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$55,000 Remote Control Goes Well With $7,250 Speaker Cables
Excess knows no bounds. We here at Audioholics are a practical lot. After having recently lambasted ridiculously overpriced speaker cables whose attributes read like many warnings on the list of Top…
AVRant #28: Dina has hit her Quotie
Tom starts off with a few announcements about the AVRant voicemail, the new music challenge, a few minor changes to the website, and AVRant’s ranking on Podcast Alley (you guys ROCK!!!). Tom…
Xbox Live Marketplace to Sell Full Game Downloads
Since its launch on November 15th 2002, Xbox Live has generated a user base of about eight million gamers - it's widely considered the top feature of Microsoft’s Xbox game consoles. For the fifth…
Sony CEO Uncertain of Blu-ray Future
After the spanking Blu-ray got at the hands of HD DVD recently, Sony's CEO Sir Howard Stringer commented that the two formats are in a "stalemate" according to the Associated Press. While he doesn't…
2007 Electronic House Expo (EHX) Long Beach
I'm flying home from California today after spending the week at the EHX show in Long Beach this week. Although the show is geared towards custom installers and integrators, I have never been to EHX…
Radiohead - So did the Boot Work?
Results of Radiohead’s little experiment of life without leeches, I mean record labels, have started to come in. Early on, reports showed that in excess of ONE MILLION people downloaded the album…
Holiday Sales Frenzy – Friday’s HD-DVD Smoke Clears
Last Friday’s pre-Black Friday sales wars kicked off what should be an interesting holiday season for the little format war that is going on. The opening salvo was fired not by either format backer,…
AVRant #27: Too Many Topics, Too Little Time
You thought things were crazy last week? Wait until Dina's announcement. Tom deconstructs the Wal-Mart "secret" sale where an HD DVD player was on sale for $99. Is investing in a DVD player with top…
There has never been a better time to rent
The WGA strike is on folks, and they're reporting that this one could be a doozie. The last WGA strike went on for 22 weeks (that's an entire season of shows) and cost the industry an estimated $500…
Axiom Audio Free High Gloss Upgrade Special
If you are getting the itchy finger to pull the trigger on a new speaker system from Axiom, they've just made the decision making a bit easier. For a limited time only, upgrade your Axiom…