Enter to Win: Velodyne EQ-Max 10 Subwoofer!!!

[Tom Andry]

Velodyne wants you to win!

Velodyne is offering you the chance to win one (1) Velodyne EQ-Max 10 Subwoofer to one (1) eligible forum member! The award winning EQ-Max is the first subwoofer line to offer remote controlled, one-touch Auto-EQ and maximum bass performance at an affordable price. Made possible only by Velodyne’s 28 years of subwoofer innovation, EQ-Max’s rich feature set and advanced technologies combine to deliver high performance bass, simply and affordably. This contest represents a $579 value!

Features

• EQ-Max’s digitally controlled five-band equalizer automatically measures in-room woofer performance and adjusts the subwoofer’s response to deliver optimum bass performance via remote control at the touch of a button.
• The included remote control allows users to control all functions with visible feedback on the sub’s front panel, including system presets, “Night” mode, volume control, light control and phase adjustment.
• Newly-designed “Class D” amplifiers, four custom designed “Extended Excursion” drivers and Velodyne’s exclusive Distortion Limiting System to deliver deeper, dynamic bass performance.

To be eligible to win, you must:

1. Be a registered Audioholics forum member
2. Have USA Residence
3. Answer the following questions in the thread below

Questions

1. How do you buy your high-end audio products today? Why?

1. Online
2. Specialty Retail Store
3. Custom Installer

2. What three consumer electronics products in the market today are you most excited about and why?

3. What is your most treasured audio component?

4. What areas of the consumer electronics industry (specifically audio/video) do you feel are untapped and offer the most potential from new technology?

NOTE this contest ends on December 31st, 2011. The winner will be drawn shortly thereafter.

Have fun and good luck!

[audioholic212]

Questions

1. How do you buy your high-end audio products today? Why?

1. Online
2. Specialty Retail Store
3. Custom Installer

Online - Best bang for the buck.
2. What three consumer electronics products in the market today are you most excited about and why?

Google TV - It has potential
Samsung Galaxy Nexus with Android ICS - Best phone in the world.
OPPO Blu-Ray - Need I say anymore?


3. What is your most treasured audio component?

My Dual HSU VTF2-MK3s

4. What areas of the consumer electronics industry (specifically audio/video) do you feel are untapped and offer the most potential from new technology?

Video

[BoredSysAdmin]

1. How do you buy your high-end audio products today? Why?
Online

Best prices and easy to find reviews

2. What three consumer electronics products in the market today are you most excited about and why?

a)Galaxy Nexus b) 4G/LTE Cell network c) any alternatives to HDMI

3. What is your most treasured audio component?

easy - my Onkyo TX-SR805 Receiver

4. What areas of the consumer electronics industry (specifically audio/video) do you feel are untapped and offer the most potential from new technology?

A/V Media, Control and Home automation integration with Android devices

[Alex2507]

1. How do you buy your high-end audio products today? Why?

Online - convenience and low prices.
Specialty Retail Store
Custom Installer


2. What three consumer electronics products in the market today are you most excited about and why?

1. Bigger cheaper bang for the buck plasmas like the 7000 Sammy - - because its bigger.
2. Oppo Blu-ray player - because it does everything the two players I use now do and more for not like a ton of cash.
3. Current rec'rs like the Denon 4311 - that unspellable Audyssey thing for room correction equalization has me a little tingly.

3. What is your most treasured audio component?

Denon DVD-1920 - because it plays DVD-A, SACD and has some nice user features ... plus I think it does better with DVDs than my Panny Blu-ray player. That may be tied with a Carver Model C-500 amp because I think it may be capable of launching drivers into orbit.

4. What areas of the consumer electronics industry (specifically audio/video) do you feel are untapped and offer the most potential from new technology?

Affordable in home installation, set up and calibration of gear using easily understood instructions and equipment. Manuals the size of phone books written by foreign MIT theoretical physics students just piss me off.

[jcl]

1. How do you buy your high-end audio products today? Why?
Online
Specialty Retail Store
Online for pricing, convenience, selection, customer service.
Specialty Retail for ease of return, in person audition, and to get something immediately.

2. What three consumer electronics products in the market today are you most excited about and why?
Wireless technology. I have several rooms where running wires is difficult due to slab foundation, cathedral ceilings, and an uncompromising spouse.


3. What is your most treasured audio component?
Von Schweikert VR3 speakers

4. What areas of the consumer electronics industry (specifically audio/video) do you feel are untapped and offer the most potential from new technology
Consumer video display calibration. Speaker calibration systems like Audyssey are common, why not display calibration?
Wireless speaker technology. What's out there still leaves a lot to be desired.
Home Theater PC / media hub. One to rule them all. All the parts are there are people on their own are assembling them. So far the products I have seen from such as Sony have been weak - overpriced and underperforming. It will probably take apple to nail the feature set, but then it will be several times more expensive than windows based machine.

[collegeaudio]

1. How do you buy your high-end audio products today? Why?

I purchase online, simply because there is not much in terms of specialty stores around me. Best buy is about the closest I can get to auditioning products and they have a very limited line. Online is often the only option. In my opinion, free or discounted return shipping is one of the best things a retailer can offer. I know that I have hesitated on many purchases due to the cost of return shipping, regardless of the fact that I am 99% positive I would have kept it! It's the reassurance that is so essential. If you make a good product, the sales increases from offering that service will offset the costs IMO.

2. What three consumer electronics products in the market today are you most excited about and why?

1) The current generation of high-end DSLR's is simply unreal. 1080p video ability while utilizing some of the best optics ever made. As this continues to improve and drop in price, cinematography will begin to blend seamlessly with photography, which holds huge potential for everything from advertisement to wedding photography. And, as a result, will further push the HD movement.

2) Game consoles. I can only image the next generation processing power and therefore the ability to make some spectacular games. Look at Skyrim. When they make the next powerful console, that can only get more impressive.

3) Cell phones. While I don't need to mention specific models, the rapid increase in cell phone technology is staggering. We have gone from clunky original Blackberry's to iPhone and Android devices that keep me constantly in the loop. Communication is efficient and convenient and that leads to some incredible opportunities.

3. What is your most treasured audio component?

Although lacking in many ways, my 160gb iPod Classic is essential (but probably not for much longer). Carrying 160gb of music means I can keep the last 5 years of my music preferences with me at all times, constantly switching back to artists I haven't listened to in a long time, in a very convenient package.

4. What areas of the consumer electronics industry (specifically audio/video) do you feel are untapped and offer the most potential from new technology?

The idea of cloud storage has HUGE potential in A/V technology. I'm excited about the first company to make a wifi cloud-enabled receiver. With FLAC capability, you would never need a music source again. I'm sure HD video is still a long way off, though. Wireless is the current movement, the potential for this is huge.

[Junior19]

Questions

1. How do you buy your high-end audio products today? Why?

Online, mostly due to the ability to check pricing, and research on my own time the products and compare prices to make my decisions.


2. What three consumer electronics products in the market today are you most excited about and why?

4G/LTE smartphones - with the new technologies today, faster speeds, its amazing what these phones can do, and the door is just beginning to open for more.

Sonos - finally a system made to fully integrate an Ipod or music, throughout the house, wirelessly, effectively.

Microsoft XBOX - 6 year old platform that still continues to impress, Xbox live continues to get bigger, and offer more entertainment variety.

3. What is your most treasured audio component?

My Onkyo TX-NR809 audio receiver, performs tons of functions well, and is the cornerstone of my home theater.

4. What areas of the consumer electronics industry (specifically audio/video) do you feel are untapped and offer the most potential from new technology?

Whole house audio systems that function and integrate well. A few manufacturers have systems, that integrate somewhat well, but none are very reliable, or very user friendly, I think with the new technology available today, this area of the market could greatly be improved to be both functional AND reliable.

[its phillip]

1. How do you buy your high-end audio products today? Why?

1. Online
2. Specialty Retail Store
3. Custom Installer

Online! Convenience and price

2. What three consumer electronics products in the market today are you most excited about and why?

Non-specific answers here:
Video game consoles. Why? Because I'm a nerd
Smartphones! It's pretty crazy what you can do on a phone nowadays.
4K/higher resolution projection and displays. I dunno why it takes so long for things like this to come to market. 1600p displays have been available in the computer market for quite some time (and unfortunately still cost a pretty penny). I'll be very happy when ultra-high res displays come down in cost so the average person can afford them.

3. What is your most treasured audio component?

Um, I'll just say my old Yamaha RX-V795...just for nostalgia reasons. It was the first quality receiver I bought back when I was a kid and I still use it to this day.

4. What areas of the consumer electronics industry (specifically audio/video) do you feel are untapped and offer the most potential from new technology?

Home servers for streaming audio/video to individual rooms or displays. I'm not one to pay for downloaded music or movies - I don't mind ripping my own, and it's a lot more convenient playing from a computer than actually getting the discs. I've seen a few prohibitively expensive units offered, or crappy little nas units that don't really offer any expansion. I really don't know if these will ever take off though. Since they're just computers, they will always be much cheaper to build yourself.

[dalumberjack]

1. How do you buy your high-end audio products today? Why?
It seems lately that I have been buying online our through a private authorized seller that ships to me. Store just don't sell the brands I want or they are too over priced.

2. What three consumer electronics products in the market today are you most excited about and why?
1. The new Pioneer Elite LCD TV's. Can't wait to see the benchmarks on these TV's
2. Samsung Galaxy Nexus... Should be the best phone on the planet
3. The new Intel Ivy Bridge CPU's!

3. What is your most treasured audio component?
My AVR, it does everything I want and need.

4. What areas of the consumer electronics industry (specifically audio/video) do you feel are untapped and offer the most potential from new technology?
Low cost home integration. I think everyone could benefit from a "SMART" home but it costs too darn much.

[jthomp27]

1. How do you buy your high-end audio products today? Why?

Online - for quality used equipment, mostly
Custom Installer - higher end items (TV, Receiver, Speakers) - better service, no hassle...plus, my installer has great taste and calibrates for free


2. What three consumer electronics products in the market today are you most excited about and why?

3D - better immersion in movies
high-res blu-ray audio / digital downloads - hope to deliver on the promise of SACD, but with a much larger catalog
Cell phone/remote integration - one less device I need to charge and worry about having on hand


3. What is your most treasured audio component?
My BMW CDM NT speakers

4. What areas of the consumer electronics industry (specifically audio/video) do you feel are untapped and offer the most potential from new technology?
Quality Wireless audio solution (wire-free)