http://www.audioholics.comWhere audio and video equipment undergoes rigorous objective and subjective tests by our staff, ensuring that marketing slogans aren't the only guidelines for your home theater choices.Tue, 23 Sep 2008 05:00:47 -0000http://www.audioholics.com/news/on-location-articles/axiom-audioSummer wouldn’t come to an end properly without my traditional trip to Axiom Audio to check out their latest products under development. This year (as usual) they didn’t disappoint with the introduction of a new flagship subwoofer - the EP800, to take the crown from the EP600, T2 in-wall speakers and a Mini 5.1 compact speaker system. Spend a few days with the fine folks at Axiom and not only will you want to integrate their products into your home theater system, but you’ll want to take a piece of their pride of workmanship and comradeship home with you. Great products and services from a cool company that although maybe isolated up in the hills in Dwight, Ontario, aren’t out of touch with their customer base or market trends. Tue, 23 Sep 2008 05:00:47 -0000/news/on-location-articles/axiom-audioOn-Location ArticlesAV News http://www.audioholics.com/news/on-location-articles/editorial-denon-line-show-2008This week I had the privilege of attending the Denon Line Show & Press Event in Dana Point, California. A top floor room that looked out over the Pacific Ocean from the Laguna Cliffs Marriott Resort & Spa was my home for a couple of nights while attending, and it proved to be a great trip full of demos and information. An idyllic setting by any measure, and it provided me a great evening of relaxation prior to my day of work - yeah, we call this work.Thu, 22 May 2008 19:05:35 -0000/news/on-location-articles/editorial-denon-line-show-2008On-Location ArticlesAV News http://www.audioholics.com/news/on-location-articles/boston-acoustics-on-locationHow often does a company claim to "reinvent" itself? And how many times is it actually true? Boston Acoustics is making a lot of changes - dropping most of their speaker lines, dropping many of their accessory products, and even dropping the "Acoustics" from their name. Reinvention? Absolutely. The new face of Boston was unveiling to us and reported directly to you. Mon, 10 Sep 2007 15:45:57 -0000/news/on-location-articles/boston-acoustics-on-locationOn-Location ArticlesAV News http://www.audioholics.com/news/on-location-articles/bang-olufsen-on-locationBang & Olufsen has been around for many, many years - probably a lot more than many American's would realize. Founded in 1925 by Peter Bang and Svend Olufsen, the two had an idea that radios should run on the "mains" (line voltage ran to the home) rather than on batteries.Wed, 29 Nov 2006 01:00:00 -0000/news/on-location-articles/bang-olufsen-on-locationOn-Location ArticlesAV News http://www.audioholics.com/news/on-location-articles/audioholics-on-location-3-axiom-audioAxiom Audio is a company that needs little introduction since they are so well branded among the well- informed home theater crowd passionate about purchasing products that live up to their reputation - with none of the BS often found in high end audio. Thu, 28 Sep 2006 01:00:00 -0000/news/on-location-articles/audioholics-on-location-3-axiom-audioOn-Location ArticlesAV News http://www.audioholics.com/news/on-location-articles/on-location-with-audyssey-laboratoriesNearly two years ago we were introduced to a revolutionary room equalization system called Audyssey which was soon to be debuted in the up and coming AVR-5805 receiver flagship from Denon. Prior to reviewing this new super receiver, we sent one of our freelance writers, Patrick Hart , to Audyssey Labs for a first hand demo of their new system.Mon, 25 Sep 2006 01:00:00 -0000/news/on-location-articles/on-location-with-audyssey-laboratoriesOn-Location ArticlesAV News http://www.audioholics.com/news/on-location-articles/audioholics-on-spot-location-apc-avOver the last 20 years, APC has been a pioneer in the development of new power protection technologies, resulting in countless industry awards, design patents and an installed base numbering in the tens of millions of units. Multiple R&D centers, along with APC-owned and controlled factories, have helped ensure that APC solutions are the safest, most advanced, and reliable available. When you buy APC, you buy "peace of mind".Tue, 22 Aug 2006 01:00:00 -0000/news/on-location-articles/audioholics-on-spot-location-apc-avOn-Location ArticlesAV News http://www.audioholics.com/news/on-location-articles/denon-boston-acoustics-line-show-overviewThis year the Denon and Boston Acoustics Summer Line Show was held in Cleveland, OH, at the Ritz Carlton. The press event began at noon in the Century Restaurant, where we ate with Denon and Boston Acoustics executives.Wed, 26 Jul 2006 01:00:00 -0000/news/on-location-articles/denon-boston-acoustics-line-show-overviewOn-Location ArticlesAV News http://www.audioholics.com/news/on-location-articles/home-theater-cruise-panel-2-setting-a-new-surround-sound-standardWe spent about 2.5 hours in an unexpectedly grueling session with renowned recording engineers Chuck Ainlay, Ed Cherney, Frank Filipetti, George Massenburg, Elliot Scheiner, and Al Schmitt (as well as host Gary Reber from Widescreen Review magazine.)Wed, 09 Nov 2005 01:00:00 -0000/news/on-location-articles/home-theater-cruise-panel-2-setting-a-new-surround-sound-standardOn-Location ArticlesAV News http://www.audioholics.com/news/on-location-articles/home-theater-cruise-day-1 We're here at the 4th annual Home Theater Cruise (our first) and have to say, the weather has done its best…Mon, 31 Oct 2005 01:00:00 -0000/news/on-location-articles/home-theater-cruise-day-1On-Location ArticlesAV News http://www.audioholics.com/news/on-location-articles/audioholics-on-spot-location-rbh-soundThough RBH Sound isn't yet a household name that people relate to as they do Sony TVs or Ken more Refrigerators, they are one of the oldest speaker companies in the USA still run and operated by the original founder - Roger Hassing. In 1976 RBH Sound produced its first loudspeaker. RBH soon began to OE M for McIntosh, (back in the days of Gordon Gow), providing cabinets for their speakers. This set the stage for doing a superb job since McIntosh didn't worry about how to cheapen the product, but to make it better and, at least at the time, class leading in performance.Fri, 02 Sep 2005 01:00:00 -0000/news/on-location-articles/audioholics-on-spot-location-rbh-soundOn-Location ArticlesAV News http://www.audioholics.com/news/on-location-articles/audioholics-on-spot-location-factory-tour-2-of-axiom-audioWe questioned Ian about the Axiom testing procedures in accordance to NRC standards. He informed us that Axiom first tests its products at the NRC in Ottawa and then take those "golden units" to their mini anechoic chamber to run baseline measurements. Axiom then compares all production models to the reference "golden unit" to ensure they measure within ±1dB.Thu, 04 Aug 2005 01:00:00 -0000/news/on-location-articles/audioholics-on-spot-location-factory-tour-2-of-axiom-audioOn-Location ArticlesAV News http://www.audioholics.com/news/on-location-articles/denon-summer-conference-2005-2013-wrap-up The Denon Press Conference was a very enjoyable experience that we were greatly honored to be a part of. It's always a pleasure to provide coverage of companies such as Denon that are repetitively innovative in their product engineering and design approach. While we were a bit disappointed to hear of no new developments on their much anticipated separates packages, we certainly understood their delay. With the advent of HD DVD, the format battle between HD-DVD and Blu- Ray , indecisiveness of digital transmission protocols, and new supportive surround formats such as Dolby Digital Plus (and the fact that Dolby labs is NOT licensing this technology until next year) the product release delay makes a lot of sense nobody wants to have an obsolete product 6 months after its release, right?) Rest assured however, that the Denon separates solutions, when released, will be as innovative and perhaps as much as a quantum leap in technology for the separates marketplace as the AVR-5805 was to receivers. Until that day, we will just have to settle for the AVR-5805 as being the trend-setter for both preamp/processors and receivers.Mon, 18 Jul 2005 01:00:00 -0000/news/on-location-articles/denon-summer-conference-2005-2013-wrap-upOn-Location ArticlesAV News http://www.audioholics.com/news/on-location-articles/denons-new-2005-dvd-player-lineupDenon announced some new DVD players during their 2005 Summer Conference at Amelia Island and it looks like a couple a new players are really agressively targeting the competition. The biggest thing we noticed were the new DVD-1920 and DVD 756S which provide a Faroudja FLi2301 chip along with HDMI 1.1 with digital bass management. An aluminum front panel and parallel 480i video output (concurrent with HDMI) make these very impressive players for only $349.Fri, 15 Jul 2005 01:00:00 -0000/news/on-location-articles/denons-new-2005-dvd-player-lineupOn-Location ArticlesAV News http://www.audioholics.com/news/on-location-articles/new-denon-htr-receivers-conference-day-3Similar to the new AVR Series but less custom features such as added multi room sources, the HTR represents their high value line up for folks whose primary focus is on the main zone of audio - the theater room if you will.Thu, 14 Jul 2005 01:00:00 -0000/news/on-location-articles/new-denon-htr-receivers-conference-day-3On-Location ArticlesAV News http://www.audioholics.com/news/on-location-articles/denon-s-series-home-theater-systemsAs the home theater-in-a-box market continues to grow (for example, it showed $800 million in sales this year as opposed to $450 million in sales for A/V receivers) it is apparently clear that consumers are very interested in small form factor 2-channel and home theater systems. Denon is addressing this market in full force with its new S-Series home theater pre-packaged systems.Wed, 13 Jul 2005 01:00:00 -0000/news/on-location-articles/denon-s-series-home-theater-systemsOn-Location ArticlesAV News http://www.audioholics.com/news/on-location-articles/new-denon-avr-series-receivers-for-2005Denon is introducing some incredibly ambitious products in the next few months that have upgraded feature sets and pricing to put the rest of the market on notice.Tue, 12 Jul 2005 01:00:00 -0000/news/on-location-articles/new-denon-avr-series-receivers-for-2005On-Location ArticlesAV News http://www.audioholics.com/news/on-location-articles/denon-2005-summer-conference-overviewWe started out the morning with breakfast in the Ritz-Carlton Ballroom. I don't often eat a good breakfast so custom omelettes and pastries were quite the treat (though I didn't see anyone who actually went for the salmon option that was presented). There are a lot of industry veterans at this conference, both in terms of installers and distributers - and we certainly haven't more than just a handful of people in the industry (most from New York in fact).Tue, 12 Jul 2005 01:00:00 -0000/news/on-location-articles/denon-2005-summer-conference-overviewOn-Location ArticlesAV News http://www.audioholics.com/news/on-location-articles/axiom-audio-loudspeakers-factory-tourAxiom loudspeakers design philosophies adhere to their rigid scientific measurement standards and psychoacoustical testing protocols of the National Research Council (NRC). Axiom's founder, Ian Colquhoun, was a member of the founding group of researchers and has been involved with the NRC since 1980. Sat, 02 Oct 2004 01:00:00 -0000/news/on-location-articles/axiom-audio-loudspeakers-factory-tourOn-Location ArticlesAV News http://www.audioholics.com/news/on-location-articles/2003-yamaha-private-showing-of-new-products-part-1-of-2Every year at about this time, the electronics division of Yamaha makes their way to the sunshine state ( Florida ) to showcase and demonstrate their latest product offerings to their exclusive dealers. This year, I was personally invited by Yamaha to take part in this event. Marketing Services Manager, Bruce Bernstein, contacted me to ensure I was planning on going and sweetened the deal by saying "We are gonna show you things that will make your head spin". With that in mind, I realized that I could not refuse and coordinated with their sales force to set up hotel accommodations for my wife and me. Since the show was in Ft. Lauderdale , only a five hour trip from my home in Tarpon Springs (really 4 hours in my 2002 Maxima!) no uncomfortable plane trip was required.Wed, 23 Jun 2004 01:00:00 -0000/news/on-location-articles/2003-yamaha-private-showing-of-new-products-part-1-of-2On-Location ArticlesAV News