I would never have expected B&W, one of the most prestigious names in high-end audio to develop outdoor speakers. Given B&W's high-end pedigree and the fact that it sells its top of the line Nautilus speakers for $60,000/pair these...
Earlier on Saturday morning, I knew I just wasn't going to have time to cleanup my iTunes library properly anytime soon or in the future. My library had ballooned to almost 11,000 songs after I started digitizing my long-standing...
The Nordost Blue Heaven Balanced Interconnects. I'm not into the snake oil of cable mystique, but I did hear a difference—though minor—in my system with the Blue Heaven interconnects installed. It is psychoacoustics or is it science?I've long heard...
The Octava 1x1 HDMI Audio Converter features both an HDMI passthrough and a Toslink audio out in addition to analog conversion of an HDMI signal. For those looking to convert a source like an AppleTV, this may be a...
I previously noted that THX had released its Tune-Up App for iOS devices (Android version coming later in the year) and after testing it this evening on two different TVs and speaker setups I can tell you that this...
Back in 2009 I wrote about the benefits of subwoofer equalization and I lauded the inclusion of subwoofer EQ on Revel's B15 and B15a subwoofers. Revel's included software had test tones from 20 hz to 100hz and you relied...
THX Tune-Up for the iPhone and iPad is now available for free allows you to calibrate your TV and audio system in time for the SuperBowl. Grab it now because it will be a free download only until Monday,...
In one of my recent blog posts, I gave a high-level overview of what I was trying to accomplish and outlined what I did for wiring in a new 4.1 home theater setup in a multi-use family room. Overall,...
At first, it was becoming quite a chore to find DACs that had digital bypass / digital passthrough so that I could pass the digital signal onto my pre-pro. However, after some intensive searching across the web including many...
I love my AppleTV. Everything about it is intuitive, slick, and well designed... except for Apple's remote. I can appreciate the minimalist styling but like every other remote out there, it's a tedious experience when it comes to typing...
