It was an overproduced, overlong online "event" featuring the stars of Spotify in overtly scripted segments badly-acting spontaneity.

Arylic now offers what they call a DIY line of audio equipment that can serve as the basis of a low-cost home stereo system.

With people staying at home, AV products are in high demand. Dealers who are sitting on AV inventory are in an excellent position to sell even the normally higher priced models.

For consumers, what you get for your money today in home theater equipment is better than ever before.

Attention citizens of these great United States of America! Your country needs YOU to speak out on behalf of consumers and the future of hi-fi audio.

The audiophile community doesn’t like change, in fact, they despise it with every fiber of their beings.

Paul Barton is teaming up with a Swedish “audio personalization” company called Audiodo to develop PSB’s next generation of headphones.

Klipsch has joined forces with the DSP wizards at Dirac to create new headphone products.

Much of today’s equipment does not exhibit that same degree of flat-out romance and visceral appeal.

COVID-19 has crushed the idea of home theater tradeshows for 2020 and likely most of 2021.

Let's face it, 2020 was a year of suck thanks to COVID-19. What didn't suck however were the awesome products we reviewed.

If you have a healthy budget and are starting to get serious in making a powerful home theater or heavy-duty music system, we have selected a group of subwoofers that deserve your attention.

WarnerMedia announced its plan to send all of its 2021 film releases directly to its streaming service, HBO Max.

Back in October we announced the discovery of a chipset bug in the latest HDMI 2.

2020 is the year we'd all like to put behind us as quickly as possible but it is our hopes that this Christmas Gift Guide brings some holiday cheer to end on a high note.

Looking for a subwoofer that doesn't tip the price scale over $1,000? We have just the guide for you! In our < $1,000 sub round-up, we go over our top choices for powered subwoofers based on performance and features.

To end 2020 on a good note, Audioholics teamed up with Marantz to give away a brand new AV7705 11CH AV Processor.

DTS and IMAX are now extending their IMAX Enhanced certification system to loudspeakers, so consumers will know which speakers will get them closer to that IMAX experience at home.

An inferno that blazed for three straight days devastated the AKM semiconductor factory in Nobeoka City, Japan.

Ever wonder how your favorite manufacturer rates power consumption on their AV receivers and how it relates to maximum available output power to your speakers? This article explores the topic of power consumption ratings in AV receivers and gives examples of power calculations for real products.

Although AVR receivers get firmware updates periodically, both Denon and Marantz AVRs will receive a firmware update this Nov 11th, 2020 thanks in part to Audioholics requests from our Youtube videos and in depth reviews.

Among other things, COVID-19 has changed the way we setup and listen to our Audiophile systems.

I recently purchased a pair of Legacy Audio Signature SE speakers and said that they are most likely the last pair of speakers I will ever buy.

Yesterday a German audio website discovered a bug in the latest HDMI 2.

Microsoft buys Zenimax in the second biggest acquisition in gaming history, an atomic blast to the industry and the fallout is all Xbox.

Sound United LLC, parent company to Denon, Polk Audio, Marantz, Definitive Technology, Classé, and Boston Acoustics, today announced that it has finalized the acquisition of Bowers & Wilkins, a leading designer and manufacturer of luxury home audio speakers, headphones, custom installation products, wireless speakers, and branded audio systems in the automotive and television markets.

October is another Audioholics giveaway month! As always, the Audioholics giveaway contest is free to enter, just leave us your email address and on the last day of October the winner will be announced.

When this awful COVID-19 virus messed with all of our lives, it also messed with our connectivity.

$500 is one of the most common budget ranges for shoppers looking for subwoofers.

Nobody saw COVID-19 coming until it was ready to kick our collective butts in early 2020.

For most of us 2020 hasn't been such a great year, not so for Advanced Micro Devices (AMD).

After 45 years Onkyo USA closes its doors handing distribution duties over to the owner of another popular audio brand, Klipsch.

Over and over again, the supply chain again is hammered here in the United States, with global overtones.

With rumors floating that AT&T might spin-off, merge, or outright close DirecTV - the news that 954,000 subscribers left the service in Q2-2020 isn’t a good sign.

Originally slated for release in September of this year, Peter Jackson’s documentary entitled The Beatles: Get Back will now hit theaters in August of 2021.

What happens when you move into your new smart home complete with Crestron and Sonos and the only way to get a reasonable musical soundtrack in the kitchen or dining room was to use a phone or an iPad? How about an IPORT LUXE WallStation ($375) and an IPORT LUXE Case ($270), all in white and designed to wall-mount an iPad Mini for use with the Sonos app, as well as the much more complicated and professionally programmed Crestron application.

Shure makes a rare misstep with its new Aonic 215 True Wireless earphones ($279) and RMCE-TW1 True Wireless Secure Fit Adapter ($229).

Feedback is an ubiquitous and unavoidable basic technique that keeps the world running.

The day we get big, impressive new speakers is an important day to us audiophiles.

Atlantic Technology is now shipping its third headphone, a wired over-ear design called the FS-HR280.

Joe Atkins is taking control of legendary speaker company Bowers and Wilkins back from silicon valley startup EVA Automation.

After launching a limited, mobile-only Dolby Atmos Music experience last December, Tidal is now offering the real deal.

Sonos is about to launch a complete software overhaul for its growing ecosystem of wireless audio products.

Denon released information on the industry’s first 8K-ready AV receivers.

One of the most anticipated loudspeakers shown at the 2019 CEDIA show has finally come in for us to review, the JBL HDI-3800 which is the big dog of JBL's new HDI series.

We look forward to the CEDIA installers EXPO show every year. It is THE premier audio and video electronics show where all the major home theater companies release their newest products just in time for the holiday season.

Audioholics recently had an encounter with a subwoofer which had left us battered and bruised.

When Dolby released Atmos, it was done in concert with their surround upmixer which does a great job enhancing 2CH music thanks to a key feature Dolby is now removing from new products.

First announced in 2017, the HDMI 2. 1 Specification will finally become reality in late 2020 when both Sony and Microsoft deliver new gaming consoles packed with the latest HDMI tech.

Lg is finally announced price points and shipping information for their highly anticipated SN lineup of Meridian soundbars.

The L200 are Polk's latest high-end bookshelf speaker, and the L400 is the center that anchors their Legend series.

Looking to cut the cord AND upgrade your pitiful factory installed TV speakers? Check out the Roku 2.

Feedback is an ubiquitous and unavoidable basic technique that keeps the world running.

It’s looking like 2020 will be the year that the high-end LCD TV meets its end.

Check any audiophile facebook group or forum and you will find dozens of enthusiasts asking "what are the best cables to use with my audio components?" There are never shortages of recommendations from fellow enthusiasts and sometimes even industry experts have their own recommendations too.

The hobby of audio has gone through a lot of changes over the years.

The new Concert A/V receivers and Maestro preamp/processors deliver “ultimate performance” with up to 16-channels of output and all the latest technology wrapped in AudioControl’s signature sleek black boxes.

Beale Street Audio has started shipping their highly anticipated BAV4250 and BAV2500 1,000 watt amplifiers.

Cambridge Audio’s CXN V2 network audio streamer ($1,099) and flagship EDGE NQ preamp ($5,000) are now Roon Ready, meaning they enjoy the highest level of Roon support and features.

On the wake of several loudspeaker achievements, Atlantic Technology has released its first two headphone products.

Sound United LLC announced that several Denon and Marantz products received Roon Tested accreditation.

The COVID-19 pandemic has forced movie theaters to close their doors, leaving studios scrambling to recover the millions spent to produce and advertise films slated for Spring 2020 release.

The vinyl record industry may experience shortages of new releases after the plant that made some 75% of the world’s blank lacquers burned to the ground.

Shortly before the coronavirus crisis pulled the plug on big industry trade shows, McIntosh showcased its newest home theater products at the ISE (Integrated Systems Europe) AV show in Amsterdam.

I recently tested positive for COVID-19 after struggling with what I thought at the time was a stomach bug or flu on and off for 8 straight days.

The coronavirus strain known as COVID-19 has dominated the news as of lately.

If upgrading your smartphone's stock earbuds is an out-of-the box necessity, but you also demand wireless because it's 2020, the market offers no shortage of choices.

Ted Denney who owns and operates a company called Synergistic Research.

There is heavy competition with the TV display market. How do you compete with companies like LG and Vizio? Samsung has decided to think outside the box and go with a Steve Jobs like showing of innovative thinking and design.

If you are an Audiophile, then you are probably familiar with the years of hard work and stress your ears go through.

If you’re looking for a quality pair of wireless over-the-ear headphones and you want to customize the entire setup to your listening needs you might want to check out the new TMA-2 Bluetooth headphones from AIAIAI.

We've tested A LOT of factory designed and manufactured subwoofers here at Audioholics.

RBH Sound unveiled a new flagship SVTRS active speaker system that rocked the 2020 Florida Expo show.

Rotel’s high-end Michi brand is making a comeback after a long hiatus with three new audiophile stereo components.

RSL CG3, CG23, Speedwoofer 10S 5. 1 Speaker System Giveaway is Here! Audioholics has partnered with RSL to give away the brand new "white" variant on their classic CG3 Series Home Theater Speaker System ($1,079.

TiVo’s EDGE DVRs are the company’s first offerings to support Dolby Atmos and Dolby Vision 4K HDR video.

Many of today’s vented subwoofers and full-range tower speakers offer port plugs for sealing the cabinet and making them behave like sealed speakers.

Not long after Dolby announced the Home Atmos format, Audioholics ran some competing predictions about its potential for success and failure.

Definitive Technology has expanded its popular Demand Series of loudspeakers with the addition of the D15 towers ($3,398/pair), the D17 towers, ($4,598/pair), and the D5C center channel speaker ($799/each).

Stereo Bass- Myth or fact? A must have feature for some, but neglected by most.

VIZIO launched a new and much improved lineup of UHD displays at CES 2020 in Las Vegas, Nevada.

Bose announced that they would close ALL their retail stores in North America, Europe, Japan, and Australia by the end of 2020 which equated to about 120 stores, but would keep open 130 stores in India, South Korea, and China.

How is it that so many audio enthusiasts swear by differences in equipment or recording when we know that the changes made are either non-existant or well below audible thresholds? These effects are not acoustic but rather psychological, so the question becomes: how does the mind pull this trick? The effects of the mind's perception on our experience of sound is far more profound than you might realize.

Yamaha is on their 3rd generation of separates in the Aventage line and we got our hands on their new 11-channel CX-A5200 AV Processor and MX-A5200 amplifier.

ATSC 3. 0 aka.. “Next-Gen TV” is the next step in the evolution of digital broadcast television, and it’s rolling out to over 40 of the largest US television markets in 2020.

A year after releasing the L100 Classic, JBL Introduced their L82 Classic Bookshelf Loudspeakers at CES 2020 in Las Vegas, Nevada.

Dirac Research and China’s miniDSP have collaborated to deliver Dirac Live processing for cars via an $899 digital processor called the miniDSP C-DSP 8x12 DL.

With the preponderance of speakers out there on Amazon how is one to choose a good 2-channel system? We've put together a 2-channel holiday wish list on a budget that even discriminating audiophiles would enjoy! Check out our sub $750 2-channel system that offers surprisingly great fidelity and a high quality DAC to get the most out of our digital audio sources.

Google Stadia is the latest in a video-game subscription services trend.

“What speaker wire gauge should I use”? Audiophiles are often seduced by exotic cable brands that tout fancy materials over quality low gauge, low resistance wire.

The new HBO Max streaming service will launch in May of 2020 with a price tag of $15 per month.

SVS could have phoned in their efforts for the middle product line between the 2000 series subwoofers and the 4000 series subwoofers, and not many people would have noticed given the overall success of their other product lines.

We reviewed quite a large landscape of receivers, loudspeakers and subwoofers in 2019 and discovered value at every price point.

SVS's massively successful 2000 series subwoofer has just underwent a big change to become the 2000 Pro series, but what makes this series pro? Major changes in amplification and driver architecture promise some significant performance increases as well as the inclusion of new features such as SVS's Bluetooth subwoofer control app for iOS and Andriod.

Acclaimed subwoofer manufacturer Velodyne Acoustics has been purchased by Audio Reference, Velodyne’s longtime distributer in Germany.

There are as many myths and legends in the audio industry as there are written in the pages of a J.

It's amazing how many online A/V websites fit the mold laid out herein which gives one pause to wonder if they actually have product in hand when conducting their "reviews".

For $1,100 the SVS Prime Wireless 2. 1 Speaker System is a high-quality active speaker system with an awesome subwoofer that can support a multitude of input options including lossless audio streaming for the ultimate fidelity.

Sony’s object-based “360 Reality Audio” format will soon launch on Tidal, Amazon Music HD, Deezer, and the live-performance streaming service nugs.

Our 2019 Audioholics AV electronics Christmas Gift Guide of AV goodies to bring you audio joy and holiday cheer is here.