I recently changed my cell phone’s incoming message alert to a sonar ping. (“Give me a ping, Vasili. One ping only, please…” And, yes, it has already become as irritating as you might think.) So, last night I received a “Piiiing!” at about 11:00 p.m., with some information that was just too good not to share… Back in

We all have those clients that are That Guy. And you know who That Guy is. They’re the ones that think that they are the ONLY clients that you have. That your entire company is teetering on the brink of extinction save for their singular largess of keeping you in business. These are the people that expect you to jus

I’ve gotten used to filtering out positive spin from companies trying to position themselves in a down economy. That’s why I took what Polk Audio’s Al Baron said to me back in May 2009 with a grain of salt.  

It’s not to notice wholesale changes occurring within the consumer electronics community as a result of the Great Recession. Sadly, I just learned of the imminent closing of Sound by Singer, which has been one of the most respected, and equally vilified, luxury hi-fi shops in New York City.

There’s been a lot of talk since the housing bubble burst a few years ago about the need to embrace retrofit technologies in the CEDIA industry.   WHDI is one wireless HD technology that promises low latency in multiple rooms of the ho

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Oh, HDMI… just when you promise that all of your problems are fixed and that we shouldn't have any more bizarre handshaking or copy-protection issues, there you are, lurking just below the surface to give me an unexpected bite on the HDM-Ass! On the surface HDMI sounds like it would be the greatest thing ever, includ