NAD isn’t the only hi-fi company celebrating forty years with new audiophile goodies. Harman‘s Luxury Audio Group has announced that the Mark Levinson 40th Anniversary № 52 Reference Dual-Monaural Preamplifier is now shipping. Touted as “the finest preamplifier ever created by Mark Levinson,” the № 52 boasts an “all-analog, true dual-monaural design with a two-chassis configuration that more »

B.M.C. Audio, a maker of high-performance, audiophile-grade components, is introducing two new products this week at the International CES in Las Vegas. The first is the AMP CS2, an integrated, stereo power amplifier.  The CS2 stands apart with the inclusion of three technologies unique to B.M.C. The first, Load Effect Free (LEF) Technology, handles a more »

Rivals Circuit City and CompUSA are dead or mostly dead in the brick-and-mortar space, and they only live online as zombie sites for TigerDirect, leaving Best Buy as pretty much at the king of the big box electronics hill. While some regional competitors like HHGregg have been getting aggressive, no one can compete with Best Buy more »

“It’s useless to resist.” Darth Vader, of course, was referring to the Dark Side of The Force. For me, and countless other music lovers, I’m sure, it’s useless to resist the Dark Side known as streaming. I really want to hold a disc (and its packaging) in my hand while listening to an album, but more »

According to The Verge, Sonos will cease selling its hardware remotes for their systems on June first, moving the company to where their customers already are: Smartphone based apps “We knew from the early days of the iPhone explosion that controlling our system from the device that people were carrying around in their pockets is more »

What’s the first amplification technology that comes to mind when you think audiophile sound? Tubes, right? (If you didn’t say tubes, you’re wrong.) And what’s the last company that comes to mind when you think snooty high-end audio? Okay, that would definitely be Bose. But surely Samsung would clock in pretty low on most people’s more »

Granted, this whole thing is just a marketing gimmick, but what a groovy marketing gimmick it is! Sony has teamed up with Andrew Scriven to craft a neat audiovisual experience that you’ll definitely want to experience with a good set of cans. (I’ve tried; the effect just doesn’t work with regular speakers.) Check it: (Better yet, more »

    Pioneer is showing  a brand new, high-end network audio streamer next week at CES. Part of their Elite line, the N-30 and N-50 are intended to act as the hub for all the audio on your DNLA 1.5 network or Apple’s AirPlay, giving you high-end DACs and processing to make your lossy and more »

When I first heard the full name of the ivee Bedside Assistant and heard its dulcet voice, I was thinking of a very different product than an alarm clock. Scheduled to be shown in January at CES, ivee is a voice-controlled alarm clock that eliminates all the fumbling with buttons, and making sure the rocker more »

Today (November 23rd only) at NewEgg.com, they’re offering the Pioneer VSX-521-K for a mere $139.99 after using the coupon code EMCJJHH24. The receiver sports 4 HDMI inputs, 110w per channel, and a 192khz/24-bit DAC system that supports DTS HD Master Audio as well as Dolby TrueHD decoding to get you sounding right. While this is more »