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NY press spreads the word on Vizio Soundbar

By mtc | Published: April 30, 2009

Check out the short writeup in The New York Times about the Vizio Soundbar VSB210WS.
It was also picked up in New York Magazine as a clutter reducing gadget for city dwellers.
At $350, it’s a pretty affordable lifestyle impact gadget in these tight economic times. Basically it’s a hi-fi makeover kit that will make you wonder [...]

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Thirteen years after playing my first mp3 file, I think we’re on to something…

By mtc | Published: February 10, 2009

After spending a considerable amount of time looking for product opportunities in the digital audio device world (and finding one) for the better part of five years, and while being a chronic early adopter and experimenter of all things web 2.0 and similar, I’ve gleaned some “truths” that I thought I’d put down here.
I [...]

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SoundOn Media-210 Wireless 2.1 Mac/PC Speakers Lightning Review

By mtc | Published: December 9, 2008

Review: SoundOn Media-210 Wireless 2.1 Mac/PC Speakers Lightning Review

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Rocketfish launches two wireless speaker models, RF-WS01 and RF-WS02

By mtc | Published: November 7, 2008

Rocketfish has finally launched two new wireless speaker models.  These have been in the works for some time, and I think anyone who listens to them will know why.  They are easily the best sounding wireless speakers in their class.
The RF-WS01 and RF-WS02 both utilize Avnera’s wireless point to multipoint wireless audio technology. The RF-WS01 [...]

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Wireless audio… A to Z… ah hell, why not?

By mtc | Published: September 14, 2008

I’ve been giving this some thought for a while – of course I enjoy writing about Avnera-enabled products, but I also want to bring this blog’s readership some discussion about a wider swath of products that maybe don’t involve Avnera at all, but maybe use our competitors or alternate wireless technologies to stream audio. It [...]

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Sounds like Vizio is set to rock and rumble…

By mtc | Published: July 29, 2008

…and at $299, they will certainly make an impact in the nascent soundbar market.
Vizio is known for it’s line of LCD and Plasma HDTVs, and specifically known for being very value oriented and offered through retailers like Walmart, Costco, Target, Sears, etc. Well with that go-to-market strategy, Vizio has made themselves the market leader [...]

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