Audio
Stunning TV audio speaks for itself
Rod Easdown Surround-sound and other options abound to enrich the aural experience of television.
Three-way shootout: Super Audio Compact Disc players
Sight and Sound SACDs sound super but are mostly ignored.
Toss up: multi-room audio solutions
Adam Turner Listening to your favourite music throughout your home has never been easier.
Review
Toss-up: wireless speakers
Adam Turner Rather than leave your digital music locked away inside your gadgets, it's simple to stream music to wireless speakers around your home.
Audio
Top gear speaks volumes
Sight and Sound Rod Easdown pits the Bose Solo and a 4TV against a Yamaha soundbar.
Audio
Lovely distortions
Sight and Sound Rod Easdown reviews three home theatre systems, including one with valves.
Innovation
High-rise technology
Katie Cincotta In the not-too-distant future integrated hi-fi technology will reach new heights in the darling of Melbourne's east, Doncaster.
Review
Toss-up: Soundbars
Adam Turner If you're underwhelmed by your TV's speakers, a soundbar can add punch to your loungeroom audio.
Review
Toss-up: earbuds
Adam Turner Slip a pair of earbuds in your pocket and you can have music wherever you go.
HomeTech
The Blu-ray compromise
Sight and Sound Buying a Blu-ray player is not an easy business, and it's likely to become more difficult as ultra-high definition comes on stream.
Gadgets
Gadget graveyard
Adam Turner The world of gadgets has had more than its fair share of epic fails.
Digital radio
The sweet sounds of revolution
Adam Turner The internet hasn't killed the radio star, instead it has opened up a whole new audience online.
Review
Toss-up: digital radios
Adam Turner The crystal-clear sound and extra channels of digital radio is music to the ears of many Australians.
How to
Bridge the gap between internet and your TV
Adam Turner The internet offers easy access to a world of movies and TV shows, but what's the best way to watch them all on your television?
Music
Apple, Beats discuss music streaming service
Poornima Gupta and Ronald Grover Apple has held talks with Beats on a potential partnership involving Beats' planned music-streaming service, sources say.
Digital Radio
Cash crisis threat to local signals
Adam Turner Australia's community radio stations face an uncertain future after funds were slashed in the coming federal budget.
Digital radio
A digital future
Sight and Sound If you want AM that sounds better than FM, there's a simple way to get it: digital radio.
Shootout
Samsung Galaxy S4 v the rest
Jenneth Orantia Samsung has left nary a stone unturned in its latest flagship phone, the Galaxy S4, but is it enough to stave off the fierce competition?
All set for coming day of digital
Adam Turner By Christmas, Melbourne television will have gone digital-only. Here's what you need to know to stay in the picture.
