Audioholics Featured Reviews & Articles Article Archives
AVRant #12: Putting your peg leg down
Arrg matie! It's a pirate show today (not really). It is listener question day as Dina and Tom discuss audio elitism including a long discussion on price points and what are some of Tom's review…
AVRant #11: The Family That Kills Together, Stays Together
Dina reveals her deep and unnatural love for Mario Bros, sniping, and Marky Mark. We discuss video games, their ratings, the target audience, and how Tom thinks you should get out of the video game…
AVRant #10: Tom is a Badass and Dina is Evil
Dina and Tom finish their discussion of her undercover trip to Best Buy. This one is all about cables and power. John could have suggested using the analogue inputs for high def audio but that was…
Audioholics 9th Annual "State of the CE Union" Event and Party
Join us in Clearwater Beach, Florida on October 5th at the 9th Annual State of the CE Union Party Event. The event features 4 live 7.1 A/V demo rooms, a formal dining event and much more. The…
Free Markets vs. Corporate Greed - Analysis of the HD Format War
There seems to be a bit of misunderstanding as to the nature of true competition and the nature of government intervention in the free market. As our model for discussion, let's take the European…
Ask AVRant #3: Calibration
Kurt wants to know about the BFD while Matt is curious about calibration equipment in general. Since these are both related J and I went ahead and answered them together. We cover not only what…
Four AV Tips for the Fourth of July
We at Audioholics hope you and your family are having a great mid-week holiday vacation. If your employer didn't give you the day off, well then be sure to cover his office in saran wrap or encase…
AVRant #9: Best Buy Infiltration Part 1
Dina continues her undercover operation uncovering just the type of BS your big box stores are feeding people. This time, it's Best Buy. We were shocked to learn some of the things that pass for…
AVRant #8: That's How We Roll
How to stave off buyer's remorse, white van speakers, plasma burn-in, and power conditioners. Seem unrelated? Well, they aren't. Listen in to find out how.
Stop Playing Games and Do Your Homework Dad!
My recent editorial on the release of Manhunt 2 brought up some interesting comments, not the least of which was a general dissatisfaction with the idea that video games are just for kids. Gamers are…