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Articles Best Of CEDIA Expo 2023: Audio, Video and Home Theater With over 20,000 attendees, CEDIA Expo is back and better than ever. Here are our picks for "Best in Show." Chris BoylanSeptember 19, 2023
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New Products Meze Audio’s LIRIC 2nd Generation Closed-back Headphones Get Ebony Wood Earcups For $2,000, Meze Audio adds a touch of warmth for added depth to its top-of-the-line closed-back headphones -- LIRIC 2nd Generation. Brian MitchellMarch 7, 2024
Headphones Podcast with Audeze Founder & CEO Sankar Thiagasamudram Audeze, a Boutique High-End Headphone Brand, Sparked a Revolution in Sound and May Have Changed the Gaming Experience Forever. Mitch AndersonMarch 7, 2024
DAPs FiiO’s M23 Digital Audio Player Supports Bluetooth aptX HD and Hi-Res PCM and DSD Playback The M23 DAP from FiiO includes AKM DACs, 24-bit/384kHz/DSD256 Hi-Res audio support, MQA and Bluetooth aptX HD. Robert SilvaMarch 6, 2024
New Products Goldmund Theia, Rhea and Asteria Wireless Speakers are Modern Monuments of Sound Goldmund simplifies high-end audio with a line of wireless speakers with built-in subwoofers priced from $95,000 to $300,000. Robert SilvaMarch 6, 2024
Car Audio Crutchfield Celebrates 50 Years Of Helping Home Audio and Car Stereo Buyers From Charlottlesville, Virginia in 1974, learn how Bill Crutchfield grew a tiny car stereo mail order business into a national electronics retailer. Brian MitchellMarch 5, 2024
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