Wait! Don’t click the back button! I know this is another soundbar in a very crowded soundbar market, but Niles has actually cooked up a new take on the tired soundbar formula that’s actually worth a serious look.  For starters, it’s made by Niles, which should at least garner a little attention.  Secondly, it’s an in-wall more »

Sony has taken the wraps off a few of its new receivers and soundbars for this year, rebuilt from the ground up to take advantage of today’s streaming technologies. First up is the STR-DN1040, a 7.2 1050 watt receiver, which reportedly delivers up to 165 watt per channel: Sony offers consumers the only AV receivers more »

Sceptre is introducing a new soundbar. If you’re already reaching for the “back” button on your browser, no hard feelings. I get it. The soundbar was a novelty a few years ago, a  lower-cost alternative to a full-blown surround sound system that in some cases, hey, sound pretty darn good. But now soundbars are everywhere. more »

Pop quiz: what words come to mind when I say “soundbar”? Compact? Compromise? Decent upgrade over TV speakers? No match for a proper home theater system? If you’re Michael, probably “not a-freaking-nother…!” In most cases, you’d be right. I’ve reviewed quite a few soundbars in my day, and always did my testing in the smaller, more »

I can already feel you rolling your eyes. Another soundbar? Seriously? Give this one a chance, though, because Sonos is doing something really wicked cool in the category — the sort of thing that only Sonos is really positioned to do. You’re familiar, of course, with the company’s streaming audio players, which vastly simplify the more »

It’s a crowded soundbar market out there, and standing out in the pack isn’t easy. If you’re Paradigm, of course, the most obvious way to do so is by putting your name on the side of the box. But in designing its new Soundtrack soundbar system, the company went one step further and made some more »

I would guess that many people who have an interest in home audio have heard of Parts Express.  I, for one, have made many a purchase from them both via the catalog and in person at their store in southwest Ohio.  As a result, I get their catalog both at home and at work (and more »

Who knew VIZIO made anything other than televisions? Okay, we did. In addition to TVs and computer and media streaming devices, VIZIO makes sound bars too, and the company is showing off two new  models at the 2013 Consumer Electronics Show. Both aim to recreate a 5.1 experience; one is 42 inches and the other more »

We’ve written a lot about soundbars here at HomeTechTell, and we’ve also had a thing or two to say about mounts. If you’ve heard enough about both, I get it–I’m getting tired of writing about them too. But Media Décor and Leon made me take a second look at a news release I normally would have more »

Definitive Technology is giving away one of its $2000 SoloCinema XTR Soundbars, but if you want to win, you have to be a music lover. Well, you have to love at least five bands or musical artists. Okay, you only have to actually know the name of five bands or musical artists. Head over to Facebook.com/DefinitiveTec, more »