Mark Fleischmann

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Audio Video News
Fee Fights Starve Online TV
Mark Fleischmann  |  Oct 27, 2010
Efforts by broadcast TV networks to get higher fees for cable transmission may reduce TV-show content online.
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Audio Video News
Fidget with Your Phone
Mark Fleischmann  |  Aug 16, 2017
Fidget spinners, the latest way to distract the human mind through the wonder of ball bearings, are now available for smartphones.
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Audio Video News
File Sharing Court Brawl Continues
Mark Fleischmann  |  Jul 07, 2009
The long-running legal battle between a single mom and the recording industry's trade group continues with the defendant's latest motion.
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CES 2010
Fill Your Atacama Speaker Stand with Joy
Mark Fleischmann  |  Jan 09, 2010
While Atacama makes conventional speaker stands like the ones at far left and right, the star attraction is obviously the Aurora 6 at $449/pair. That price includes the glass columns but not what fills them. So how would you fill your Auroras? This could be a creative opportunity for folks who collect stones, marbles, or beach glass. How it would affect the resonant character of the stand we cannot say.
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Audio Video News
Filtering Services Evolve
Mark Fleischmann  |  Apr 27, 2017
Back in the days before Blu-ray, companies like ClearPlay and TV Guardian offered parents a way to filter their children’s DVD viewing to screen out material deemed offensive. Some may call it censorship; others, a necessary tool for parents.
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Audio Video News
First 3D Live Sports Show Coming
Mark Fleischmann  |  Mar 22, 2010
3D fans will get a jolt this Wednesday night, March 24, 2010, when Cablevision will treat 3D TV early adopters to a hockey game with two New York teams, the Rangers and the Islanders. Cablevision's MSG network is calling it "the first network hockey telecast ever produced in 3D," making MSG "the first network in America to offer home viewers a live 3D sports telecast."
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Audio Video News
First DSX Receiver Arrives from Denon
Mark Fleischmann  |  May 12, 2009
Audyssey's DSX surround listening mode, which adds both width and height channels, is arriving in the form of product this month with the Denon AVR-4310CI.
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Portable Player Reviews
Five Portable Hi-Res DACs Compared
Mark Fleischmann  |  Jul 17, 2015
It is remarkable that people who pay attention to what they feed themselves—fussing about calories, cholesterol, and gluten—can be so cavalier about what they feed their headphones.

True, you can get used to anything, including the flea-sized amplifier in your smartphone and the messy output of your computer’s soundcard. But for those who are willing to step up to a new normal, products that combine a USB digital-to-analog converter with a headphone amp can make good headphones sound better—and allow better headphones to fulfill their destiny, which is to bring listeners to a higher plane of audio existence.

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Audio Video News
Flat Panel Kings Crowned
Mark Fleischmann  |  May 18, 2009
Who's the king of the hill in flat-panel TV, according to the NPD Group, for the first quarter of 2009? In overall sales, Samsung. In LCD, Vizio. And in plasma, Panasonic.
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CEDIA 2014
Focal Bar and Flat Sub Fit Together Nicely
Mark Fleischmann  |  Sep 12, 2014
Focal ingeniously integrates a soundbar with a subwoofing TV stand. They're two separate products, but notice how they fit together. The Dimension 5.1 soundbar ($1399) is a "true 5.1" bar with a brushed aluminum chassis holding five inverted dome full-range drivers and lateral bass drivers, driven by six times 75 watts, along with HDMI, lossless surround decoding, and touch controls at the right side. Four dip-switch DSP controls compensate for room size, seating distance, and whether you're using a wall mount or placing the bar on a cadenza. Both standing and wall brackets are provided. If you want more bass, place the Dimension SUB ($399) behind the bar. Wouldn't that block the sub's drivers? No, the elliptical drivers are on the sides. The demo sounded excellent, with a warm, un-screechy midrange and full bass.

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