http://www.ecoustics.com/latest/links Latest links, updated every five minutes http://www.ecoustics.com/hemag/articles/21397 Best Media Room Installation Robert's Home Audio & Video of Los Angeles, Calif. Wed, 04 Nov 2009 03:20:01 -0500 http://www.ecoustics.com/secrets/home-theater-speakers/696 Do you fault a Mini Cooper for being a Mini and not a Honda Odyssey or a Porsche 911? In evaluating product, a question that is often unasked is "What is the reference?" Often times, particularly in audio or video, the question is unasked because the answer invariably is reality. Thu, 29 Oct 2009 04:00:00 -0400 http://forum.ecoustics.com/bbs/messages/34579/599672.html Tue, 27 Oct 2009 01:59:00 -0400 http://www.ecoustics.com/pcw/reviews/174165 Over the past few years, most of us have made a musical sacrifice: We've switched from listening to CDs to listening to MP3 files, and in the process we've lost... Thu, 22 Oct 2009 14:40:18 -0400 http://news.ecoustics.com/bbs/messages/10381/598435.html Wed, 21 Oct 2009 15:24:00 -0400 http://news.ecoustics.com/bbs/messages/10381/594133.html Thu, 01 Oct 2009 11:26:00 -0400 http://www.ecoustics.com/dt/news/20940 At this week's Intel Developer Forum, Intel formally unveiled "Sodaville," a new 45nm system-on-a-chip based on the comapny's Atom processor that's designed specifically to bring interactive, Internet-based services and content to televisions, set-top boxes, and peripherals like DVD players and DVRs. The chipset supports both Internet and broadcast applications, and has enough processing horsepower to handle both video and audio processing and 3D graphics in real time."Traditional broadcast networks are quickly shifting from a linear model to a multi-stream, Internet-optimized model to offer consumers digital eRead | Permalink | Linking Blogs Fri, 25 Sep 2009 14:00:00 -0400 http://www.ecoustics.com/hemag/reviews/21323 The iPod has had the same transformative effect on multiroom audio that the Mac had on computers: Both changed an unfriendly, daunting entity into something the average person could relate to. Thu, 24 Sep 2009 07:03:04 -0400 http://www.ecoustics.com/lm/reviews/36752 The fifth iteration of Apple's tiny portable media player keeps the same featherweight body as its predecessor but adds a bigger screen and video recording. Thu, 24 Sep 2009 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.ecoustics.com/lm/reviews/36754 This powerful and elegantly designed media player proves that Microsoft is back in the game. Thu, 24 Sep 2009 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.ecoustics.com/dt/news/20901 Phiaton, a branch off of Seoul’s Cresyn Co., is relatively new to the high-end headphones market, but the company showed it meant business when it released the PS 300 Noise Cancelling headphones this past March. These headphones cost about $300 and provide up to 18 hours of listening time on its rechargeable lithium-polymer battery. Phiaton also ships the headphones with an extra battery (a $50 value) as well as a battery charger that works in conjunction with a USB cable so users can charge the battery with a PC or laptop.Phiaton&rsRead | Permalink | Linking Blogs Mon, 21 Sep 2009 18:59:52 -0400 http://www.ecoustics.com/dt/news/20899 Boston Acoustics has pushed out an update to its dual-alarm iPod speaker system, dubbed the Duo-I plus. The unit works with iPods and is now "Works with iPhone" certified, and features dual alarms, an AM/FM tuner (with 15 available presets), and a 360-degree "snooze ring" handy for slapping when you just don't want to get up yet.The Duo-i plus features two 3.5-inch speakers and BassTrac processor for enhanced low-end response at all volume levels. While the unit is designed to work with iPods and iPhones, it also sports two aux input jacks for connecting other media players or devices, sports a subwoofer outputRead | Permalink | Linking Blogs Mon, 21 Sep 2009 14:20:00 -0400 http://www.ecoustics.com/dt/reviews/6721 Onkyo rushes headlong into digital with HT-RC180, but leaves too many analog devices in the dust. Mon, 21 Sep 2009 10:19:28 -0400 http://www.ecoustics.com/secrets/subwoofers/686 It would truly surprise me if anyone reading this review had not heard of JL Audio. Notwithstanding JL Audios stellar reputation in the car audio world, its Fathom and Gotham series of subwoofers have set the home audio/video world on fire like few products in recent memory. Thu, 17 Sep 2009 04:00:00 -0400 http://ecoustics-cnet.com.com/8301-27083_3-10355261-247.html?part=ecoustics-cnet LenaBaby, a home device that records 16 hours of audio from a toddler's shirt pocket, appears to predict autism in children as young as 24 months with 91 percent accuracy. Wed, 16 Sep 2009 19:17:00 -0400 http://www.ecoustics.com/dt/news/20860 Audio gear maker Bose has unveiled the Bose SoundDock 10, an iPod-compatible one-piece speaker system that the company claims offers the sound of a much larger, pricier piece of gear thanks to newly designed large-magnet woofer and two new "Twiddler" transducers which combine the roles of tweeters and mid-range drivers."The SoundDock 10 system is for people who want the sound quality of a primary music system for their iPod or iPhone," said Bose Home Entertainment VP Phil Hess, in a statement. "We started with a clean sheet and a clear goal: to deliver unparalleleRead | Permalink | Linking Blogs Wed, 16 Sep 2009 12:30:00 -0400 http://www.ecoustics.com/dt/news/20817 Folks who are deep into Internet media often find they have little choice but to hook up a PC to their home audio or home theater rigs to get to the online streaming media they require—and, while all the technological pieces are readily available, media fans usually have to go throuhg seemingly endless contortions to get things working the way they want. Sherwood is looking to solve that with its new NetBoxx Internet A/V Receiver, which combines all the bells and whistles of a high-end A/V receiver—Dolby TruHD, Dolby DTS-HD, HDMI 1.3, 100 watts of 7.1 sound—with the capability to tap into Internet content from Cinemanow, Amazon Video On Demand, Netflix, Rhapsody, Shoutcast, HuRead | Permalink | Linking Blogs Thu, 10 Sep 2009 14:15:00 -0400 http://www.ecoustics.com/dt/news/20774 Peripheral and accessory maker Logitech has introduced two new entries in its Squeezebox line of network-away music players: the Squeezebox Radio and the Squeezebox Touch. Although both devices are Wi-Fi enables and are designed to let users tap into their own music collections as well as Internet radio or music subscription services, they aim at different sets of needs: the Squeezebox radio is designed for a desktop, nightstand or end table—somewhere you might want a litRead | Permalink | Linking Blogs Thu, 03 Sep 2009 14:00:00 -0400 http://www.ecoustics.com/dt/guide/298 Taking your music with you used to be as easy as popping the cassette out of your home tape player and into your car, boombox, or Walkman. Not so any more. Though the rise of the MP3 has made it possible to download albums in seconds, share them with your friends, and fit millions of songs in a single box, the actual process of getting it from off a desktop hard drive and playing it somewhere else has taken a step backward in simplicity. But that's quickly changing, as a plethora of services and gadgets have sprung up to fill the void. Leave Bon Jovi at home no more. Let's take a look at some of the ways you can get your music off your desktop.Living RoomUnless you home computer happens t...Read | Permalink | Linking Blogs Thu, 03 Sep 2009 03:00:00 -0400 http://www.ecoustics.com/dt/news/20736 For gamers who don't feel like investing in a high-quality stereo or home theater rig for their gaming system—or who just aren't in a logistical situation to be pushing that much audio through the walls to their neighbors or family at the wee hours of the morning—gamer headsets are kind of an indispensable element of the gaming scheme, enabling players to appreciate the most subtle (and annoying!) points of a game's soundtrack while simultaneously trash-talking their opponents (or even cooperating with allies) in real time. To that end, gear-maker Tritton Technologies is bringing its AX120 and AX720 gamer headsets exclusively to Best Buy, letting gamers on PCs, the Xbox 360Read | Permalink | Linking Blogs Fri, 28 Aug 2009 13:25:00 -0400 http://news.ecoustics.com/bbs/messages/10381/586732.html Thu, 20 Aug 2009 19:02:00 -0400 http://www.ecoustics.com/dt/news/20656 Electronics maker Sony and retailer Best Buy have taken the wraps of their jointly developed Altus line of audio gear, which the companies say is the result of almost two years of collaborative market research and engineering. The products are available for pre-order online via Sony's sonystyle.com Web-based store, and will appear in Best Buy retail locations in September…although other retail partners will also be carrying Altus products."By working with Sony throughout the product development process, we were ableRead | Permalink | Linking Blogs Tue, 18 Aug 2009 13:25:00 -0400 http://ecoustics-cnet.com.com/Samsung_HT_BD1250/4505-6740_7-33488076.html?part=ecoustics-cnet Samsung's HT-BD1250 home theater system has built-in Blu-ray, streaming media from Netflix and Pandora, and excellent audio and video quality, making it our top budget Blu-ray all-in-one system. Fri, 14 Aug 2009 13:47:00 -0400 http://www.ecoustics.com/dt/news/20637 Audio gear maker Aperion has introduced its new Intimus Outdoor Speaker, aiming to bring the audiophile quality of its bookshelf speaker systems to the outdoors in a package that can stand up to the elements and provide years of use.The Intimus Outdoor Speakers (available in black or white) feature a 6.5-inch dual voice coil woven fiberglass driver, a 1-inch silk-dome tweeter, and a weather- and UV-resistant ABS polymer cabinet designed for outdoor use. The speakers feaRead | Permalink | Linking Blogs Fri, 14 Aug 2009 13:40:00 -0400 http://www.ecoustics.com/lm/reviews/35645 Sony's latest Walkman sports a dazzling OLED touchscreen and built-in noise cancellation, but its browser is half baked. Fri, 14 Aug 2009 00:00:00 -0400