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Bose Acquires McIntosh Group

— November 23, 2024 00:00

Bose Acquires McIntosh Group

Bose acquires McIntosh Group, home to McIntosh and Sonus faber, stepping into luxury audio. A bold move, but what’s next for these iconic high-end brands?

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Turtle Beach Releases Ear Force HPA2 Headphones

— April 03, 2007 10:38

Turtle Beach Releases Ear Force HPA2 Headphones

Turtle Beach today announced its next generation Ear Force HPA2 gaming headphones. Designed for the serious PC gamer to better discriminate from where audio cues originate, the HPA2 feature true 5.1

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Destination Audio Sponsors of Sound & Video Racing for 2007 NASA and PCA Season

— April 02, 2007 19:45

Destination Audio Sponsors of Sound & Video Racing for 2007 NASA and PCA Season

Destination Audio proudly announced the company's sponsorship of Deer Park, Illinois-based Sound & Video Racing's participation in National Auto Sports Association (NASA) and the Porsche Club of

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EMI Launches DRM‑free Music on iTunes

— April 02, 2007 13:14

EMI Launches DRM-free Music on iTunes

According to a Reuters report today, EMI has apparently taken Steve Jobs' advice to heart and is now offering nearly its entire music catalogue for sale without DRM protection. What?!? Yes, it's

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ELAN Announces New In‑ceiling Speakers

— April 02, 2007 10:19

ELAN Announces New In-ceiling Speakers

ELAN Home Systems announced today the addition of two new in-ceiling models to the company’s TheaterPoint (THP) line of home theater speakers, the THP801C and THP802C. Additionally, ELAN announced

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April Audioholics Forum Contests

— April 02, 2007 09:49

April Audioholics Forum Contests

No Foolin'! This month's contests want to save you BIG! Carada wants you to win $100 off any of their projection screens and DVIGear is giving a few lucky winner 50% off their orders (see contest

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Cerwin Vega Announces 21‑inch Subwoofer

— March 29, 2007 12:37

Cerwin Vega Announces 21-inch Subwoofer

The home theater market sees subwoofers growing smaller and smaller, but in the professional market things are quite different. To perfectly illustrate this, Cerwin Vega has announced that it is

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Mail the Force Be With You

— March 29, 2007 01:03

Mail the Force Be With You

The US Postal Service is releasing a set of 15 commemorative Star Wars stamps in May of this year. People will then get to vote on their favorite stamp which will be reissued as a single stamp in

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Circuit City Lays Off 3500 Jobs

— March 28, 2007 21:33

Circuit City Lays Off 3500 Jobs

There's been a flurry of news on the wires today regarding one of the larger consumer electronics retailers (#2 in the US apparently). Circuit City, apparently feeling the pressure early this buying

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Sling Media Releases SlingPlayer Mobile for Palm OS

— March 28, 2007 16:58

Sling Media Releases SlingPlayer Mobile for Palm OS

Sling Media, Inc. today announced the public availability of SlingPlayer Mobile for Palm OS, making it possible to watch television on the Palm OS-based Treo 700p smartphone. Support for other Palm

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Xbox 360 Elite to Support HDMI, Larger HD

— March 28, 2007 13:09

Xbox 360 Elite to Support HDMI, Larger HD

Microsoft announced today their much-anticipated Xbox 360 "Elite" model. This will serve as the premier Xbox 360 console package. It will include a 120GB hard drive, 1080p HDMI output, a

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Axiom Audio Announces EP400 DSP Subwoofer

— March 27, 2007 11:50

Axiom Audio Announces EP400 DSP Subwoofer

Axiom Audio, a world leader in quality loudspeaker manufacturing, today announced the latest addition to its world-class extended low frequency (XLF) intelligent DSP subwoofer line—one that satisfies

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DLP Projection Tech Goes Mobile

— March 26, 2007 09:30

DLP Projection Tech Goes Mobile

Texas Instruments during the 2007 CTIA Wireless convention will be demonstrating, to select media, a prototype of a DLP pico-projector small enough to fit on your finger tips. The latest DLP

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HDMI 1.3 Coming Soon to More Devices

— March 25, 2007 22:54

HDMI 1.3 Coming Soon to More Devices

The biggest hold-up for HDMI 1.3 has been the availability of the transmitter and receiver chips. Silicon Image Inc. has released and deployed four new pieces of silicon, including two receiver chips

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2007 EHX Show Report

— March 23, 2007 10:33

2007 EHX Show Report

Every year Audioholics sends representatives to report on the EHX Expo. In this report, we covered some of the new product releases announced at CES and wrote some editorial on the demos we stopped

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US CD Sales Plummet 20 Percent

— March 22, 2007 14:53

US CD Sales Plummet 20 Percent

Apparently the record industry is seeing yet another sizable chunk of its monopolostic empire drifting into the digital realm. According to a news report today on Breitbart.com, US sales of CDs

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Niveus Media Ships First Vista HTPC with Digital Cable Support

— March 21, 2007 22:10

Niveus Media Ships First Vista HTPC with Digital Cable Support

Niveus Media is now shipping the company’s high-performance, Digital Cable Compatible, 2007 media centers – the Summit Series’ Rainier and Denali Editions, and the Pro Series’ n9 and n7 which are

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Niles Ships StageFront Home Theater Solutions

— March 19, 2007 11:31

Niles Ships StageFront Home Theater Solutions

Niles Audio announced the shipment of StageFront Home Theater Solutions, a new line of loudspeakers designed specifically for home theater applications, to Niles factory-authorized dealers worldwide.

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TIVO Launches Remote Scheduling with Verizon Wireless

— March 14, 2007 21:38

TIVO Launches Remote Scheduling with Verizon Wireless

TiVo and Verizon Wireless today announced the availability of TiVo Mobile scheduling, a downloadable application available only through Verizon Wireless. TiVo Mobile scheduling allows subscribers to

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M‑ROCK Announces EXTREME Camera Bag Line

— March 12, 2007 10:56

M-ROCK Announces EXTREME Camera Bag Line

M-ROCK announces the M-ROCK EXTREME line of camera bags. The EXTREME line includes 22 unique items including mini point n’ shoot digital camera bags, medium digital camera and digital camcorder bags,

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Impact Acoustics New HDMI‑DVI Wall Plates

— March 07, 2007 15:02

Impact Acoustics New HDMI-DVI Wall Plates

Impact Acoustics introduces its new line of HDMI and DVI Digital Series Pass-Through Wall Plates. These unique wall plate solutions are designed to allow for uncompromised transfer of delicate

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Emotiva Announces Aggressive 40% Discount Program for Current Owners

— February 21, 2007 16:11

Emotiva Announces Aggressive 40% Discount Program for Current Owners

Emotiva Audio Corporation, one of the most aggressively-priced, high quality Internet direct-to-consumer electronics companies, is offering a discount trade up program for original owners of ALL

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Denon Announces New Line of Headphones

— February 07, 2007 11:13

Denon Announces New Line of Headphones

Denon Electronics today announced the introduction of a new line of five advanced stereo headphones, including two state-of-the-art “over the ear” models, the AH-D5000 (SRP: $699), AH-D2000 (SRP:

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Boston Acoustics Outdoor “Rock” Speakers

— January 18, 2007 19:00

Boston Acoustics Outdoor “Rock” Speakers

An expansion of the company’s Voyager line of outdoor wall-mounted speakers, the new Rock Speaker Series models are each designed to resemble natural rock formations and provide advanced audio

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Denon AVR‑2307CI

— January 16, 2007 19:00

Denon AVR-2307CI

The high-performance 7-channel Denon AVR-2307CI receiver includes many of the same features that distinguish Denon’s higher-priced units. Among its advanced technologies are HDMI digital video source

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Denon DVM‑2845CI Universal Changer

— January 16, 2007 19:00

Denon DVM-2845CI Universal Changer

The DVM-2845CI Universal 5-Disc DVD Changer will be available in March 2007 (SRP: $499). Featuring Faroudja processing with upscaling to 1080p via HDMI output, RS-232 for integrated system control,

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Sanyo Demos Wireless HD Projector at 2007 CES

— January 03, 2007 14:24

Sanyo Demos Wireless HD Projector at 2007 CES

In the booth, attendees and exhibitors will witness a SANYO HD projector displaying HD content it receives wirelessly via WHDI link from an HD-DVD player. This AMIMON and SANYO demonstration will

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Silicon Optix HQV Processing in HD‑XA2

— January 02, 2007 19:00

Silicon Optix HQV Processing in HD-XA2

Silicon Optix, the leader in programmable video processors, announced today that its Reon-VX HQV video processor will be featured in Toshiba’s new top-of-the-line HD DVD player, the HD-XA2.

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Sanus Systems introduces two Ceiling Mounts for flat‑panel TVs

— December 26, 2006 18:00

Sanus Systems introduces two Ceiling Mounts for flat-panel TVs

Sanus Systems announces the addition of two ceiling mounts for small-to-medium flat-panel TVs to its VisionMount™ line of A/V mounts. These new mounts are ideal for corner locations and when wall