This budget-priced home theater in a box delivers incredibly rich streaming features, but only mediocre sound. When it comes to the world of music, there’s arguably no company more intimately involved ...

The trouble with building an over-the-top, no-holds-barred A/V receiver is that it’s tough to follow up with something new the next year — you basically have to stick a new number on the same black ...

Ex-movie theater projectionist Steve Guttenberg has also worked as a high-end audio salesman, and as a record producer. Steve reviewed audio products for CNET and worked as a freelance writer for ...

I'm very pleased with my Harmony 650, in general. It does a great job, mostly, but I'm having some trouble with getting it to properly handle the Zone 2 of my Yamaha RX-V685 receiver. (When I set up ...

Covering home audio and video, Matthew Moskovciak helps CNET readers find the best sights and sounds for their home theaters. Ex-movie theater projectionist Steve Guttenberg has also worked as a ...

The 6.1-channel RX-V740 is the third Yamaha receiver I have auditioned in a year, after the mid-level RX-V2300 and top-of-the-line RX-Z1. Technology and build quality has quickly migrated from the ...