By Richard Fisher • Oct 8, 4:39pm
This story actually starts with a DVD Audio player! DVD Audio is a defunct HD audio format from 2001 (along with SACD) that brings the master recording to your home.
Unfortunately the DVD forum and mastering houses failed in execution of this new standard making many of the titles auto play for multi-channel only, not stereo; an irritating premise for a 2 channel audiophile minimalist requiring a video monitor to navigate the menus to the stereo tracks.
Indeed, DVD Audio listening time was few and far between due to this hassle.
What my DVD Audio world needed was an inexpensive, small LCD display with quick and convenient disconnects...
By The HT Guys • Aug 7, 2:50pm
It was in September of last year that we first got wind that OPPO was developing a Blu Ray player.
Since then we have received a boatload of emails asking us when it would become available.
The good news for those who have asked is the answer is it is available today! The BDP-83 can be found online for $499.99 and is available...
By The HT Guys • Apr 22, 4:24pm
The first thing you notice when you open the Mino HD is how small it is.
It measures 3.94" x 1.97" x 0.63" (10 x 5 x 1.6 cm) and weighs only 3.3 ounces.
Easily smaller than an iPod or PDA, in fact smaller than most cell phones and digital still cameras; the Mino HD is incredibly portable.
Also included in the box are a wrist strap, a carry case and an A/V cable (composite video and stereo audio).
Using the Mino is a snap.
It recharges via...
By The HT Guys • Apr 20, 4:19pm
We first saw the Yamaha YSP-4000 Sound Projector in use at CES 2007.
At that time we were quite impressed that a single unit could generate a 5.1 sound field.
For those of you who are not familiar with what the Yamaha Sound Projector, it is single unit resembling an oversized center channel that decodes surround sound and generates multi-channel experience by bouncing sound waves off the walls in your room.
The advantages are obvious...
By The HT Guys • Apr 17, 4:15pm
There are quite a few solutions on the market for wireless digital audio.
When Logitech acquired Slim Devices a couple years ago, they jumped into the fray with the Squeezebox line of products.
Logitech quickly turned out their own twist on the product line, the Squeezebox Duet.
We've had one in the HT Guys lab for quite a while and recently got the chance to plug it in, power it on and give it a listen.
According to the Logitech Website, the Squeezebox Duet lets you...
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