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CES 2015
GoldenEar Sub Fires in Four Directions
Mark Fleischmann  |  Jan 07, 2015
GoldenEar Technology showed a prototype sub with a total of four 12-inch drivers.
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CES 2015
Paradigm Prestige Has Perforated Tweeter Lens
Mark Fleischmann  |  Jan 07, 2015
Paradigm uses a new kind of tweeter lens in its Prestige line.
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CES 2015
reVox Bows Three DAC-Amps
Mark Fleischmann  |  Jan 06, 2015
Streaming DAC-amps always look better in blue, don't they?
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CES 2015
TAD Makes Waves
Mark Fleischmann  |  Jan 06, 2015
This experimental iteration of the TAD-CE1 from Technical Audio Devices—a.k.a. celebrity loudspeaker designer Andrew Jones—has a machined aluminum side panel that is patterned to resemble sound waves.
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CES 2015
Nakamichi Gets to Third Base
Mark Fleischmann  |  Jan 06, 2015
The Slim Base is the middle kid of three flattish soundbars from Nakamichi.
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CES 2015
Crystal Does Bars and Wireless Speakers
Mark Fleischmann  |  Jan 06, 2015
You're actually looking at two separate products from Crystal Acoustics, with two Cuby wireless speakers flanking a Teevy soundbar.
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CES 2015
NAD Pre-Pro Dreams of Doing 4K
Mark Fleischmann  |  Jan 06, 2015
NAD wisely hedges its bets with a modular design that enables the M17 surround pre-pro to accept a future 4K upgrade.
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CES 2015
Neil Young Delivers Pono News and Witticisms
Mark Fleischmann  |  Jan 06, 2015
Neil Young's Pono presentation was loaded with wit and wisdom and included three newsworthy developments. One is that Harman International will market a car audio version of the portable Pono high-res music platform, with early design efforts being shown at the Vegas Hard Rock Cafe. Another development is that Pono has licensed 2.1 million tracks from the big three record companies and is now courting the independent labels. And finally, Pono will make its retail debut on Monday of next week at 80 retailers throughout the U.S. But Young had so much more to say; I could hardly scribble fast enough. Here's a taste:

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Ears On
'X Is Dead' Is Dead
Mark Fleischmann  |  Jan 02, 2015
Why do tech critics and readers alike persist in saying "X is dead?" Do we have a morbid fascination with death, mirroring society at large? Or is it just that we never feel more powerful than when we are the arbiters of life and death, giving technology that is already moving along a certain trajectory a further push into oblivion? X, in this context, is a mature audio format or technology. (I won't address video or computer technology here. Death somehow seems more final in those categories.) A whole lot of Xes have been prematurely declared dead over the years. Maybe what "X is dead" really means is "X does not fit into my agenda."

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Soundbar Reviews
Klipsch R-10B Soundbar System Review
Mark Fleischmann  |  Dec 22, 2014

Performance
Features
Ergonomics
Value
PRICE $600

AT A GLANCE
Plus
Horn-loaded tweeters
Bluetooth with aptX
Wireless sub
Minus
No HDMI
Membrane remote

THE VERDICT
The Klipsch R-10B is a great-sounding 2.1-channel bar with a good-sounding sub, legacy connectivity, and Bluetooth.

After all this time, it still amazes me, as a speaker and receiver guy, that setup of an audio-for-video product can be as painless as it was with the Klipsch R-10B soundbar. I connected one optical digital cable and two power cables. The bar established diplomatic relations with its wireless subwoofer without any intervention on my part. Bluetooth pairing was just a matter of selecting the Klipsch as playback device in iTunes. This is the setup routine for people who hate setup routines.

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