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more about #polkaudio Nick: so i get to hear the intro to Boston's Foreplay/Longtime and that's it? WTF. more » tok3ninja: Slap a web browser and some wi-fi on that touchscreen and you really can be connected to Facebook anywhere. more » -
#rollercoasters
Rip Ride Rockit Coaster to Feature Individual Music Players, Multiple Cameras
The new Rip Ride Rockit roller coaster, currently being constructed at Universal Studios in Orlando, is gunning to be the most tech-heavy coaster in existence. More » -
#fieldguide
The Field Guide to Faux-Surround Soundbars
OK, we're calling it: this is the year of the sound bar, those long, slender speaker boxes that you see freakin' everywhere. (Today alone we mentioned three companies introducing a total of six new models!) When our very own Brian Lam was at CES this past January, he heard the editor-in-chief of a top home Audiophile/Videophile magazine tell one of his lead sound gear writers "audio is just dead." That kind of talk is not unexpected—it's about as shocking as a French wine critic calling Australian shiraz "the end of civilization." We all know sound bars have a place, but what have they done to 5.1? As you may have noticed, not all sound bars are surround bars. Here's the breakdown of most currently available models: More » -
#surround
Polk Audio SurroundBar50 Gives you Surround Sound in One Very Long Speaker
Polk Audio's latest HE audio system, the SurroundBar50, is 51 inches of speaker that gives you surround sound from just one speaker. The aluminum-covered unit contains nine mid/bass drivers with Neodymium magnets, three dome tweeters and a four-PC board crossover, and Polk's Stereo Dimensional Array (SDA) technology on the left and right front channels. More » -
