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Sonus faber Custom Designs Audio System for Lamborghini
Sonus faber has custom designed a new audio system for the Lamborghini Revuelto. The new Revuelto sound system boasts 7 independent speakers, powered by a formidable 750 watts of amplification.
Impact Acoustics Audio CrossPlay 2x2 Switch
Impact Acoustics is proud to announce the new Audio CrossPlay audio distribution device. This pocket-sized 2x2 Audio Matrix Switch provides a user with the ability to simultaneously connect, share …
IBM Wants to Bring Commercials to DVDs
That's right. IBM is seeking to turn the industry on its ear in an attempt to levy additional ways of bringing marketing and advertisements into the living (or better stated, theater) room. Not …
Mech Anyone?
In what has only to be described as an, "Oh my GAWD! I've GOT to get me one of THOSE!" moments, we stumbled across of video of the new Sarcos' powered exoskeleton. Of course, it probably costs …
Christmas Shopping? Consumer Electronics are Red Hot this Holiday Season
Prices on the hottest consumer electronics are shrinking faster than Tony Soprano’s second helping of pasta fazul. WOA! Economics experts are saying electronics are in - women’s handbags, jewelry and …
Xbox360 and PlayStation3 Updates for Fall
Rival console game system Thanksgiving updates: One is a real update, the other a real turkey. Sony PlayStation3 has just received its firmware revision 2.01, and Xbox360 is rumored to receive a …
Consumer Reports Gets It Right ‑ Blu‑Ray and HD‑DVD are Equal
In what is no stunner to anyone at Audioholics, Consumer Reports reviewed nine HD optical disc players and guess what they concluded? There are no significant performance differences. The top Blu-ray …
Internet Addiction Camp Opens
Welcome to South Korea, home of Kimchi, Bul Go Gi, and 250,000 Internet addicts as reported by The New York Times. Since Korea has nearly border to border Internet access apparently kids need to …
Pioneer SyncTV to compete with iTunes and Cable TV
Today, Pioneer begins beta testing on its version of a next gen TV subscription service dubbed SyncTV. This is no streaming TV web-applet with limited bandwidth, low resolution and suspect audio …
Axiom Intros Audiobyte PC Speakers
Axiom Audio today unveiled the Audiobyte, their first luxury hi-fi computer speaker system. Comprised of two high end, ultra-compact speakers plus a dedicated stereo amplifier and optional subwoofer, …
Beowulf ‑ Is 3D Cinema a Sign of Things to Come?
Beowulf, the splashy production starring Anthony Hopkins, Angelina Jolie and John Malkovich opens today in theaters across America. But this isn’t an ordinary movie. It’s the biggest 3D presentation …
Yamaha RX‑V861 Receiver Giveaway!
Just in time for the holiday season, Audioholics is giving away a Yamaha RX-V861 AV Receiver in our "We Review it, You Win it!" series. What do you need to do to get your hands on this sweet piece of …
Analog vs Digital ‑ Pop Science for a Day
In last week’s episode, PBS pop-science magazine show Wired Science covered the issue of analog vs digital sound – predictably, the piece was highly compressed and lacked dynamic range.
$55,000 Remote Control Goes Well With $7,250 Speaker Cables
Excess knows no bounds. We here at Audioholics are a practical lot. After having recently lambasted ridiculously overpriced speaker cables whose attributes read like many warnings on the list of Top …
Xbox Live Marketplace to Sell Full Game Downloads
Since its launch on November 15th 2002, Xbox Live has generated a user base of about eight million gamers - it's widely considered the top feature of Microsoft’s Xbox game consoles. For the fifth …
Holiday Sales Frenzy – Friday’s HD‑DVD Smoke Clears
Last Friday’s pre-Black Friday sales wars kicked off what should be an interesting holiday season for the little format war that is going on. The opening salvo was fired not by either format backer, …
Axiom Audio Free High Gloss Upgrade Special
If you are getting the itchy finger to pull the trigger on a new speaker system from Axiom, they've just made the decision making a bit easier. For a limited time only, upgrade your Axiom …
Holiday Sales Frenzy ‑ HD‑DVD Players as low as $99
Over the last week or so, reports that Wal-Mart was stocking the Toshiba HD-A2 just below the sub $200 mark tricked in, spurred by blurry photos of said stock in various A/V forums. More recently, …
Circuit City Testing New 'The City' Concept Stores
Electronics retailer Circuit City is testing new concept stores dubbed "The City," with a new look and interactive layout in an attempt to give customers a new shopping experience. The stores include …
Runco Outdoor WP‑42HD LCD
Planar Systems today announced the first flat-panel LCD display designed specifically for outdoor living, under its Runco custom home theater brand. The debut of the new Runco Climate Portfolio and …
New Sony Players Cheat Blu‑ray Specification Deadline
In the market for a new profile 1.1 Blu-ray disc player to make sure that the player has all the latest features such as picture in picture commentary? Sony doesn’t have it covered. Beware of any …
Halo 3 Pushes Xbox 360 Into Lead Over Wii
Next generation game console sales figures for September are in from the NPD Group. While we don't know what the long term effects will be, it looks very good for Xbox - at least this week. The Xbox …
Best Buy goes Digital
As the government mandated all-digital broadcast TV deadline approaches (February 17, 2009), Best Buy decided to discontinue selling analogue TVs as of October 1st. This move comes on the heels of an …
Onkyo HTiB Systems with HDMI 1.3 Switching
Onkyo has introduced the HT-SP908 home theater in a box system, featuring everything a consumer needs to turn the latest high definition video display into a full-fledged home theater experience. …
Die Hard on the Go
In an unexpected but not unwelcome move, Fox Home Entertainment is expected to announce that it will include a PC version of "Live Free or Die Hard" on the special edition release. To access the …
VidaBox Servers Support Multi‑zone Audio Streaming
VidaBox LLC is proud to announce multi-zone audio streaming server support for Russound® and Nuvo® audio distribution systems. A VidaBox audio server communicates with the multi-zone music system via …
EA Acquires BioWare and Pandemic Studios
Video game publisher Electronic Arts announced yesterday that it would acquire two software studios from Elevation Partners in a deal worth $860 million. This is the largest acquisition in the …
Why the iPhone Won’t Make it to Canada
Apple fanatics north of the border may have world class hockey and universal health care, but they won’t be getting the iPhone. That’s right! The nation that gave American Northeast colleges the …
Emotiva Halloween Specials ‑ Don't Miss Out!
Are you looking to treat yourself to something sweet that won't rot your teeth this Halloween? Emotiva is offering their biggest savings of the year this holiday season. Emotiva’s Halloween deals …