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This is the Artsound SVC6, a simple multiroom controller designed to deliver stereo sound into up to six zones from a single amplifier. It's designed for residential or commercial installations, and is yours for just £150 from UK ...

Combining performance with good looks is a constant battle for speaker designers, but Canadian company PSB reckons it's pulled it off with its new G-Design range, which has sleek high-gloss black cabinets and top-notch drive units. The ...

"The ultimate MP3 PA system" - that's one of the applications British speaker company ATC has in mind for its new SCM-16A active speakers, which are designed for desktop use, as well as in multichannel systems. Mind you, ...

This is the GHD8020F2, one of two new digital set-top box/recorders just announced by Goodmans under the Freeview Playback banner. It has an 80GB hard drive good for 35 hours of recording, and will sell for around £130 when it hits the shops ...

Not content with having launched a leather-clad iPod speaker system, the fun-loving Swedes at Audio Pro have also polished off a complete range of hide-covered speakers, ranging from a compact standmounter at £149 a pair all the way up to a ...

From now until the end of September, Sky is offering discounts to existing customers wanting to upgrade to its HD service. While the box remains £299, customers can get it for as little as £199, depending on how long they've been ...

Awards judging continues apace, as does the frantic rush to complete the October issue ready to get it out on the streets for August 23, not to mention getting cracking on the November one. But things have also been getting even busier here on ...

In addition to the AVR-4308DAB, which we previewed here, Denon is all set to launch no fewer than six more AV receivers in the next couple of months, with models starting from the £270 AVR-1508 (above). And sitting at the heart of the range ...

More news from across the pond, and this time it's Yamaha rolling out some serious home cinema hardware, in the form of two upmarket receivers and an 11.2-channel, 7x140W plus 4x50W, $5500 battleship. In case you were wondering, those four ...

The sole flagbearer for HD DVD in the UK, Toshiba, has just announced its third-generation players for the US market. And among all the new things about them – such as 24-fps support, HDMI Link remote control and HD audio decoding - the most ...