Amplifiers
As Axiom’s chief R&D engineer Tom Cumberland describes it, a digital amplifier is a “power DAC”, and of course a DAC (Digital-to-Analog Converter) is...
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Our favorite streaming amplifiers of 2024 include models from Cambridge Audio, NAD, Naim, Marantz and WiiM.
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Our favorite in-ceiling and in-wall speakers and subwoofers for distributed audio and home theater will be heard, but not seen.
A/V Receivers & Preamp/Processors
With more options than we've seen in years, here are our picks for Editors' Choice Awards for AV receivers in 2024.
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Our favorite audio accessories can make your turntable, speakers or headphones sound even better.
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Check out our favorite wired over-ear headphones at different price points, from very affordable to cost no-object.
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Shopping for wireless noise cancelling over-ear headphones or gaming headsets? Here are our picks for best you can buy on any budget.
Amplifiers
One of the most difficult-to-understand terms for newcomers (and even experienced enthusiasts) in audio and sound reproduction is the decibel, partly because it’s a...
A/V Receivers & Preamp/Processors
All receivers should have inputs for the full range of video connectors — composite, S-video, component video, and HDMI. With the popularity and standardization...
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Thinner and Thinner Thin was in (isn’t it always?), and Sharp, Sony and Samsung showed flat, ultra-thin displays less than 1 inch thick, some...
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Screen Size? Base your screen size on your viewing distance, your budget, and how much High Definition TV you expect to watch. As a...
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There’s a business school case study about the fledgling airline business in the early part of the 20th century. According to the story, after...
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Many of the best video cables on the market today were designed primarily for use in the digital domain; but can a digital cable...
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By now, everyone in our business has either read or knows about Steve Jobs’s essay, Thoughts on Music by Steve Jobs. (If you haven’t...
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by the Consumer Electronics Retailers Coalition. (CERC – www.ceretailers.org) 1. When will the transition from analog to DTV broadcasting occur? The Congress has now...
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Reprinted with permission from Knowledge@Wharton. Big media players are accustomed to watching the ratings for the most popular music, video and book content, but...
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Reprinted with permission from Knowledge@Wharton. The phrase “free shipping” is like a siren song to many who shop on the Internet. For whatever reason,...
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Reprinted with permission from Knowledge@Wharton. Although Microsoft recently unveiled an ‘ultra-mobile personal computer,’ or UMPC, in a move to fill a market niche between...
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Reprinted with permission from Knowledge@Wharton. In the spring of 1980, “Dallas” ended its season with the biggest network television cliffhanger ever. Viewers waited all...
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by Alan Lofft, (bio), Axiom Audio When you look at the excitement that Dolby Digital and dts 5.1-channel soundtracks from DVDs can generate played...
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We live in a world of democratized production. Anyone with a compelling idea can use ubiquitously available hardware and software to create remarkably popular...
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“Is There an Ad Supported Internet Video Business?” There are only three business models: I pay, You pay, or Someone else pays In the...
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“For the past three months, an employee at Gawker Media has posted copyright videos sandwiched between ads for Gawker-owned properties such as Valleywag and...
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