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Parent Company PML of Paradigm, MartinLogan Buys GoldenEar From Audioquest

— December 20, 2024 00:00

Parent Company PML of Paradigm, MartinLogan Buys GoldenEar From Audioquest

PML Sound International, parent of Paradigm, Anthem, and MartinLogan, acquired GoldenEar from The Quest Group. Will engineering-focused leadership unlock GoldenEar's full potential post-AudioQuest?

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Impact Acoustics Rotating HDMI Adapters

— December 03, 2007 09:56

Impact Acoustics Rotating HDMI Adapters

Impact Acoustics tossed me a new product announcement the other day that really got my attention. They have a new line of rotating, swiveling HDMI adapters which finally solve that issue of

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iPhone 3G in 2008

— November 30, 2007 18:51

iPhone 3G in 2008

AT&T Chief Exec, Randall Stephenson let some information slip about an upcoming 3G version of iPhone to arrive next year. Apple’s tactile media phone uses cutting edge technology in nearly every

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Wal‑Mart and Target Debut Venturer HD DVD Player

— November 29, 2007 19:00

Wal-Mart and Target Debut Venturer HD DVD Player

Looking for a new HD DVD player this Christmas? Remember the rumor of the cheap Chinese made player that would be coming out? Well, it's time to stop by your local Wal-Mart or Target and check out

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Is DLP Losing Ground to 3LCD?

— November 28, 2007 16:58

Is DLP Losing Ground to 3LCD?

Today 3LCD made an announcement that BenQ is releasing its new line of home theater projectors as 3LCD models. Now I understand that announcements like this may be a tad one-sided. They almost always

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Guitar Hero III, Rock Band ‑ Video Games You Play!

— November 28, 2007 09:50

Guitar Hero III, Rock Band - Video Games You Play!

If you’ve got a lot more paraphernalia sitting around your home theater system lately, you might just be part of the growing trend in video games you have to play. The Guitar Hero franchise has given

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Forget the Wii, Motion Capture Gaming is In

— November 27, 2007 16:12

Forget the Wii, Motion Capture Gaming is In

Using a system miniature accelerometers, gyroscopes, and ultrasonic emitters coupled with microphones, researchers at MIT, Mitsubishi Electric Research Laboratory (MERL), and the Swiss Federal

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Screen Research Expands into US Market

— November 27, 2007 09:11

Screen Research Expands into US Market

Screen Research, maker of acoustically transparent projection screen systems, announced today the company’s official expansion into the North American market. Screen Research USA will be located in

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Emotiva Cyber Monday Sale

— November 26, 2007 15:56

Emotiva Cyber Monday Sale

Missed out on Black Friday? Maybe you just didn't want to fight the crowds for the substandard gear at the big box stores. Well, no worries, Emotiva Audio is back with a ton of sales for the holiday

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Impact Acoustics Audio CrossPlay 2x2 Switch

— November 26, 2007 14:45

Impact Acoustics Audio CrossPlay 2x2 Switch

Impact Acoustics is proud to announce the new Audio CrossPlay audio distribution device. This pocket-sized 2x2 Audio Matrix Switch provides a user with the ability to simultaneously connect, share

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IBM Wants to Bring Commercials to DVDs

— November 26, 2007 11:19

IBM Wants to Bring Commercials to DVDs

That's right. IBM is seeking to turn the industry on its ear in an attempt to levy additional ways of bringing marketing and advertisements into the living (or better stated, theater) room. Not

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Mech Anyone?

— November 26, 2007 11:08

Mech Anyone?

In what has only to be described as an, "Oh my GAWD! I've GOT to get me one of THOSE!" moments, we stumbled across of video of the new Sarcos' powered exoskeleton. Of course, it probably costs

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Christmas Shopping? Consumer Electronics are Red Hot this Holiday Season

— November 22, 2007 16:14

Christmas Shopping? Consumer Electronics are Red Hot this Holiday Season

Prices on the hottest consumer electronics are shrinking faster than Tony Soprano’s second helping of pasta fazul. WOA! Economics experts are saying electronics are in - women’s handbags, jewelry and

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Xbox360 and PlayStation3 Updates for Fall

— November 21, 2007 11:40

Xbox360 and PlayStation3 Updates for Fall

Rival console game system Thanksgiving updates: One is a real update, the other a real turkey. Sony PlayStation3 has just received its firmware revision 2.01, and Xbox360 is rumored to receive a

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Consumer Reports Gets It Right ‑ Blu‑Ray and HD‑DVD are Equal

— November 20, 2007 15:23

Consumer Reports Gets It Right - Blu-Ray and HD-DVD are Equal

In what is no stunner to anyone at Audioholics, Consumer Reports reviewed nine HD optical disc players and guess what they concluded? There are no significant performance differences. The top Blu-ray

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Internet Addiction Camp Opens

— November 20, 2007 12:03

Internet Addiction Camp Opens

Welcome to South Korea, home of Kimchi, Bul Go Gi, and 250,000 Internet addicts as reported by The New York Times. Since Korea has nearly border to border Internet access apparently kids need to

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Pioneer SyncTV to compete with iTunes and Cable TV

— November 19, 2007 12:01

Pioneer SyncTV to compete with iTunes and Cable TV

Today, Pioneer begins beta testing on its version of a next gen TV subscription service dubbed SyncTV. This is no streaming TV web-applet with limited bandwidth, low resolution and suspect audio

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Axiom Intros Audiobyte PC Speakers

— November 19, 2007 10:35

Axiom Intros Audiobyte PC Speakers

Axiom Audio today unveiled the Audiobyte, their first luxury hi-fi computer speaker system. Comprised of two high end, ultra-compact speakers plus a dedicated stereo amplifier and optional subwoofer,

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Beowulf ‑ Is 3D Cinema a Sign of Things to Come?

— November 16, 2007 15:35

Beowulf - Is 3D Cinema a Sign of Things to Come?

Beowulf, the splashy production starring Anthony Hopkins, Angelina Jolie and John Malkovich opens today in theaters across America. But this isn’t an ordinary movie. It’s the biggest 3D presentation

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Yamaha RX‑V861 Receiver Giveaway!

— November 16, 2007 11:46

Yamaha RX-V861 Receiver Giveaway!

Just in time for the holiday season, Audioholics is giving away a Yamaha RX-V861 AV Receiver in our "We Review it, You Win it!" series. What do you need to do to get your hands on this sweet piece of

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Analog vs Digital ‑ Pop Science for a Day

— November 15, 2007 19:28

Analog vs Digital - Pop Science for a Day

In last week’s episode, PBS pop-science magazine show Wired Science covered the issue of analog vs digital sound – predictably, the piece was highly compressed and lacked dynamic range.

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$55,000 Remote Control Goes Well With $7,250 Speaker Cables

— November 15, 2007 16:03

$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

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Xbox Live Marketplace to Sell Full Game Downloads

— November 14, 2007 12:00

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

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Holiday Sales Frenzy – Friday’s HD‑DVD Smoke Clears

— November 08, 2007 11:14

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,

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Axiom Audio Free High Gloss Upgrade Special

— November 05, 2007 08:50

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

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Holiday Sales Frenzy ‑ HD‑DVD Players as low as $99

— November 01, 2007 16:23

Holiday Sales Frenzy - HD-DVD Players as low as $99

Over the last week or so, reports that Wal-Mart was stocking the Toshiba HD-A2 just below the sub $200 mark tricked in, spurred by blurry photos of said stock in various A/V forums. More recently,

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Circuit City Testing New 'The City' Concept Stores

— October 24, 2007 13:34

Circuit City Testing New 'The City' Concept Stores

Electronics retailer Circuit City is testing new concept stores dubbed "The City," with a new look and interactive layout in an attempt to give customers a new shopping experience. The stores include

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Runco Outdoor WP‑42HD LCD

— October 23, 2007 21:06

Runco Outdoor WP-42HD LCD

Planar Systems today announced the first flat-panel LCD display designed specifically for outdoor living, under its Runco custom home theater brand. The debut of the new Runco Climate Portfolio and

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New Sony Players Cheat Blu‑ray Specification Deadline

— October 22, 2007 15:24

New Sony Players Cheat Blu-ray Specification Deadline

In the market for a new profile 1.1 Blu-ray disc player to make sure that the player has all the latest features such as picture in picture commentary? Sony doesn’t have it covered. Beware of any