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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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Halo 3 Pushes Xbox 360 Into Lead Over Wii

— October 22, 2007 10:13

Halo 3 Pushes Xbox 360 Into Lead Over Wii

Next generation game console sales figures for September are in from the NPD Group. While we don't know what the long term effects will be, it looks very good for Xbox - at least this week. The Xbox

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Best Buy goes Digital

— October 18, 2007 09:40

Best Buy goes Digital

As the government mandated all-digital broadcast TV deadline approaches (February 17, 2009), Best Buy decided to discontinue selling analogue TVs as of October 1st. This move comes on the heels of an

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Onkyo HTiB Systems with HDMI 1.3 Switching

— October 17, 2007 12:13

Onkyo HTiB Systems with HDMI 1.3 Switching

Onkyo has introduced the HT-SP908 home theater in a box system, featuring everything a consumer needs to turn the latest high definition video display into a full-fledged home theater experience.

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Die Hard on the Go

— October 16, 2007 16:21

Die Hard on the Go

In an unexpected but not unwelcome move, Fox Home Entertainment is expected to announce that it will include a PC version of "Live Free or Die Hard" on the special edition release. To access the

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VidaBox Servers Support Multi‑zone Audio Streaming

— October 15, 2007 14:20

VidaBox Servers Support Multi-zone Audio Streaming

VidaBox LLC is proud to announce multi-zone audio streaming server support for Russound® and Nuvo® audio distribution systems. A VidaBox audio server communicates with the multi-zone music system via

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EA Acquires BioWare and Pandemic Studios

Eric Shelton — October 12, 2007 16:34

EA Acquires BioWare and Pandemic Studios

Video game publisher Electronic Arts announced yesterday that it would acquire two software studios from Elevation Partners in a deal worth $860 million. This is the largest acquisition in the

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Why the iPhone Won’t Make it to Canada

— October 12, 2007 08:16

Why the iPhone Won’t Make it to Canada

Apple fanatics north of the border may have world class hockey and universal health care, but they won’t be getting the iPhone. That’s right! The nation that gave American Northeast colleges the

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Emotiva Halloween Specials ‑ Don't Miss Out!

— October 11, 2007 12:08

Emotiva Halloween Specials - Don't Miss Out!

Are you looking to treat yourself to something sweet that won't rot your teeth this Halloween? Emotiva is offering their biggest savings of the year this holiday season. Emotiva’s Halloween deals

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Format War Won ‑ by the Internet?

— October 10, 2007 10:34

Format War Won - by the Internet?

While the audiophiles and first-adopters argue about HD DVD and Blu-ray, the rest of the world moves on, unknowing and uncaring. We've predicted not once but many times that the new formats were

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PS3 for $399 on November 2?

— October 09, 2007 17:00

PS3 for $399 on November 2?

The mysterious and nameless consortium of "analysts/buyers" are working with the understanding that Sony will bring a $399 version of the PS3 to market well before Black Friday in order to better

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Next iPhone to Have Intel Inside?

— October 09, 2007 08:44

Next iPhone to Have Intel Inside?

First we heard that Intel was working with competitors to take on the iPhone. Now Apple is reportedly considering using Intel's Moorestown mobile Internet device (MID) platform processors to create a

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Merry Christmas ‑ Sony Cuts PS3 Prices in Europe

— October 05, 2007 09:48

Merry Christmas - Sony Cuts PS3 Prices in Europe

If you thought the Playstation3 was expensive here in the US, be glad you don't live overseas where the box typically retails for around $843. That's right, don't complain to Sony about the high

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Bose Goes HDMI... 4 Years Later

— October 03, 2007 01:14

Bose Goes HDMI... 4 Years Later

You know HDMI has finally hit the mainstream when Bose decides its products need the new connector. A full five years (give or take a few months) has passed since the introduction of HDMI 1.0 and

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Radiohead Gives Recording Industry the Boot

— October 02, 2007 15:02

Radiohead Gives Recording Industry the Boot

Once the purview of unknown artists trying to get noticed and secure a record deal, English experimental rock band Radiohead has gone the way of internet downloading for the release of their latest

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Calling BS on Snake Oil Cables

— October 02, 2007 12:53

Calling BS on Snake Oil Cables

We like to rant, but rarely does a rant result in some pretty productive "put your money where you mouth is" results as it did this week. Dave Clark, Editor of now-disgraced audio review publication

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Apple Hates You

— September 28, 2007 15:00

Apple Hates You

Let's face it, Apple hates you. They really do. But they make such nice stuff it's just so darn hard to get mad. Well, that's why I'm here. I'm that friend that's telling you you're being taken

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Exploring the Depths of Format War Ignorance

— September 28, 2007 08:28

Exploring the Depths of Format War Ignorance

Number of people who don’t know they need an HDTV to view HD content? Survey says… 40. That would be the number of people out of every 100 that have no idea that an HDTV is even required to view HD

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Are You Buying an HD‑DVD Player This Christmas?

— September 21, 2007 10:15

Are You Buying an HD-DVD Player This Christmas?

We've set up our own little poll to gauge interest in new HD-DVD purchases this Christmas. We'd like you to participate. What we're interested in are people who do not already have an HD DVD or

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MPAA RIAA Mercenaries Have Shady Activities Exposed

— September 19, 2007 16:12

MPAA RIAA Mercenaries Have Shady Activities Exposed

According to stories surfacing in The Wall Street Journal, Ars Technica, and others, a company called MediaDefender has sprung a leak of internal electronic correspondence that reveals some of the

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RadioShack's Game Gambit

— September 18, 2007 13:27

RadioShack's Game Gambit

RadioShack is an enigma to me. I mean does anyone actually shop at RadioShack on purpose? Well now, RadioShack - the store that cannot die - is taking on Games. I mean console games. Games that are,

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Nintendo Wii Zapper

— September 13, 2007 14:34

Nintendo Wii Zapper

Nintendo announced that its new Wii Zapper interface/controller will come packed with Link's Crossbow Training. The software is based on the hugely popular Legend of Zelda series and provides a

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China Enters the HD Fray with CH‑DVD

— September 11, 2007 15:12

China Enters the HD Fray with CH-DVD

The Chinese government announced early Friday a new high definition optical disc standard specifically for the Chinese market: China High Definition DVD (CH-DVD). CH-DVD can make use of a simplified

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UK to Ban Plasmas?

— September 11, 2007 14:42

UK to Ban Plasmas?

According to a report by The Sun, Conservatives in the UK are proposing a ban on plasma TVs and other energy-inefficient electronics. Included are devices such as refrigerators, PCs, DVD players and

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Audioholics CEDIA 2007 Show Coverage!

— September 05, 2007 11:28

Audioholics CEDIA 2007 Show Coverage!

Audioholics is heading out to the 2007 CEDIA Expo in Denver again this year (may it NEVER go back to Indianapolis!) and we are bringing a troop of people with us. All told, we've got seven going this

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3D Holographic Displays a Reality

— September 04, 2007 14:48

3D Holographic Displays a Reality

The USC Institute for Creative Technologies has developed a set of rendering techniques for an autostereoscopic light field display able to present interactive 3D graphics to multiple simultaneous

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Sony Rootkit Strikes Again... And Again

— August 30, 2007 14:58

Sony Rootkit Strikes Again... And Again

It was reported on Reuters that high-end memory sticks sold by Sony Corp can make personal computers vulnerable to attack by computer hackers, according to researchers with two Internet security

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Important Dates & Registration Info: Audioholics State of the CE Union Event

— August 30, 2007 13:15

Important Dates & Registration Info: Audioholics State of the CE Union Event

As many of you are now aware, Audioholics is celebrating 9 years of success by hosting a 'State of the CE Union' event and party at the Hilton Beach Resort overlooking Clearwater Beach in lovely

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Emotiva Labor Day Sale Event

— August 30, 2007 13:12

Emotiva Labor Day Sale Event

Most Labor Day sales for are for chicks. What guys want is more power. And Emotiva is giving you just the excuse to invest in some. For a limited time (Saturday, Sunday & Monday, September 1-3),