In our last look at digital media we covered some of the oldest formats including the ever present MP3 and Apple's AAC . The AAC file is Apple's codec based on the audio/video compression used by MPEG or the Moving Picture Experts Group - version 4. Another Read More...

It's a cliché that's worth repeating. The Center speaker is the most important speaker in your system for Home Theater. Look around the local retailers and web dealers for speaker systems. You'll find most 5.1 speaker systems build a center speaker Read More...

The Xbox 360 is fully iPod compatible with correct download from Xbox Live. Unless you’ve been downloading your MP3s from iTunes without stripping them of Apple’s DRM, FairPlay. A FairPlay MP3 won't play through Xbox 360. Apple and Microsoft Read More...

Here's what I've had to say about power conditioners/expensive surge suppressors in the past, it’s still generally good advice. These days at every electronics superstore in North America you can find Monster Cable peddling surge suppressors that Read More...

I get asked some good questions in the forums and this one deserves some elaboration. To paraphrase: Is there a proper stacking order for hi-fi components you have lay on top of each other? Someone that has never owned a component hi-fi system before, Read More...