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Cambridge Audio Minx Xi Digital Music System The Cambridge Audio Minx Xi is a wireless streaming box that has it all. Bluetooth? Yep. USB inputs? It's got two. Amps? Two into 40 watts (8 ohms). It is compatible with most formats. $899 MSRP.

Bowers & Wilkins P7 Headphones Preview Bowers & Wilkins has released their new P7 headphones. These are the flagship of the B&W headphone line. We had a chance to A/B with them the rest of the B&W line and they are clearly the best.

Pioneer Elite SC-79 Receiver with HDBaseT At the Pioneer listening room in the High Performance Audio room at CEDIA we got to check out the SC-79 AV receiver. This is a 9.2-channel 200 watt per channel flagship amplifier.

Sanus Launches New Premium Mount Lineup Sanus' new Premium Series features eleven mounts accommodating 13” to 80” TVs up to 125 pounds. The mounts range in price from $29.99 to $349.99. Read on for our impressions.

JL Audio E-Sub e112 and e110 Subwoofers Preview Two new JL Audio subs for under $2000. The new E-subs from JL Audio: the e110 is $1500 and the e112 is $1900. These subs seem to pack performance and value and we can't wait to measure their output.

Oppo BDP-103D Blu-ray Player with Darbee Visual Processing We made it over to the Darbee Visual Processing booth with the Oppo BDP-103D. The 'D' of course stands for Darbee Visual Processing. It will ship for $600, a $100 premium price over Oppo's BDP-103.

Sony HAP-Z1ES 1TB Hi-Res Music Player System Preview The Sony HAP-Z1ES is a hi-rez media streamer that can upscale your music to 5.6MHz (DSD quality). Funny thing - they released two additional boxes that have more features and cost less. Go figure.

KEF V700 & V720W Digital Soundbars Preview The KEF V700 and V720W soundbars are among the thinnest units on the market, but certainly not the least expensive at $799 and $999. Read on for our impressions.

Unique Automation Bath-o-Vision Now, I know that traditionally we cover audio and video stuff, but today I found something I particularly think you should know about. It's automation for your, well, cleansing needs.

Stewart Filmscreen Transformer Three Roller System Preview The Stewart Filmscreens Transformer is a three roller system. The rear roller drops a black out screen. The middle drops the screen. The front roller drops side masking. Don't ask about the price.