Mark Levinson® Introduces the No53 Reference Monaural Power Amplifier

Mark Levinson® Redefines Switching Power Amplifiers by Emphasizing Their Advantages and Strengths While Eliminating the Traditional Weaknesses Associated with This Product Category Mark Levinson®, a business unit of Harman International Industries, Incorporated (NYSE: HAR), introduces the No53 Reference Monaural Power......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

ANTHEM INTRODUCES THE INTEGRATED 225 AMPLIFIER

Integrated amplifier is designed for music lovers. Anthem, a provider of electronics for music, home theater and distributed sound systems, introduces its Integrated 225, an integrated amplifier with phono input. The Integrated 225 offers some classic touches, including a phono......Read More

Back To The Future With NAD's C 725BEE Stereo Receiver

NAD Electronics has introduced the NAD C 725BEE Stereo Receiver, which delivers the performance of "separate" (power amp and preamp) with the convenience of an all-in-one receiver. Most receivers today are digital surround sound A/V models, appropriate for Home Theater......Read More

Benchmark Media Unveils Their Flagship DAC1 HDR with Remote Control

Benchmark Media Systems, the designers of the award-winning DAC1 family, has announced the release of their flagship stereo preamplifier, the DAC1 HDR. The DAC1 HDR incorporates several of Benchmark's proprietary designs: the AdvancedUSB computer audio interface, the DAC1 digital-to-analog converter,......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

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 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

Dynaudio To Distribute Octave Audio Electronics in the United States and Canada

Dynaudio North America recently announced that it has been appointed as the distributor for Octave Audio for the USA and Canada. Octave Audio, based in Karslbad-Ittersbach Germany, has been producing high-end tube electronics for over 20 years. Octave was actually......Read More

Goldmund Offers Limited Edition "5000 Watt" Telos Power Amps

Goldmund recently announced the Telos 5000 power amplifiers for consumption by their very well heeled clients and audio collectors. The Goldmund Telos mono amps will be limited to 20 pairs for worldwide consumption. The Goldmund Telos 5000 power amps reportedly......Read More

HDMI 1.4 - Another New Example of Planned Obsolesce Imposed On The Home Theater Market

I just read an editorial by controversial filmmaker Michael Moore last week on the Huffington Post about one of his most popular topics, General Motors. Before he got to a pretty empowering outlook for what the company could do going......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

Klipsch Sells Aragon and Acurus Brands to Former Employees

Klipsch purchased selected assets of the privately held Mondial Designs Ltd. in 2001, acquiring the Aragon and Acurus brands of high-end amplifiers, preamplifiers and processors. Now, the leading global manufacturer of loudspeakers is selling the rights to these electronics brands......Read More

Koetsu Introduces Vacuum Tube Power Amplifiers by VEXO Audio

Koetsu USA, the U.S. distribution arm of the world-renowned Japanese cartridge manufacturer, introduces into the U.S. market the VX PP-KT88/C Push-Pull Stereo Power Amplifier and the VX SE-KT88/C
 Single-Ended Stereo Power Amplifier this January. VEXO produces superb vacuum tube amplifiers......Read More

Krell Introduces New S-275 and S-150M Power Amps

Krell Industries, Inc. just introduced two new S Series amplifiers, the S-275 and S-150M. Designed with modern day space constraints in mind; the S-275 and S-150M deliver legendary Krell amplifier performance in new slim line designs. The S-275 and S-150......Read More

Krell Releases S-300i Integrated Amplifier

Includes an iPod/iPhone interface and other cutting-edge featuresReleased today, the Krell S-300i integrated amplifier combines a fully balanced, Class A preamplifier circuit with a stereo amplifier rated at 150 watts per channel into 8 ohms and 300 watts per channel......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

Krell To Recall Four Amp Products

Leading audiophile company, Krell, based in Orange, Conecticut, will immediately recall four amlifiers. The amps include the Krell KAV-250a, KAV-250a/3, KAV-500i, KAV-1500 This recall effects units manufactured between January 1997 and February 2001. These amplifiers were designed to operate at......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

Mark Levinson® Introduces the No532 Dual Monaural Power Amplifier

Mark Levinson® Expands Its Next Generation in Home Entertainment with a New Power Amp Mark Levinson®, a business unit of Harman International Industries, Incorporated (NYSE: HAR), introduces the No532 Dual Monaural Power Amplifier. Following closely on the heels of the......Read More

McIntosh Releases 60th Anniversary Reissues of MC75 Amp and C22 Preamp

McIntosh Laboratory will mark its 60th anniversary by officially debuting two highly anticipated limited-edition reissues of legendary components, the MC75 monoblock tube amplifier and C22 preamplifier. These retro audiophile products will compete with today's cutting edge music reproduction electronics while......Read More

McIntosh's Introduces First "Executive System"

McIntosh Laboratory just announced the introduction of its 60th Anniversary MXA60 Executive System, the company's first-ever standalone integrated audio system. Designed by the same team of McIntosh engineers who created the company's high performance Reference System, this ultimate-quality tabletop system......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

NAD Introduces M2 Direct Digital Amplifier

NAD Electronics just introduced the Masters Series M2 Direct Digital Amplifier, delivering in the culmination of a decade long research project a new level of amplifier performance. Very powerful, dynamic, efficient, and musically revealing, the M2 is a true digital......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

Naim's New NAIT XS Integrated Amp Now Out

The legendary Naim NAIT XS amplifier is now shipping to American markets. British made Naim electronics are possibly most famous for their soulful, yet light on its toes (meaning not a lot of power) integrated amp that has seduced more......Read More

NuForce Introduces Their Third-Generation Class-D Amplifier

NuForce just announced their third-generation (V3) analog switching amplifier. Since the advent of their patented amplifier technology in 2005, Nuforce has won two Power Amp of the Year awards from Japan and the USA. In keeping with company policy, existing......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

Perreaux's Ballsy New Integrated Amp - The 250i

New Zealand hi-fi amplifier manufacturer Perreaux just announced the launch of the eloquence line of products, including the 250i, a very powerful audiophile grade integrated amp. "The 250i delivers in excess of 350 Watts of continuous power into an 8......Read More

PurePower Introduces 2000 Watt AC Regenerator For High End AV Systems

Audiophile grade AC power company, PurePower just started shipping its most powerful regenerator, the Model 2000. The Model 2000 (MSRP $2,995) outputs over 2000 Watts of perfect, isolated, battery reference power. Model 2000 has 10 receptacles, the 1050 ($2,495) 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

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: 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