Entries from October 2004

Saturday, October 30th, 2004

In the round

Stylish electronics don’t always have to be the latest cutting edge technology. Sometimes something as tried and true as a turntable can be a exercise in modern design. The Pro-ject RPM 9 turntable for example with its smooth clean uncluttered design, might be just the item for someone yearning to dust off those old [...]

Thursday, October 28th, 2004

Toshiba SD-P5000

This 15″LCD monitor from

Monday, October 25th, 2004

Not Exactly a large screen

But the Virgin Pulse portable TV/DVD is stylish nonetheless. With its 10.4″ LCD screen and built in DVD player , AM/FM and two headphone jacks,

Saturday, October 23rd, 2004

Speaker or Sculpture?

Love them or hate them one thing’s for sure, Bang & Olufsen have never designed ordinary looking products. The Beolab5 follows along with those design principals, but by taking a slightly new direction they’ve built something new, while still reminiscent of older lines.
Incorporating an ‘Acoustic Lens’ B&O have been able to elevate their loudspeakers [...]

Monday, October 11th, 2004

HDTV on the cheap

One of the things discouraging many potential high definition television buyers, is the cost of the sets. Many newer HDTV displays average $1500.00 or more, this isn’t exorbitant, it’s just enough to make someone thinking twice, find their twice. The

Thursday, October 7th, 2004

iPort from Sonance, iGood iDea

Without a doubt the iPod has been one of the most important trends in not just home entertainment, but entertainment in general. ipod users spend a lot of time collecting and organizing their music collections, and many users can find a song on their ipod quicker than finding the CD it came from. With this [...]

Monday, October 4th, 2004

NHT Xd, DSP powered speakers

You may or may not know about active speaker systems, but the theory isn’t all that new, and it’s a very efficient means of audio playback. The idea is instead of amplifying the full frequency range, and then letting a passive crossover split the frequencies between the bass, mid and treble ranges, an electronic [...]

Saturday, October 2nd, 2004

Martin Logan Voyage, In-wall speakers

For the most part, the speakers that are attached to, or included with most plasma television displays sound at best mediocre. The majority of the time you can get much better sound, with an accompanying surround sound system or at least a good pair of stereo speakers, providing the sound for the plasma.
For situations where [...]