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Tech Trends 2012: Why Can't We Do It In The Road?
Doug Newcomb  |  Mar 26, 2012

TIME BEHIND the wheel can be a therapeutic escape from modern life's 24/7 connectivity, but that's about to change. At the 2012 CES, automakers, car-electronics suppliers, and wireless carriers announced alliances and initiatives that will make the fully connected car a reality.

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Headphone Amp/DAC Reviews
Tech Trends 2012: Small is Beautiful
Michael Berk  |  Mar 26, 2012

IT’S CLEAR THAT since the dawn of the iPod era, listeners and manufacturers alike have been struggling to figure out what kind of gear makes the most sense for a musical universe dominated by iTunes, and the rise of Apple rivals and music-streaming services has made matters even more confusing.

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New Products
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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New Products
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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Signals
Audio Quality Lives!
Ken C. Pohlmann  |  Mar 26, 2012

Everything runs in cycles, and audio has passed its nadir and is now trending back up. And high-fidelity audio — for heaven’s sake! — is moving back onto the radar screen. Consider these 10 points:

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Upgrade Dilemma
Scott Wilkinson  |  Mar 26, 2012
I currently own a Yamaha RX-V661 A/V receiver, and I play DVDs and Blu-rays on a PS3. My receiver is only compatible with HDMI 1.2a. Is it true that the PS3 decodes Dolby TrueHD and DTS-HD Master Audio and sends them losslessly to my receiver? I ask because I just bought a new house, and I am setting up an entry-level home theater with a projector. I am stuck between buying new surround speakers or a new AVR such as the Pioneer VSX-1021 or Onkyo TX-NR609. I currently have some outdated Bose speakers that I use for surrounds and rears, and I would like to upgrade them to match the Klipsch speakers I have for my front left and right, center, and powered sub.

Jerry VanOort

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Gadget Gary
Seen at CES: The New Goodies
Gary Dell'Abate  |  Mar 26, 2012

I hate to say it, but there were no real “wow” things this year. What gear and gadgets caught my eye? These items:

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The Connected LifeAudio Video News
Gaining Control
John Sciacca  |  Mar 26, 2012

Control4 unveiled two new processors at this year’s CES, the HC800 ($999) and the HC250 ($599). They offer way more power for system control and provide a much zippier interface when controlling different areas of the home or browsing a media library.

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CES 2013
Home Theater Comes Home
John Sciacca  |  Mar 26, 2012

At some point, CES ceased having much of anything to do with the home theater experience, and became primarily about TV makers launching the latest, biggest, and thinnest TVs. Oh, and there are also a couple of floors of stratospherically expensive high-end audio gear, and now headphones.

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Wireless Multiroom Speaker Reviews
Review: Aperion Audio Zona Wireless Speaker System
Geoffrey Morrison  |  Mar 26, 2012

A few weeks ago I wrote about building a WiFi audio system without resorting to the use of a glorified iPod dock, with all of its inherent disadvantages.

The Aperion Audio Zonas offer a different way to do the same thing, or offer the flexibility of wireless speakers for surround channels, sound reinforcement, sound in another room, or anything else you can think of.

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