Harman Kardon Introduces Flagship AVR 7550HD and Advanced-Technology AVR 3550HD Audio/Video Receivers, and Showcases a Wide Range of Custom-Installation Home Entertainment Solutions at CEDIA Expo 2008

At CEDIA Expo 2008, Harman Kardon, Inc., is exhibiting a wide selection of home entertainment components, including its new top-of-the-line AVR 7550HD 7.2-channel audio/video receiver, and AVR 3550HD 7.1-channel audio/video receiver. The following products will also be showcased: the Harman......Read More

An Open Letter To Audiophile Record Labels About Blu-ray For Music

To All Audiophile and Specialty Record Labels, Today is the day to see the extraordinary opportunity in front of you. The days of selling retro-vinyl titles or dead-format SACDs are over. The Blu-ray era is here and you have every......Read More

Apple Rumored To Be Adding Blu-ray To Computers and iTunes 8.2

Apple Computer is notoriously secretive about their future technology which has created a whole world of Mac gossip and rumor sites. Computer super-site, CNET.com, is not one of these gossip sites and they are reporting that there is talk that......Read More

Ayre Acoustics First To License Wavelength Audio's USB DAC Technology

High end audio brand, Ayre Acoustics is the first licensee of Wavelength Audio's new "asynchronous" USB technology called Streamlength software. USB Technology is needed to connect Apple iPods, iPhones and other computer based sources with more traditional audiophile products. With......Read More

Blu-ray Limits Its Growth Rate With Constant Firmware Updates

What are the Hollywood studios thinking these days with these feature-loaded Blu-ray titles that have the power to render a player to not play their newest films? While Blu-ray has tremendous power to be updated thus allowing new, sexy added......Read More

Can The Home Theater Business Re-price Itself Back Into The Hearts and Wallets of Consumers?

This recession is a bitch. The talking heads on the Sunday morning shows were shooting off this weekend about the fact that the American economy was headed into recession no matter what, but the collapse of the real estate market......Read More

Cary Audio Design Announces $1,500 Xciter DAC

After a year of development, Cary Audio Design, with collaboration from AKM and National Semiconductor, just announced the release of the Xciter DAC. The Xciter DAC is a state-of-the-art 32-bit digital-to-analog converter with inputs to connect four digital sources to......Read More

CEDIA 2009 Show Report - Andrew Robinson

While not quite as jammed packed or exciting as previous years, CEDIA 2009 still proved to be the place to be for new product launches, as understated as those launches may have been. Before I get into what excited me......Read More

CEDIA 2009 Show Report - Jerry Del Colliano

For most of the past decade CEDIA has been picking up steam while the winter Consumer Electronics Show (CES) has struggled with its identity as it struggled to digest COMDEX and the computer geeks that came along with the merger.......Read More

CEDIA 2009 Show Report - Ken Taraszka, MD

CEDIA has been blowing up with new video technology over the last few years. 1080p was the big news just years ago, and while talk of 2K, 1440p and other formats have been thrown around and to some extent even......Read More

Denon DP-200USB Turntable Turns LPs into MP3s Via Front USB Connection

Denon Electronics recently introduced its DP-200USB (SRP: $250) fully automatic turntable, allowing users to easily convert all their favorite LP records to modern MP3 digital audio tracks. Playing vinyl LPs in classic style and sound, the Denon turntable gives the......Read More

DENON TO PROVIDE ADVANCED PRODUCTS AND TRAINING PROGRAMS AT CEDIA

Special Presentations at Denon Booth #204 Throughout the Show Denon Electronics will provide product demos and educational presentations for custom integration professionals at CEDIA. Attendees will be able to participate first-hand in Denon®'s "Boundless Opportunities" proposition in three separate booth......Read More

Electrocompaniet's New High End Internet and HD Radio Tuner With Balanced Outputs

Electrocompaniet recently introduced their new ECR 1 Tuner. This model has been developed to extend the Electrocompaniet product range with a long awaited FM/RDS/HD/Internet radio for audiophile and home theater applications. A fully fledged 192kHz/24bit DAC section including sample rate......Read More

First Annual Loss for Sony in 14 Years

Sony reported their first annual loss in 14 years today; however the company beat their estimate as to how deep the loss would be. For the past year or so Sony has been slashing jobs, offering early retirements and closing......Read More

HDtracks To Release 
a 96kHz/24bit download of Robert Plant and Alison Krauss' Raising Sand Album

HDtracks recently announced its exclusive release of an audiophile-quality, DRM-free 96kHz/24 bit FLAC remaster of Led Zeppelin vocalist Robert Plant and bluegrass and country icon Allison Krauss' Raising Sand album. Raising Sand won five Grammy Awards, including Album of the......Read More

Koetsu Reference Level "Lusso" Turntable by Montegiro of Germany

Koetsu USA, the U.S. distribution arm of the world-renowned Japanese cartridge manufacturer, introduces into the U.S. market the spectacular Montegiro Lusso Turntable, employing an eye-opening design of alternating layers of aluminum and acrylic. The Lusso Turntable by Montegiro, a company......Read More

Krell Takes On An Investor To Make New Future-Minded Products

Krell confirmed to HomeTheaterReview.com today that they have taken on KT Capital Partners as an equity investor. Krell is one of the most respected high end audio companies in AV history. Krell's Dan D'Agostino retains controlling interest in the brand......Read More

Marantz Adds New Blu-ray Players To Product Lineup

Marantz is expanding its line of Blu-ray players to include four Profile 2.0 models, all with Ethernet connectivity and features to increase flexibility in both playback and installation. Leading the new lineup is the company's highly anticipated flagship player, the......Read More

Marantz Releases New Audiophile Grade High-end SACD Player and Integrated Amp

Marantz America is celebrating 30 years of visionary guidance from its legendary audio designer Ken Ishiwata, with the unveiling of two audiophile components, the KI Pearls. The new KI Pearl units, including the SA-KI Pearl SACD Player ($2,999) and the......Read More

Marantz Will Offer Coffee Table Book and SACD Disc To Promote New Audiophile Pearl Products

Marantz America just announced that it is supporting the launch of its highly anticipated KI Pearl Hi-Fi components with an elegant hardcover coffee-table book (MSRP: $29.99) and specially created dual-layer SACD (MSRP: $49.99) which celebrate the 30th anniversary of its......Read More

MCINTOSH ADDS TO ITS LINE OF SACD/CD PLAYERS WITH NEW FLAGSHIP MODEL MCD500

Features Selectable Digital Inputs for Expandability and Flexibility McIntosh Laboratory, a provider of home entertainment systems for nearly 60 years, recently announced the introduction of its new flagship Model MCD500 SACD/CD Player (US and Canada SRP: $6,500), a source component......Read More

Meridian Buys Media Server Company Sooloos

British electronics firm Meridian Audio Ltd. bought the New York-based media server company Sooloos today. Financial terms were not disclosed. The new brand will be called Meridian-Sooloos and will match the naming structure of Meridian-Faroudja, the company's highly respected video......Read More

Meridian Offers Summer Trade-up Promotion

Meridian Audio has announced that it is offering owners of its CD players and Surround Sound Controllers a unique opportunity to trade-up to a higher level of performance this summer. The "Excellence to Perfection Program" will run from June 15th......Read More

Meridian Reveals the Next Gen Meridian Sooloos: Sooloos 2.0

Meridian, next week will debut an exciting series of updates that dramatically increase the power and flexibility of the Meridian Sooloos media-management system. A Meridian Sooloos system creates a centralized, shared source of music for everyone in the home with......Read More

NAD Launches New 'Budget Reference' Line

New Classic Series Features Integrated and Power Amplifiers, CD Players, Preamp and Receiver. NAD Electronics, a manufacturer of audio/video components, introduces a series of new products at CEDIA EXPO '08, beginning here today. The components are members of a select......Read More

NAD Launches Top-of-the-Line CD Player With Upsampling For $799

NAD Electronics just introduced the C 565BEE CD Player, the flagship of NAD's Classic Series components. The C 565BEE applies the latest in semiconductor design, refined cosmetics and quality construction to achieve breakthrough performance close to NAD's top-of-the-line Masters Series......Read More

Niveus' New More Affordable "Vail" Media Server Includes Blu-ray

Niveus Media has teamed up with ADI to distribute the Niveus Media Server to custom electronics installers across the country. Now available at ADI branch locations, the Niveus Media Server - Vail Edition is an energy-efficient entertainment server designed to......Read More

Onkyo Adds An Affordable Stereo SACD Player and Int-amp To Their Lineup

Onkyo has added an affordable two-channel SACD player and an integrated amplifier to its premium stereo components line. In keeping with Onkyo's long tradition of offering high performance and value, these components employ precision-crafted audiophile-grade parts, with exceptional engineering and......Read More

R.E.M To Release Reckoning and Murmur On 180 Gram Vinyl

In a recent trend that shows a small volume (but large percentage) uptick in sales for vinyl - the original "emo band" R.E.M. is set to release its critically acclaimed album Reckoning and Murmur. The releases will be on audiophile......Read More

Radio Shack Earns New Sales With Green Trade-in Program

If you thought sex sells then wait until you see how green sells. Radio Shack is the latest player in the consumer electronics space to cash in on the opportunity to open a sales dialog with consumers by suggesting that......Read More

Red Wine Audio's New Battery Powered Stereo Preamp

Audiophile up-and-comer, Red Wine Audio, just unveiled the Isabellina HPA integrated Headphone Amplifier and Digital-to-Analog Converter -- combining their highly-acclaimed Isabellina DAC with the headphone stage originally developed for their award-winning Isabella vacuum-tube preamplifier. Featuring simplicity in design, coupled with......Read More

Rotel's New 15 Series Audiophile Two-Channel Components

Rotel recently introduced a number of new two channel components: Integrated amp, CD Player, stereo and power preamplifiers that are designed for the value conscious consumer with a taste for truly refined sound. Stereo Integrated Amplifier The RA-1520 is a......Read More

Saving Audiophila Part 2: The Role of the Major Record Labels

Somehow I can't erase the memory of the sequence of events that went down during the mindless SACD versus DVD-Audio format war. Roll the tape back a good five or six years ago and everyone in the audio and more......Read More

Saving Audiophila: How To Get a Young, New Generation of Audio Enthusiasts Hooked

Let's be honest with each other - audiophila has become more of a geeky hobby than a serious business or luxury goods market like it was in its hey days in the late 1970's through the early 1990's. Baby Boomer......Read More

Sirius-XM (SIRI) To Raise Rates While Destroying Programming

Consumer electronics industry's trade publication TWICE is reporting that they have confirmed that Sirius-XM will be raising rates for their best subscribers - the ones with multiple accounts - from $6.99 per month to $8.99 per month. The company will......Read More

Sony and Best Buy To Sell Exclusive ALTUS Line of Electronics

Representing nearly two years of cooperation in market research and engineering efforts, Sony Electronics Inc. and Best Buy Co., Inc. today announced the new "ALTUS" audio product line. Featuring a stylish assortment of wireless music systems, speakers, and home theater......Read More

Sony New 400-Disc Mega-Changer Blu-ray/DVD Player

Looking to help consumers simplify and manage their living room entertainment experience, Sony today announced the new BDP-CX960 and the "Elevated Standard" (ES) BDP-CX7000ES 400-disc Blu-ray MegaChangers. The company also announced the BDP-S1000ES single disc ES player expanding Sony's Blu-ray......Read More

Sony Pictures Home Entertainment Partners with Gracenote To Deliver First Live, In-Movie Film Information with movieIQ

Sony Pictures Home Entertainment today announced the launch of movieIQ, a new Blu-ray Disc feature powered by Gracenote® that offers viewers access to a real-time movie database. With a movieIQ-enabled Blu-ray Disc and an internet-connected Blu-ray™ player, movie fans can......Read More

Wadia Upgrading Many Legacy Products In Spring 2009

Coming up in March of this year, Wadia will roll out the new u Upgrade input for Wadia decoding computers ("u" being an abbreviation for USB), 381 integrated CD Player, 571 CD Transport and the company's new flagship 922 Decoding......Read More