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Crosley Turntables at 2016 CES

Scott Ertz interviews Jason Menard, marketing manager at Crosley. Turntables are making a bit of a comeback along with vinyl record albums. They discuss Crosley's latest line of turntables. Previously Crosley was known for its suitcase style of turntables. In response to customer requests, Crosley is now moving into more sophisticated direct drive turntables. The "C" series currently has 4

Altec Lansing Headphones at 2016 CES

Scott Ertz interviews Jill Byeff, marketing for Altec Lansing. They discuss Altec Lansing's latest innovative line of headphones and earbuds. They discuss the new DVR DJ style headphone. The headphone has a built-in 1080p 30 frames per second video camera that has 8 gigabytes of memory built-in as well as an SD card slot to increase video recording capacity. There is

Oasis at 2016 CES

Scott Ertz interviews Phil Diamond about the Oasis customizable noise-cancelling Bluetooth headset from Audasis. The concept behind the Oasis Bluetooth headset is that it takes any conventional user-provided ear buds and converts them into a noise-cancelling Bluetooth headset. The consumer plugs their conventional earbuds into the Oasis, and then pairs up the Oasis to their Bluetooth playback device. The Oasis also

iRig Pro DUO for Recording on the Road

The iRig Pro DUO is the first portable dual channel mixer for recording to smartphones or laptops. Palm-sized, this is perfect for travelling and recording an impromptu jam on the road. Daniel hears more from IK Multimedia's Starr. Powered by AA batteries, USB or DC jack, the iRig Pro DUO has dual XLR / 1/4" combo  inputs, along with a

Kingston HyperX Cloud II Headset

Kingston Tech followed up their popular HyperX Cloud gaming headset earlier this year with the Cloud II, which brought a newly designed USB sound card audio control box with 7.1 virtual surround sound to the already impressive feature set of the original HyperX Cloud headset. GNC favourably reviewed the first HyperX Cloud back in December. The new control box has independent audio and microphone

Setting Up A Projector Room

Over the years I’ve spent a fair amount of money on different types of electronics. Back in the 1980’s much of that money was spent on a never-ending succession of high fidelity amplifiers and speakers. I still have most of that equipment and it still functions quite well to this day. In the 1990’s my purchasing patterns shifted to a

Line 6 brings Amplifi Remote app to Apple Watch

Line 6 is a musical instrument and audio equipment manufacturer that's been a real industry innovator for nearly two decades. I bought my first Line 6 guitar amp back in 2001 and have been hooked on the company's products ever since. At this point, it'd be a neck-and-neck battle between Line 6 and Apple as far as which company has