Product Reviews

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...

The Hopper 3 has taken everything great about the Hopper 2 and turbocharged it.

The KEF Q Series is a bit of a minor miracle, really: an incredibly affordable, high-performance sound system that adapts itself (sonically, at least)...

While the MS200 has existed for a few years, it was my first encounter with it, and I was so impressed with its performance...

Is there anything worse in the world of AV than those teeny tiny speakers built into today’s high-performance TVs?

Not only does this model feature a suite of full-bandwidth HDMI 2.0 inputs along with dual outputs, it also supports processing for an 11-channel...

The Custom OD 108 is one of those rare speakers that shines just as brightly when whispering as when driven like a beast of...

Without reservation, I can say the Shure KSE1500s produced the finest audio experience I’ve ever enjoyed.

If you have clients with basic home entertainment systems (plus perhaps Hue lighting and a Nest thermostat), who don’t need an advanced control solution...

The EA-3 and EA-1 are entry-level controllers for single-room use, or for expanding a larger Control4 system into additional rooms.

John Sciacca reviews the Paradigm Premium Wireless Music System.

The dream for many high-end listeners is to have one high-performance system capable of handling both music and movie watching.