Archive for June, 2010

Arx Speakers First Impressions

 Arx A3 towers before unboxing. Miniature dachshund provided for scale. Yesterday Fedex Ground stopped by and dropped off some double-boxed happiness: a pair of brand new Arx A3 tower speakers.  I’ve been anxious to see and hear these since The Audio Insider announced they were dropping Acculine and developing something new based on the Acculine [...]

Arx Speakers Now Shipping

I just got the news- the long-awaited Arx speakers from The Audio Insider are shipping starting today, June 16, 2010. I have my order in and will be reporting on them soon.  This product has been anxiously awaited by many of your readers and I am happy to report that you can finally give these [...]

Creative Vado HD (Older model) for under $75

Creative Vado HD The original Creative Vado HD can now be had for under $75 online.  That is a far cry from the original $229 MSRP or even the $156 and change it sold for not long ago.  If you want a pocketable HD camcorder and don’t have to have the absolute latest model you won’t [...]

Facebook account back up

Facebook’s recent changes to their privacy policy have put me (somewhat) at ease and I have restored my account.  If you want to add me, add away! addthis_url = ‘http%3A%2F%2Fwww.soundadviceblog.com%2Fsite-news%2Ffacebook-account-back-up%2F’; addthis_title = ‘Facebook+account+back+up’; addthis_pub = ”;

Blu-ray player and movie prices dropping

  If you have been wanting to get into the high-def audio and video goodness that is Blu-ray, the timing is good.  You can get a passable player for as little as $78 at Wal-Mart and movies are regularly selling for around $20 or even less on Amazon.com.  In fact, Wal-Mart has some movies selling [...]