Wednesday, May 4th, 6 pm to 9 pm, Raleigh Audio Advice Showroom Space is limited. RSVP as soon as possible to reserve your time. Please see details below. Spring brings with it the chance for outdoor fun! On Wednesday, May 4th at our first event of 2011, we highlight a spectacular outdoor theater featuring an …
Read MoreThe super flexible new McIntosh MX150
The folks at McIntosh were kind enough to ship me their new MX150 surround sound processor awhile back. I had some help getting it into my garage where it sat because every time I looked at the 63 lb. shipping weight, I resisted taking it upstairs to my theater. A couple of weeks ago, I …
Read MoreAmazon, get off of my cloud!
I started seeing a lot of great press on how Amazon had beat Apple and Google to the punch with their new cloud based music player, so I thought I would check it out. (Knowing Amazon’s history of great systems, I was really looking forward to seeing what they had come up with.) Well, I …
Read MoreWine, movies, the outdoors! Join us in Raleigh May 4th.
We hope you’ll join us Wednesday, May 4th from 6 pm to 9 pm for a special Audio Advice spring event at our Triangle area showroom at 8621 Glenwood Ave. in Raleigh. For the first time, you can experience a full outdoor entertainment system at an Audio Advice event. The presentation will feature a JBL …
Read MoreWine, movies, the outdoors! Join us in Raleigh, May 4th.
We hope you’ll join us Wednesday, May 4th from 6 pm to 9 pm for a special Audio Advice spring event at our Triangle area showroom at 8621 Glenwood Ave. in Raleigh. For the first time, you can experience a full outdoor entertainment system at an Audio Advice event. The presentation will feature a JBL …
Read MoreMarch Madness Paradise
Keeping up with all the games during March Madness can come close to wearing the numbers off your remote control. In our Charlotte showroom, we have a far better solution! We’ve implemented this for lots of clients, and it is the coolest thing going for the sports fan or video game enthusiast. The set up …
Read MoreHave you heard about MOG?!!
For those of you who embrace the concept of getting music from the cloud, MOG is the latest and greatest in the race for your monthly subscription. First, let me give you a quick run-down of what I mean by cloud based music. Music broadcasting started with regular old AM and FM radio. It was …
Read MoreFun again with music
After spending several months ripping my CD collection in AIFF (see my earlier blog), I was finally able to move my Mac Mini into my home theater rack and start enjoying my music! This is a ton of fun. Ripping all my CD’s was by far the most time consuming part. The good part is: …
Read MoreLeon tests the new TiVo Premiere XL
A few days after I posted my Google TV blog; I received an email from the sales manager at TiVo asking me to call him. It turned out he wanted to know if I would test their new TiVo Premiere XL device. As a very happy owner of four of the first HD TiVos, I …
Read MoreLeon introduces our latest new product: Oppo Blu-ray
As big TV manufacturers struggle to sell more televisions in a soft economy, they are throwing the kitchen sink at consumers to get them to replace their probably decent flat panel TVs. Most manufacturers have resorted to throwing in a Blu-ray player if you buy a television. The result has not been increased TV sales, …
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