WiSA @ CES 2013

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There’s a lot of really cool stuff at CES, but most of it is part of the iterative, slow march towards something better and not really the big step forward that really engages the home theater geek inside. This year much of what I saw was exactly that; there were a few exceptions though with WiSA (Wireless Speaker & Audio) […]

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SuperTooth Disco Bluetooth Speaker

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Many of us have home theater setups in a particular room in our homes fully configured and ready to integrate with all our content and devices. But what about when you want to take that entertainment to another room, outside or even to someone else’s house? That’s where the SuperTooth Disco Bluetooth Speaker comes into play as it is a […]

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Creative Launches Multi-Core Audio Chip

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I have always been a fan of Creative audio products even from the beginning of my computer building days. Lately though, Creative has gone by the wayside, so it is interesting to see them revamp their products and go after a market like this. Creative Labs decided to reignite its core business with the launch of a new multi-core audio […]

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Is Bit streaming more efficient than LPCM?

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The recent update to the Haali Media Splitter (enabling Dolby TrueHD in DTS-MA MKV) got me thinking about revisiting our guide to getting lossless audio off the PC.  When an interesting discussion got started about the benefits of bit streaming v. LPCM over at AVS Forum it was time to do some testing. To setup the test I muxed TrueHD, […]

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