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The Yamaha A-S2000 offers full-stage balanced transmission, combining high power output with excellent sound and outstanding SNR. The matching CD-S2000 SACD player is built on similar principles.

The Yamaha RX-V3900 has arrived! This brand new 140W x 7.1 channel receiver costs $1799.95 and features an Ethernet port and extensive networking features. The RX-V3900 boasts four HDMI v1.3a inputs.

One of the most exciting new technologies exhibited at this year's SOTU event was a live demonstration of the upcoming Sherwood Newcastle R-972 receiver featuring a built in Trinnov Optimizer room EQ …

With Audioholic’s State of the Union show in full effect it's easy to get distracted amid the boomin' demo rooms. Behind each darkened door are high resolution scenes of pulse pounding …

Denon is now offering to update their AVR-3808 and AVR-4308 for new buyers (between September 1st and December 1st) for free and for $100 for everyone else. This upgrade will add a number of …

Roku announced to owners of its Netflix Player set top box that Netflix has just added 2500 recent movies and TV episodes, including examples such as No Country for Old Men and episodes of this …

The new MacBooks including a new metallic design were unveiled the latest Apple press conference by company Chief Steve Jobs. Nvidia graphics processing, buttonless tracking and moisture sensors are …

A flurry of news came up this week on Circuit City and predictions that it would go bankrupt as early as the first quarter of 2009. According to Bradley B. Thomas, a research analyst at KeyBanc …

Based on the YouTube blog, they are experimenting with a new model - partnerships with major studios. Since Google acquired YouTube just over two years ago for $1.65 billion (with a b), they've been …

Epson, the world’s largest manufacturer of front projectors and makers of 3LCD technology, will be displaying a suite of its top home entertainment projectors at this year’s Audioholic’s State of the …

For those that have been looking forward to the "New Xbox Experience" since its announcement at E3, the wait is almost over. Microsoft announced Wednesday that their interface will be going live on …

The makers of Blackberry tossed its keychain into the touch-screen fishbowl this week. As it dives into the same market as iPhone, RIM hopes to attract some crossover Apple unfaithful. But is the …

Congrats Sony Pictures Home Entertainment, for getting in A in Blu-ray! An article at the Sound and Vision website gives grades to the major studios making Blu-ray discs. In the article Ken Brown …

Sony debuted yet another amazing OLED TV at this year's CEATEC in Japan - an OLED display that measures just 0.3 mm in thickness. It demoed these alongside other 0.9 mm models which are more likely …

Whenever a couple goes to the shopping center it usually pans out like this - the guy makes a b-line for the Yellow and Blue warehouse while the significant other goes for more feminine fare. But now …

The revolution will not be televised after all... Last week, three copyright judges forced an end to debate between songwriters, labels and online digital music servicesby maintaining current …

Life just got better for DIY HTPC'ers. Hauppauge, the gold-standard in video capture cards for your PC, just released a new beta driver that provides 5.1 audio support for its HD-PVR.

The new Marantz SR6003 receiver has arrived! Featuring an all-new chassis, front panel design and high-density fluorescent display, the SR6003 produces 100 watts of continuous power per channel.

The highly anticipated XPA-1 Differential Reference Monoblock amplifier from Emotiva Audio will make its debut in November 2008, as a special limited edition of 10 units will be sold to benefit St. …

Netflix, once known only for its mail DVD rental service, has been expanding. First they introduced streaming of some 12,000 titles on their website. Next, they paired with Roku (and others) to bring …

Auralex Acoustics is breaking new ground by launching a gallery of custom-printed acoustical panels. Auralex Acoustics is exclusively the first to market SonicPrint, its custom-printed, artistic …

When Wal-Mart started offering DRM free music in February 2008, it was heralded as a triumph over DRM. Now, consumers took a hit over the weekend from Wal-Mart who is shutting down their DRM music …

In true super-hero style - Iron Man might have narrowly avoided a near disaster. No, it wasn’t an explosive missile from his arch-nemesis in the film, Iron Monger played by Jeff Bridges. Instead it …

The future doesn’t look good for the battered and bleeding CD format. Sales of the music medium sunk 19 percent last year alone. But the end of the CD doesn’t necessarily spell an end for physical …

Metallica is possibly the greatest rock band to do everything it can to alienate fans. The latest stain on the controversial metal act’s karma comes from questionable recording tactics on its latest …

Bubbles may burst, Lehman may crumble, AIG may get bailed out - but gold isn’t the only comodity on the rise, so is Blu. These days consumers may be thinking twice about a buying a new …

Rumors of the demise of Digital Rights Management have been greatly… well, you know how it goes. At a time when it looked like DRM was drawing its last gasp - a new consortium of manufacturers, …

According to a news report issued today, Japan's Hitachi said it will shrink production of plasma panels and begin buying them from Panasonic (Matsushita) to reduce costs and get back in the black in …