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New Gear: Krell Phantom III Preamplifier
Michael Berk  |  Jul 11, 2012  | 

Krell is synonymous in the minds of many with high-performance audio, but they're not the first manufacturer that comes to mind when you mention DACs or headphone amps. That's about to change, perhaps, with the introduction of the Phantom III stereo preamplifier.

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New Gear: FiiO E09K
Michael Berk  |  Jun 28, 2012  | 

When we looked at FiiO's desktop headphone amp, the E9, we had a few quibbles with the design, though few complaints about the sound or the bang it delivered for the buck.

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New Gear: Definitive Technology SoloCinema XTR Soundbar
Michael Berk  |  Jun 20, 2012  | 

We first heard tell of the new SoloCinema XTR soundbar from Definitive Technology back in January, at the 2012 CES, and the unit impressed us there with the sheer feature set and wattage the Baltimore firm had packed into a 43-inch wide, 2 and 3/8-inch deep profile.

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New Gear: Sonos Gets Down
Michael Berk  |  May 24, 2012  | 

We've long been fans of Sonos' mesh-network wireless system; the company's range of products deliver great functionality at reasonble cost, and with a simple setup routine that rivals anything coming out of Cupertino, the system has gotten countless people into the notion of whole house audio. Sonos' recalibrated last year as a lower-cost-of-entry, more li

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New Gear: Earthquake Sound Revamps MiniMe Sub and iQuake Speaker Dock
Michael Berk  |  May 17, 2012  | 

Applying lessons learned in the car audio arena, Earthquake Sound has been delivering high-powered, high-quality products in the active deskop stereo and 2.1 market for a suprisingly long time.

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New Gear: Bang & Olufsen Play Line Debut
Michael Berk  |  May 10, 2012  | 

When Bang & Olufsen unvelied the Beolit 12 portable speaker at this year's CES, company VP Henrik Lorensen described it as the first entry in a new brand, aimed at courting a different kind of B&O customer - somebody younger, hipper, and probably unfamiliar with the B&O brand to begin with.

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New Gear: The TV Shield
Michael Berk  |  May 10, 2012  | 

Looking to get your TV fix out of doors, but worried a bit about the elements, or perhaps the occasional errant baseball? The new TV Shield has your back. Well, really it's got you covered on all sides.

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New Gear: Aperion Aris Wireless Speaker
Michael Berk  |  May 08, 2012  | 

Well, just when you thought AirPlay (and, to some extent, Bluetooth) devices had the stylish wireless desktop all-in-one music system market all to themselves, along comes Aperion's new Aris Wireless speaker to shake things up (and, possibly, to finally make Windows 7's AirPlayesque DLNA

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New Gear: The KEF LS50 Mini Monitor
Michael Berk  |  May 03, 2012  | 

British loudspeaker firm KEF's been putting out quality designs for 50 years now, and they're showing no signs of slowing down.

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Home Theater Rollouts and Revamps from Yamaha and Denon
Michael Berk  |  Apr 30, 2012  | 

There are plenty of wireless streaming options out there these days, but looking at the latest wave of offerings from Yamaha and Denon, it seems that Apple's AirPlay protocol is the one that looms largest in the minds of major manufacturers.

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New Gear: Yamaha Debuts Two RX-V Series Networked AVRs
Michael Berk  |  Apr 02, 2012  | 

Seems like not a week goes by without a major manufacturer rolling out a clutch of new and improved AVRs, and this week is no different. 

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Totally Tubular: Samsung's 2012 Premium Audio Line
Michael Berk  |  Mar 28, 2012  | 

Last night we got a chance to check out Samsung's new audio product line - a full refresh of the company's approach to docks and HTiBs, with a whole bunch of interesting twists.

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Tech Trends 2012: The Electronics Report
Brent Butterworth  |  Mar 26, 2012  | 

AUDIOPHILES’ enthusiasm for computer-sourced sound has inspired innovation in the market for external digital-to-analog converters, which deliver vastly better performance than your computer’s sound card. Accordingly, there were many new DACs at CES designed to connect to computers.

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Tech Trends 2012: Soundbars Raise the Bar
Brent Butterworth  |  Mar 26, 2012  | 

In the last couple of years, I’ve heard several speaker manufacturers predict that the increasingly good-sounding $300 products from the likes of Panasonic, Samsung, and Vizio would soon push all the traditional audio companies out of the soundbar biz. But it hasn’t happened. This year’s CES saw the introduction of several new soundbars from respected brands.

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New Gear: Emotiva Introduces the Affordable, Feature-Packed XMC-1 7.2 Channel Pre-Pro
Michael Berk  |  Mar 22, 2012  | 

Affordable audiophile and home-theater gear leaders Emotiva have announced the new XMC-1, the first product to emerge in a revamped lineup of digital products from the company, designed by Moog and B&K veteran digital systems wizard and Emotiva VP of Engineering Ray Dennison.

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