Diamond Tweeters

With the latest upgrade in their popular 800 Series speakers, B&W has put their famous diamond dome tweeters in every speaker in the line.

B&W claims the new 800 Series Diamond, with the diamond tweeters and a host of other changes, offers significantly better performance. 

All the info after the jump.

Mountain High (End)

The Hi-Fi world headed to Denver last weekend for the annual Rocky Mountain Audio Fest.

This year, there were over 150 rooms of high-end audio at the Denver Marriott Tech Center. Check out all the cool stuff after the jump.

It was just a short time ago that I was talking about Pioneer's decision to halt plasma manufacturing. This past week they showed their wares at the trendy (I’m told) Gramercy Park Hotel in New York City.

While one might expect some reduction in their products after such a huge announcement, they went the other way. They actually seem to be expanding their lines across the board with several new displays, Blu-ray players, and receivers.

More iPod love

Designed to go with their 10 Best winning 170iTransport, the 121 and 151 are designed to work with the 170i to create a full system (sans speakers of course).

All the info after the jump.

Time to ditch all your gear... again.

Just when you got a handle on HDMI 1.3, here comes 1.4. While this is sure to elicit a groan from many, 1.4 has a host of new features that are actually very, very cool.

Starting with the ability to send Internet data over HDMI.

I'll let the gravity of that sink in while you click...

Setting the bar high.

B&W is entering the soundbar arena. And, in typical B&W fashion, they’re doing so with real panache. The new Panorama melds high performance with high style.

Audioengine describes their product in one sentence perfectly: "Transfer music wirelessly from any audio device or computer to your Audioengine powered speakers, surround receiver, or powered subwoofer."

It's crazy simple, plug one gum sized device into the source, be it iPod, computer, CD player, or what have you, and the other one into a power socket, and a receiver or powered speakers. Presto, you have a wireless connection and uncompressed (or no additionally compression anyway) audio up to 100 feet away.

+3Dⁱ

Onkyo has announced three new receivers, the top of the line being the TX-SR608, with the latest HDMI 1.4 spec so in addition to all their other features, they'll be able to pass a 3D signal from your 3D capable BD player.

All the specs and details after the jump.