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Bob Ankosko | Dec 12, 2012

Women are embracing technology more than ever before, buying tablets, e-readers, smartphones, cameras, PCs, and other electronics for themselves and their families. And when it comes to the traditional audio/video categories, there’s no question that the gentler sex is an equal partner in major buying decisions. If she doesn’t like the big-screen TV hubby is drooling over, chances are it ain’t gonna happen.

New Products

New Gear: Olive One Music Player

Al Griffin | Dec 12, 2012

Sound+Vision has enthusiastically

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reviewed nearly every music server put out by Olive since it first launched. But the company’s newest offering, the One music player, looks to be its most interesting product yet.

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Vintage Gear

The World's First 7.1-Channel A/V Receiver Revisited Steve Guttenberg | Dec 12, 2012

Do you remember which company introduced the world's first 7.1-channel receiver? And in what year it debuted?

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Vintage Gear

Denon AVR-5800 AV Receiver Steve Guttenberg | Dec 12, 2012

The AVR-5800 may be the most iconic Denon AV receiver of all time. It debuted in 2000 to commemorate Denon's 90th anniversary and was the world's first 7.1 channel receiver, the first with DTS-ES Discrete 6.1, DTS-ES Matrix 6.1, and THX Surround EX (the forerunner of Dolby Digital Surround EX). Before the AVR-5800 arrived AV receivers, including the biggest flagship models, were all strictly 5.1 channel affairs.

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This Week

New Blu-rays for December 11, 2012: Buster Keaton Complete, Bourne Again, and More Josef Krebs | Dec 11, 2012

The Bourne Legacy

Complex and flashback heavy, The Bourne Legacy expands on the action thriller world created by the late novelist Robert Ludlum and the previous three films based upon his books.

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Tech2

Kaleidescape Adds Downloads | Dec 11, 2012

Today Kaleidescape launched a new online store where you can download movies directly to a Kaleidescape system that are bit-for-bit the same as Blu-ray and DVD.

It's a cool idea, since iTunes and Amazon downloads are compressed at best, and 720p at worst.

What this could mean, and more info, after the jump.

Headphone Reviews

Review: Ultimate Ears Personal Reference Monitor and Westone ES5 Custom In-Ear Headphones

Michael Berk | Dec 11, 2012

Over the past several months I've repeatedly had goo poured into my ear canals. For you, gentle readers - all in the interest of finding out whether custom in-ear monitors make as much sense for serious listeners as they do for musicians and sound engineers.

This Week

What We're Listening To: December 11, 2012: John Cale, Happy The Man, The Zombies, and More

Mark Smotroff | Dec 11, 2012