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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?
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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. …
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 …
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, …
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 …
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 …
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: …
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 …
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 …
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, …
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 …
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.
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 …