Product Reviews

Dennis Burger writes that Z-Wave’s Certified Installer Toolkit provides pretty much everything you need to analyze, troubleshoot, and monitor the health of a Z-Wave...

John Sciacca says that the 218 and 258 combo from Meridian shows just how far affordable, high-performance audio has come.

Dennis Burger says the Triad One Single-Zone High-Resolution Streaming Amplifier–which is also an automation controller–is the perfect solution for that extra zone in need...

John Sciacca hails Kaleidescape’s Co-Star Movie Server Switch as the return to the elegant simplicity the company was founded on.

As the outdoor market continues to explode, the era of merely okay-sounding all-weather speakers is coming to a pretty swift end.

To be perfect frank, I’m not even sure where to begin an exploration of Russound’s XZone70V Streaming Mixer Amplifier.

In the world of audio/video components, TV mounts are about as exciting as interconnect cables or wall plates.

Dennis Burger offers a sequel, of sorts, to his Yamaha MusicCast review with this look at the company’s YAS-706 soundbar, which depends on that...

Sub With Massive, Visceral Ultra-Powerful Bass, Terrific App Control

American-Made Atmos/DTS:X Preamp-Processor Outshines its Competition

Soundbars have continued to advance in both features and performance to the point where they now offer a cost-effective and far simpler alternative to...

A couple of years ago, stumped for ideas about how to fill out my Christmas list, I casually mentioned to my dad that I...

With more people creating elaborate summer kitchens, verandas, and pool houses to expand living spaces beyond the walls of their homes, requests for outdoor...

Here’s a thought experiment for you: if you were to design a wireless digital multiroom music system, what would it look like?

A mainstream speaker company can’t really claim to be in the audio game anymore without having at least one soundbar in their lineup.

One of my favorite philosophers, the neuroscientist Sam Harris, frequently makes an intriguing point about the future of artificial intelligence.

Incredible Sounding Speaker With Distinct Design Features, Atmos Expandability

The Viotti One is the result of collaboration between Markaudio Ltd. and Sota Acoustics, who joined forces to create a new brand dubbed, logically...

The Premiere is part of the company’s new EPIC platform and builds on many technologies the company has developed over the past decade, while...

Judging by the reaction to the official unveiling of Alexa/Control4 integration at this year’s CEDIA, it’s also a thing that a lot of people...

Kaleidescape's Strato 4K Ultra HD Movie Player has been worth the wait. In fact, the company is quick to mention Strato is the greatest...

Without a doubt, the component with the single biggest impact on a system’s sound is the room itself.

Five minutes into unboxing Focal’s Dôme Flax speaker system, I realized I needed an adult, or at the very least a more comprehensible instruction...

Or so I thought. Turns out, a new outdoor speaker system from Origin Acoustics is also reason enough to dig trenches and bury subwoofers...