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Native New Yorker Michael Trei loves both new and vintage technology, travel, and great food. A passionate audiophile and music fan, he shares his Manhattan apartment with 12,000 vinyl records and a sizeable collection of turntables. When he hits the road, he can usually be found plying the highway in one of his vintage Mercedes-Benz cars.

Avoca VIP Music Edition lets you sweet talk your system into playing your favorites

Michael Trei

Sunday, September 7, 2008 - 11:27am

Fancy music servers are great, but you still need to scroll through lists of files to find the music you want. Now, following in the path of Ford's SYNC voice command car system, a company called Avoca has introduced...

Tangent Audio table radios look kind of familiar

Michael Trei

Sunday, September 7, 2008 - 8:09am

Spotted at CEDIA this weekend were these new table radios from Tangent Audio of Denmark, which look suspiciously similar to the wares of Tivoli. First we have the Model Uno, a retro styled AM/FM model with analog tuning selling...

Professional Home Cinema speakers are guaranteed to piss off your neighbors

Michael Trei

Sunday, September 7, 2008 - 6:16am

While few audiophiles have even heard of Professional Home Cinema, this Huntington Beach, CA, company makes the kind of speakers you might find in Tom Cruise's home theater. Using the same type of horn technology you'll find in commercial...

JBL WEM-1 makes any speaker system wireless

Michael Trei

Saturday, September 6, 2008 - 8:07am

One of the most annoying things about installing a killer home theater or multi-room audio system, is snaking wires through the walls and ceilings to install the speakers where you want them. We've seen a few dedicated systems that...

Krell speakers cost more than a Hummer, weigh more than an NFL linebacker

Michael Trei

Friday, September 5, 2008 - 10:12am

Krell has long been known in audiophile circles as making some of the most uncompromising electronics out there, but few are aware that they also make some of the gnarliest speakers. Shown here next to Krell co-founder Dan D'Agostino,...

Sony throws down the gauntlet in the slim and sexy TV stakes

Michael Trei

Thursday, September 4, 2008 - 8:12am

Super-slim TVs are the new religion at Sony, at least if you go by a couple new models the company is showing at CEDIA. Following CES trade show back in January, we thought that OLED was going to be...

Air Hogs Zero Gravity Micro R/C cars will drive you up the wall (or ceiling)

Michael Trei

Monday, September 1, 2008 - 2:19pm

Radio controlled toy cars have always been fun to play with, even back when I was a kid, but you need to find a big open area where you can drive without running into stuff. Now with these gravity...

USB soda can humidifier: Because you don't have enough junk on your desk

Michael Trei

Monday, September 1, 2008 - 1:34pm

Somewhere in Asia, there must be rooms full of people who's incomes depend on coming up with a steady stream of questionable USB powered accessories. For a while they were cute, like the alarm clock fan, and head massager,...

Express your love for Bill Gates with $173,000 Microsoft sunglasses

Michael Trei

Monday, September 1, 2008 - 9:38am

When it comes to collectibles, value is based on the relationship between supply and demand. In simpler terms, that means you'll get the big bucks only when you have something really rare that lots of people want to own....

DJ Mobile might be the most obnoxious car stereo ever

Michael Trei

Sunday, August 31, 2008 - 8:08am

Living in a crowded urban neighborhood, I often see kids driving around in their mobile sound systems on wheels, setting off every car alarm on the block. That's annoying enough, but at least I know that as painful as...

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Michael Trei

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Avoca VIP Music Edition lets you sweet talk your system into playing your favorites

Tangent Audio table radios look kind of familiar

Professional Home Cinema speakers are guaranteed to piss off your neighbors

JBL WEM-1 makes any speaker system wireless

Krell speakers cost more than a Hummer, weigh more than an NFL linebacker

Sony throws down the gauntlet in the slim and sexy TV stakes

Air Hogs Zero Gravity Micro R/C cars will drive you up the wall (or ceiling)

USB soda can humidifier: Because you don't have enough junk on your desk

Express your love for Bill Gates with $173,000 Microsoft sunglasses

DJ Mobile might be the most obnoxious car stereo ever

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