I love audio gear, but until recently my obsession was limited to products geared around music. I watched streaming videos on my computer, content to relinquish sonic control to my MacBook speakers. Then I got a TV and a Blu-ray player, and now I’m addicted to ludicrous action movies. Looking at Bowers & Wilkins’ latest Mini Theater system, I don’t think I can be happy until I own it.
‘ Why would anyone install a 2000W bass system in a home is beyond me. But after looking at its destructive effects in this video, I can only applaud them.
Audiophiles who don’t bat an eyelash at spending $US7,500 on a McIntosh sound system inevitably purchased this wall clock before it even came out, but for we ear-challenged individuals, a few details regarding a $US2,000 clock:
If you want a packaged home theatre that’ll soak your eyeballs in three-dee and fill your ears with THX-certified boom, Onkyo’s HT-S9300THX will oblige. It has seven theatre loudspeakers, a 12-inch sub and works with all the latest 3D gear.
The Sonos ZonePlayer S5 is elegant and impressive, but until now we had trouble making it match our decor. No more headaches over that thought though, because the wireless music system now comes in black.
These Magic Flute loudspeakers from S W Speakers would look more at home on a fighter jet than in my living room. But that’s entirely my living room’s fault.
