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

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

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

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

NAD Introduces Modular Audiophile Preamp- Tuner-Processor

NAD Electronics just introduced its powerful T 175 Preamp-Tuner-Processor, designed for demanding audiophiles. Packed with new features and technologies, it fully leverages NAD's three decades of experience, delivering a very advanced audio component. The T 175 embodies NAD's core values......Read More

NAD Introduces USB-Equipped Phono Preamp For Ripping LPs To Modern Systems

NAD Electronics just introduced the PP-3 Digital Phono Preamplifier, a sophisticated USB-friendly accessory that integrates turntables into today's stereo systems and allows LPs and other audio sources to be copied directly to a PC, a Mac, or an iPod or......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

Pass Labs' New XP-10 and XP-20 Preamplifiers

Pass Laboratories recently unveiled its XP-10 and XP-20 preamplifiers which have audiophiles around the world excited. The XP-10 and XP-20 were created by audio designer Wayne Colburn with the convenience of remote control and, in the XP-20, an external......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

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