and while CI darling Niles isn't going to let the HDMI train simply pass them by its nice to see they're not abandoning what works either.... Click Here To Read The Full Review
BidMagic Shows 'Mobile Connect' to Connect Installation and Service Techs
If you've ever looked at your smartphone, iPad, laptop or even desktop computer and said to yourself "can't they all just get along" then you're going to be pleased by Bidmagic's latest announcement introducing their latest technology Mobile Connect. ... Click Here To Read The Full Review
Denon to Provide Advanced Products and Training Programs at CEDIA
CEDIA is more than just a consumer electronics trade show, it's also a consumer electronics training show -a fact that isn't lost on the AV manufacturing giant Denon for their using CEDIA to train a whole new army of custom installers to better integrate their products into your homes. ... Click Here To Read The Full Review
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24-Tech: Ideas On How To Get Your Home Theater Working Like It's Installed At CTU -
24 was a great show that had some ridiculously impressive technology. So impressive, it defied the reality of the actual technology used. However, the ideas are great. Jerry Del Colliano thinks about how those ideas could be translated to home theaters.
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