Autonomic Controls makes a heck of a media server in its Mirage series.  One of the great things about the Mirage boxes is that Autonomic spent a good deal of time making sure they would play nice with your home automation system of choice.  Whether you are in the AMX, Crestron, Control4, RTI, or URC more »

You’re sitting around your living room, and you’re playing some songs for your friends, who then decide that they just have to share the stuff they have living on their mobile. So you get up, unplug, re-sync, and finally you’re ready to listen to some music.  takes all of that frustration out of sharing and listening, more »

If you’ve just been waiting for a slight nudge before dropping a thousand (or five thousand!) bucks on one of the world’s most critically acclaimed music servers, here’s the nudge you’ve been waiting for: Buy an Olive O3HD Music Server now, and for a limited time, the company will throw in a pair of Audioengine more »

It’s been nearly a year since I got my first good look at URC’s Total Control line (you can read about my trip to URC headquarters last May here), and I’ve been waiting patiently to get some hands-on time with a system here at home. Hopefully, the wait is nearly over, since the final Total more »

Legendary director Oliver Stone has been remiss in updating his home theater. His projector doesn’t even have HDMI, and is still stuck at 720p (I hope you were sitting down- before reading that). Good thing DIY Network‘s Hollywood Hi-Tech is there to help him out with all the latest gear for bigger/brighter/better. In the episode more »

There’s great news for those with the pocketbooks to support a Meridian habit.  Meridian Audio has released its Core Control app for iPad devices.  The app, designed to control the company’s variety of Digital Media Systems (which seemingly, inexplicably, seem to have dropped the Sooloos name), follows in the navigation footsteps of the Control 15 by more »

Without a doubt, there is a lot to love about Sonos’ incredibly innovative audio distribution system. Sonos definitely turned the traditional rack-filled-with-stacks-of-black-boxes and single-point control location on its head with its system that is wireless and decentralized. It’s one of those systems that, as you start describing it to people, and telling them all the more »

Despite being incredibly popular, the Apple TV has always lagged behind other media boxes in terms of functionality. Seriously limited in the number of codecs and resolutions it supported, it did less for a a lot more money than a Roku or WDTV, with the only advantages being ease of use and its ability to more »

My last unboxing post — the Meridian DSP3200 speakers and Sooloos Media Core 200 –was so unexpectedly popular that I decided that the obvious thing was to do another! Now, I could lie to you and tell you that tons of people who had been Google searching the Web fruitlessly looking to fulfill an unquenchable more »

I’ve just come back from a trip to beautiful Harrison, NY, home of URC (formerly known as Universal Remote Control) for a bit of face time with the company and a firsthand look at its new Total Control line. If you’re not familiar with URC — or, I should say, if you’re not aware that more »

Autonomic Controls has announced support for Amazon’s Cloud storage service. Autonomic’s MMS 2 and MMS 5 media servers will work with Amazon’s Cloud thanks to a free firmware upgrade expected to be released in the second quarter of 2011. MMS users will have instant access to their Amazon.com purchases. The MMS system will automatically upload more »

HAI, known for its line of integrated safety and energy management products, announced the Hi-Fi 2 standalone audio package at the 2011 Consumer Electronics Show. The Hi-Fi 2 can be connected to HAI’s Music Gateway and controlled by the company’s new iPhone app. Such connectivity will allow users to enjoy music in their homes without more »