Posted on 24 November 2010
Fashionably late to the iPod dock party, Bang & Olufsen unveils their first dock, the BeoSound 8. Like all B&O products, in addition to a $1000 pricetag, the BeoSound 8 carries a sleek and minimalist aesthetic while also delivering room-filling sound. They’ve even implemented a “room adaptation” switch that optimizes the sound of the BeoSound 8 according to its location in the room.... Read more
Posted on 23 November 2010
Internet Radio is the answer to an iPod that hasn’t been updated in quite some time, especially for home entertaining. And when you minus wires, that just makes us go giddy! The Revo AXiS Wireless Internet Radio boasts a 3.5-inch color TFT touch-screen display with an icon-driven touchscreen user interface, allowing quick and easy navigation. It also has an advanced internet radio with Wi-Fi.... Read more
Posted on 17 November 2010
Yamaha has introduced the BD-A1000, a “universal Blu-ray player” with streaming capabilities. This model allows you to play Blu-ray discs, DVDs, SACDs, DVD Audio discs and web-based media like Netflix, YouTube and Blockbuster. What else do you need?... Read more
Posted on 15 November 2010
How cute would it be to have his iPhone charing next to yours while your Nook and camera were charging too? This is just the kind of sweetness we love about holiday season and with the new iHome iB969, it can be done in style! The device features quick-charge USB ports that don’t support syncing and also standard-charge ports that do support syncing. The $60 charging station comes bundled with adapters for various iPods and has a rubberized rest area for your iPad.... Read more
Posted on 03 November 2010
Bang & Olufsen are comin’ atcha with a brand new addition! The storied home entertainment company has added a 32-inch version to the BeoVision 10 family.... Read more
Posted on 19 October 2010
Forget the Home Theater in a Box, Bose’s new VideoWave has your whole surround sound system built right into the TV. Their new VideoWave ($5,350) hides 16 speakers that uses the company’s Adaptiq technology to automatically calibrate the system based on room size and shape. They also include a “Unify” console to organize your DVR, iPods, and Media Players through one remote.... Read more
Posted on 18 October 2010
Just when Apple was getting comfortable selling out of Apple TVs, Sony and Google team up to steal the spotlight with the new, Google-powered, Sony TV. Sony TV comes built-in with their new TVs or your choice of a Blu-Ray player. TVs start at 24” ($599) inches and go all the way to 46” ($1,400) and all will come with a QWERTY remote device for (hopefully) easy navigation of the interface.... Read more
Posted on 05 October 2010
Denon, who you may or may not know as the makers of fine studio headphones for people like Madonna, Christina Aguilera, Mariah and even Oliva Newton John (!!!) is turning 100 this year. There’s a whole slew of products they’re releasing to celebrate but we just wanna get our hands on these: a $600 pair of special set of handcrafted headphones that are housed in a piano mahogany wood finish. Spec-wise the headphones feature high-grade 50mm drivers and a frequency range of 5-37,00.... Read more
Posted on 28 September 2010
While other watchmakers strive to create watches that are increasingly harder to read, Art Lebedev keeps things simple with the Verbarius clock, which tells time using words instead of numbers.... Read more
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Posted on 07 September 2010
You are looking at what is the desktop audio equivalent of an Aston Martin. Its svelte, leather-wrapped, shapely, and built incredibly well. 800 individual components are carefully brought together by hand which becomes the Meridian M80 for the very Aston Martin-y price of $2,995. An 80-watt 2.1 channel sound system that packs a slot-loading CD/DVD drive, rear-mounted subwoofer, and an of course, an optional iPod dock make this the perfect companion for bachelor pad entertaining!... Read more
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