If you’d like to get your front paws on a but don’t want to fork over the scratch, you might be in luck. Yamaha is running a contest on its Facebook page between now and June 20, 2013, during which six lucky entrants will walk away with a PDX-B11 of their own. To enter, Like Yamaha more »

Sherbourn may not be a name familiar to most consumers, what with its strictly custom-installation history, but all of that may be about to change with the introduction of its new SR-8100 7.1-Channel Receiver (not to mention a recent move to direct internet sales, à la its sister company, Emotiva). The move to direct sales doesn’t more »

Onkyo has just announced two new receivers to top off its mid-range AV receiver lineup, including the 9.2-channel TX-NR929 Network A/V Receiver and the 7.2-channel TX-NR828 Network A/V Receiver, both with built-in Wi-Fi and Bluetooth capabilities, and both with THX Select2 Plus certification. Both the TX-NR929 and TX-NR828 feature support for lossless audio streaming from more »

NuVo is a name most anyone familiar with the custom integration market will recognize.  The company’s aim is to make high-quality, great sounding, whole-house audio systems. From it’s the top of the line Concerto system, to the Renovia system, which retrofits into your home using existing electrical cable, NuVo delivers a superior home audio experience to more »

AudioControl has introduced an updated, upgraded, souped-up version of “The Director” multiroom amplifier I reviewed last year for Residential Systems (which, by the way, has now been discontinued). The new sixteen-channel “Director Model D4400″ retains all of the advanced control and connectivity of its forebears — and one hopes its amazing audio quality, as well more »

At some point in the future, I would like to have a man-cave. You’re almost certainly thinking, “Duh. What man doesn’t?”, and I’ll allow it. One of the decisions that will have to be made is whether to put it together myself, or have a custom installer do the job. While I’ve been daydreaming, Integra more »

Colleague Jeff O’Heir of Dealerscope sat down recently for an exclusive Q&A with Innovative Technology founder Corey Lieblein to discuss the company’s history, changes in the consumer electronics market, and IT’s new Justin Case line of power-providing tablet and mobile device cases. Some say Innovative Technology, a CE vendor based in Port Washington, N.Y., is more »

If you want to keep an eye on the really innovative stuff going on in the audio world these days, you need to keep tabs on Kickstarter. My latest find on the crowdfunding website is an intriguing little Bluetooth speaker, dubbed Tiptop, with a brilliantly simple design that doubles as a portable speaker and a more »

At an ever-increasing rate, the router is becoming the most crucial piece of hardware in home entertainment and home control, not only for providing streaming audio and video from the interwebs, but also as the central communications hub for modern home automation systems. Add to that the fact that most of us use Wi-Fi to more »

If you’re in the market for an HDMI matrix processor, longevity is, of course, a crucial concern. These sophisticated matrices — which allow you to route HDMI signals from multiple sources to multiple displays throughout your home or business — don’t come cheap. Add in automation support, advanced setup functionality, cloud connectivity for remote diagnostics more »