Hands-on with Unity home theater

Unity's street price is $999 and will be available later this year. Pictured with a 47-inch TV. (Credit: Christopher MacManus/CNET) During CES , I got a chance to hook up with Engage, the company behind Unity , a well-built home theater system. Unity is the brainchild of Todd Beauchamp, an ex-Apple audio engineer (he worked closely on iPhone acoustics, for example) and Mike Fidler, an individual ...

A whole new slate of audio electronics from Sony in 2012

Sony didn't hold back its engineers this year when it came to iterating on its extensive lineup of audio products for 2012. The new STR-DH820 AV receiver features five HDMI inputs that'll pass 3D and an integrated iPhone/iPod dock. There are three new Blu-ray enabled home theater systems, the BDV-N890W is leading the way with built-in 802.11N, wireless rear speakers and an iOS app for audio ...

New Unity Home Theater System™ Making Debut at 2012 CES; Combining Simplicity, Elegance and Performance

Say good-bye to confusing cable nests, cluttered A/V components, complicated set-up and that pile of remote controls.

Music lovers pursue return to high fidelity

A handful of Music Row businesses are beginning to invest in new products and technologies to increase the fidelity of music at every stage of the recording and listening process.

Sony’s Highly Personal, Surprisingly Decent 3D Viewer

It's not cheap, and it looks and feels a tad peculiar. But its 3D blows away the blurry stuff on TVs and in theaters.