Clearly Different

If that pun made you roll your eyes, they only get worse from here.

There are cool speaker designs, and then there are cool speaker designs. Most of the designs we audiophiles drool over include words like "ribbon," "ultra-tweeter" or maybe "plasmawoofer." Drivers and crossovers with specs to make a techy salivate wrapped in a swoopy MDF and veneered cabinet.

Or maybe not so swoopy.

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Electronic Systems Consutlant: T&T Automation Ltd.—British Columbia, Canada

When Tony Harper, the managing director of T & T Automation Ltd., was hired to handle all the a/v and automation for a sprawling 35,000-square-foot residential compound in Vancouver, Canada, it’s fair to say that the word “imposing” crossed his mind. 

Store ur Blu

Storing 100 Blu-ray or DVDs is just the start of the functionality of the new Blu-ray Disc Changer from S1Digital.

The idea behind the Blu-ray Disc Changer is to hook it up to one of S1Digital's Media Centers, or any third party Windows 7/Vista media center to unlock all its digital goodness.

All the info after the jump.

In-ceiling, IP or Analog

Atlantic Tech's new ICTS-6.1-IP is designed to be wired up in the traditional, speaker wire fashion, or the new method using IP (Internet Protocol).

All the info after the jump.

Worth the Effort

Being a serious beer connoisseur is a lot of work. Different styles of ales, for example, like to be cellared at different temperatures and all would rather be cellared upright, making the usual storage solutions available for wines unsuitable for us beer geeks. Then there’s all the shelf space required for glassware—because who would ever think to drink a Christmas Ale from a Weizen glass or an American lager from anything other than a plastic Dixie cup?

Little Big Horn

For more than a decade, Chicago luthier Ian Schneller has been experimenting with horn-shaped drivers paired with amps to better project the sound of hard-to-amplify instruments, much to the delight of artists like violinist Andrew Bird.

Now his company, Specimen, brings the same sensibilities to the world of audiophile music reproduction with the Little Horn Speaker.

CES, 10 Best, and More

It was a big month here at Home Entertainment, from the Consumer Electronics Show to our annual 10 Best awards.

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When Overbuilt is Just Right

Cary Audio's new CD 303T SACD Professional Version is overbuilt in all the ways audiophiles are looking for. High-end DACs, super-ridged chassis, and of course... vacuum tubes.

All the info after the jump.