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 »

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 »

In spite of the competition from AirPlay and other streaming systems, Bluetooth reigns supreme in the wireless speaker market, but you may have noticed that most Bluetooth speakers systems are a bit — shall we say? — cramped. Virtually monophonic from any appreciable distance. A neat Kickstarter project I just stumbled across addresses that issue, more »

Dolby may dominate the audio portion of the streaming video game, but that doesn’t mean there isn’t room for DTS, too. Today, DTS announced that it has adapted the technology behind DTS-HD Master Audio’s quality layers to make it more streaming friendly. An “encode once, play many” quality strategy, the system also eliminates the need more »

Definitive Technology’s Sound Cylinder is an intriguing beast — an Edifier-esque Bluetooth tablet speaker from one of the most recognized names in affordable hi-fi. In an ocean of me-too Bluetooth speakers, though, this one floats above the rest with its built-in subwoofer (no, really), and a neat clamping feature that allows it to double as more »

Spotify — the streaming music service that has become such a hit, some credit it for nearly single-handedly reducing music piracy last year — may be getting ready to take the leap into the video realm, and go toe to toe with Netflix and HBO GO. And apparently, like Netflix, Spotify isn’t just looking to more »

Edifier has added the iF335BT Bric Connect Bluetooth speaker to its growing lineup of portable-but-high-quality speakers. The Bric Connect includes a built-in microphone for hands-free phone communication and multiple-listener conference calls. The Bric Connect’s Bluetooth connectivity also allows for wireless streaming of music on the go. The iF335BT Bric Connect ships with a wireless remote that offers several options: more »

Apple pretty much has the mass-market phone-to-TV streaming market wrapped up with AirPlay Mirroring and Apple TV for now, but other manufacturers are looking to get in on the fun with Miracast, a new standard cooked up by the Wi-Fi Alliance and adopted by nearly every major consumer electronics manufacturer. Wi-Fi CERTIFIED Miracast™ is a groundbreaking solution more »

Following reasonably hot (well, warm-ish, at least) on the heels of its new A5 and A7 Airplay Speakers, Bowers & Wilkins announced this week a brand new iOS dock that addresses the pesky issue of Apple’s new Lighting connector, which rendered years’ worth of docks nearly useless overnight for new iPhone 5 owners. Of course, more »