New for 2010 from Denon. The New Denon AVR-591 has some pretty cool features for a $349 surround sound receiver. Although it is only a 5.1 that is likely good enough for 80% of you. Very few folks have enough room for the extra 2 rear speakers in a 7.1 system, and it does not actually...
B&W have a long history in the speaker biz since their formation in the 60’s and the company as a whole probably needs little introduction to most Home Theater and Hi-Fi fans. With Rotel and Classe in the corporate stable there are components for everyone. While B&W is probably best known for its evolving...
The Yamaha RX-V567 has a lot more of what consumers want in a next generation receiver. Building on the RX-V467 platform, they’ve added two additional channels of amplification, an On Screen Display, and HDMI upconversion and scaling. The Yamaha RX-V567 seems to be a very solid receiver offering from the AV giant.
From a pure user standpoint, the Yamaha RX-V467 is light years better than then RX-V367. For $379 (a $120 premium) you’d expect as much. The native decoding of HD audio and YPAO room correction are welcome additions and should make the RX-V467 very user friendly. While we still think that the new line of...
Earthquake Sound has introduced the SWAT 2.4 Stereo Wireless Transceiver, which consists of a small transmitter and receiver that operate wirelessly up to 100 feet, sending a stereo audio signal, via the 2.4 GHz wireless network band. It is an ideal solution for sending a stereo audio signal from your receiver’s Zone 2 stereo...