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Spotify Premium Is Lossless Listening At Last, But with Caveats?

After years of delays, Spotify is finally rolling out lossless audio quality to subscribers of its Premium plan. Lossless audio is offered via FLAC, but it maxes out at 24-bit/44.1kHz. Any caveats?
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 …
Format War Won ‑ by the Internet?

While the audiophiles and first-adopters argue about HD DVD and Blu-ray, the rest of the world moves on, unknowing and uncaring. We've predicted not once but many times that the new formats were …
PS3 for $399 on November 2?

The mysterious and nameless consortium of "analysts/buyers" are working with the understanding that Sony will bring a $399 version of the PS3 to market well before Black Friday in order to better …
Next iPhone to Have Intel Inside?

First we heard that Intel was working with competitors to take on the iPhone. Now Apple is reportedly considering using Intel's Moorestown mobile Internet device (MID) platform processors to create a …
Merry Christmas ‑ Sony Cuts PS3 Prices in Europe

If you thought the Playstation3 was expensive here in the US, be glad you don't live overseas where the box typically retails for around $843. That's right, don't complain to Sony about the high …
Bose Goes HDMI... 4 Years Later

You know HDMI has finally hit the mainstream when Bose decides its products need the new connector. A full five years (give or take a few months) has passed since the introduction of HDMI 1.0 and …
Radiohead Gives Recording Industry the Boot

Once the purview of unknown artists trying to get noticed and secure a record deal, English experimental rock band Radiohead has gone the way of internet downloading for the release of their latest …
Calling BS on Snake Oil Cables

We like to rant, but rarely does a rant result in some pretty productive "put your money where you mouth is" results as it did this week. Dave Clark, Editor of now-disgraced audio review publication …
Apple Hates You

Let's face it, Apple hates you. They really do. But they make such nice stuff it's just so darn hard to get mad. Well, that's why I'm here. I'm that friend that's telling you you're being taken …