Tag archive: Apple Lossless

When it comes to so-called “life-changing” gadgets and technologies (insert your favorite wonder of the modern world from iPhones to Netflix downloads and high-school girls warbling out karaoke on YouTube here), sometimes all the years of toil and endless gallons of blood, sweat and tears that go into development are justified. But sometimes those selfsame gizmos and services, despite all the headlines, hype and millions of… Read More

Apple has begun shipping its slightly-delayed Apple TV to customers, marking the Cupertino computer- and electronics-maker's first serious foray into the living room. In a nutshell, the Apple TV is designed to bridge the gap between Apple's iTunes store and the living room television, enabling users to view videos, television episodes, and movies purchased from the iTunes store on their in-home big screens. As a living room… Read More

Apple's hype-inducing and lawsuit-spawning iPhone won't be available to Cingular (er, wait, AT&ampT customers) until the middle of 2007, but already iLoad is promising people they will be able to load music from their audio CDs onto the device without having to go throug the whole process of firing up iTunes, ripping the CDs to a hard drive, then transfering the tracks over to the iPhone. Instead, just buy an iLoad, put the… Read More

Digital home audio developer Slim Devices today announced the Transporter a high-end networked audio system designed to appeal to audiophiles through the use of high-end converters, premium components, a quality analog stage

Apple Computer today took the wraps off the iPod nano, the latest entry in its market-leading line of portable music players. And the iPod nano lives up to its tiny name: the unit measures just 3.5 inches (88.9 mm) tall by 1.6 inches (40.6 mm) wide by a scant 0.27 inches (6.9 mm) deep (that's thinner than a #2 pencil) and weighs just 1.5 ounces (43 g). The iPod nano also features a 1.5-inch color LCD screen with backlight, the famed… Read More

Last time, we discussed how to optimize your room for the video features of your home theater. Now we come to the room configurations that will affect the audio performance of your home theater system. As with the video, the shape, furnishings and placement of windows and doors will affect the quality of the sound you get out of your system. We also have to revisit the placement of the many wires required to serve the speakers now placed all… Read More