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just bc it's offered for sale doesn't mean they are selling any ;)

Thanks I fixed the ordering of the DAT section. This article started out as a simple top 10 to do a YT video to generate a discussion and it just grew to what it is now.

While we all enjoy the latest technologies afforded to us in consumer electronics, early adopters often pay the price by getting behind new formats that dry up as quickly as the cash they sunk into them. Let's take a look at what we feel to be the biggest product failures in consumer A/V...

I've never come across a speaker cabinet with a bottom loaded compartment to put sand it in that was well braced or well built. Had it been well built, the compartment wouldn't be needed. The point is still valid. There was a trend in the early 2000s where some manufacturers were offering...

System Sold!!!

If you’re a fan of NAD electronics or if you’ve been thinking of upgrading your amp to a more sophisticated product brand you might want to check out NAD’s new M22 V2 Masters Series Amplifier released this year at CES, Las Vegas, Nevada. NAD’s new M22 V2 delivers a 20% increase in power over...

Man that guy is brutal and loves to use a lot of colorful metaphors but puts out some useful information.

Actually I bet this receiver doesn't run extremely hot during steadystate since it likely has a very low Class A bias. My Yamaha RX-Z7 on the the other hand is a space heater. Back when there were only 7 channels in a receiver, "audiophile" still had a bit of focus to these products ; )

The original Dayton Audio B652 has achieved something of a cult classic among speaker aficionados due to its extraordinarily low price. They were perhaps the least expensive, full-size bookshelf speaker that could be had in its day manufactured by a well-respected speaker component company. It...

Only if it was a local sale otherwise shipping probably wouldn't be worth the hassle.

The 2 subwoofers have been sold. Now just the Towers, Center and Surrounds remain and she is asking $550 for all 4 speakers!

Speaker manufacturer GoldenEar released details for their ultra-high performance powered/wireless DigitalAktiv 3 Bookshelf speaker. With a 6” cast-basket bass/midrange driver, the same HVFR tweeter used in the Triton Reference, and two inertially balanced 8” passive radiators, if these speakers...

I have Emotiva XPR-1 monobloc amps. I prefer to run my 8T's full range off them rather than bi-amping with a less powerful amp to the satellite portion of the speaker. I've done that in my prior system but I really enjoy the single massive amp connection and it let's me flip a switch to my 2CH...

That setting only copies bass from large mains to the sub. It does NOT pass LFE to the mains if a sub channel is active. No AV receiver or Japanese processor that I know of will route LFE to the mains unless you turn the sub channel off.

Most CE gear is like this (ie. DataSAT and I believe Trinnov). I am not happy about the lack of OSD but it's probably a resource issue. The advantage of speaker configurability of these type of products is something that really makes it worthwhile though.

Currently I'm using a Yamaha CX-A5100 but the fact that it doesn't route LFE to the mains with a sub channel present, like most consumer gear is very restrictive for my needs. So, I'm contemplating something like this.

StormAudio was recently bought out by the Immersive Audio Technologies Group. The StormAudio lineup is much different than normal consumer products. There is NO OSD, no remote control. Everything is controlled via the web interface and/or an iOS App. But with all this flexibility and power comes...

Imagine the day when you can tell your headphones what music to play. Imagine no longer, thanks to JBL's latest Everest headphones armed with Google Assist. Now you can have the legendary sound JBL is known for with the convenience of voice commands to do your music bidding. JBL offers 3 models...

Polk Audio announced their newest soundbar at the CES 2018 show, calling it the Polk Command Bar. Why Command Bar? How about integrated Alexa support built in! For a sub $300 price point the Polk Command Bar delivers the power and convenience of Amazon Alexa in what looks to be an excellent...

Rogue One was actually a really good Star Wars movie.