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I think you're right. They figure people will stream over airplay. Has anyone compared the sound quality of streaming it wirelessly to the direct connect from ethernet to the receiver?

Actually Pandora played thru a good DAC is pretty darn good quality, especially if you pay the annual fee for the higher data rate.

We added a tabulated list of features for the 2020/2010 and 3020/3010 for your convenience.

You still seem to imply "free". Nothing is FREE. Publishing reviews is very costly for me. Not only do I have to pay our reviewers a FEE to review a product but I also have to pay other staff members to post the product review. There are no guarantees we will generate advertising revenue...

Let's be clear about something. We DON'T get FREE stuff. Our review samples either go back or are given away in our contests. I don't mind re-evaluating a final score 1/2pt if a manufacturer makes a good argument for it. Our subjective scorecard isn't set in stone and we are NOT that...

As you could imagine, its a challenge for us to keep the manufacturers sending products after they realize how in depth and critical our reviews are. I prefer getting products from everyone, not just a dozen or so really high quality brands that never fear our testing procedures b/c their...

We will throw you a bone or two if you help beta test our new forum :)

Most of our readers pay more attention to the analysis and subjective impressions more than just a final score. However, I asked Josh if he felt it was OK for me to bump the overall rating to a 3.0 given the modest price and your willingness to look into future product improvements and he felt...

The Fluance have more bass but the Infinity's have a more detailed top end. Both has pros/cons. I just finished a controlled blind test comparing the P363s and EMP E55tis and will include this in my Infinity review. Interesting results. All in all, for under $700/pr these 3 speakers...

We don't disclose our ratings to manufacturers during the peer review process. The purpose of the peer review is for you to fact check the editorial content and measurements. We stand by our assessment and our measurements show the box limitations due to the unnecessary wall dividing the amp...

I sent the full review to Cadence prior to publishing and they were fine with it. All the parts they used are good. They just need to hollow out that board divider between the amp and driver and tweak the limiter and it will be a class leading product in the sub $500 price bracket.

I did a detailed review of the Verus Booshelf speaker. Great little speaker but you need a sub if you want fullrange sound. see: Aperion Audio Verus Grand Bookshelf Speaker Review — Reviews and News from Audioholics

That is weird and we are looking into it. Our goal is to upgrade out forum to a new platform like: Xenoforo, IP Boards or the new VBulletin 5.0 in the near future. It's time for us to do a complete overhaul to fix some of these issues.

Lee Ritenour is one of today's best jazz guitarists. I will have to check this one out.

I'm happy to report the firmware update on the AVP-A1HDCI has fixed the SACD bass issue. I tested it on multi-SACD and bass was great. I tested it on 2CH SACD (left channel only as my DVD-A1UDCI seems to not want to produce audio from the right channel when playing 2CH SACD since I got it back...

Loquat (LOQUAT Music), a popular longtime SF electronic/pop band, plus Halsted (Halsted), an emerging local rock-pop band led by former solo artist Ryan Auffenberg, will play at Monarch at 101 6th st. from 8pm-11pm. This is one of the first live music events (vs DJ) at the Monarch, and will...

Every major loudspeaker engineer that has peer reviewed this article have all agreed that you typically want to crossover a tweeter one octave above Fs. Using a shallow horn does add efficiency, but it doesn't change Fs so you would still have to cross it over pretty close to the same frequency...

I am in the process of reviewing these speakers (P363s) right now. If you can find them new from a reputable dealer for $200/pr, RUN don't walk to buy them. At their list price of around $760/pr there are other options but at $200/pr NOTHING can come event remotely close in a floorstanding...

If you use the "LFE" input on the sub, YES it bypasses the internal crossover and allows the sub to play fullrange. It's recommended to use this input when connected to an A/V receiver with bass management.

thanks. As you could imagine, these articles take quite a lot of effort and time to write. Each time it went through a peer process from the folks I selectively chose to peer it based on their expertise, it caused me to refine and add stuff. Designers all have their own preferences, and...