A few weeks ago, the good folks at Tamron came by to show us their current lenses and make sure we got a real-world sense of which lenses did what. I've got a Nikon SLR, and I spent that time...

Check the temperature in hell. This sort of thing isn't supposed to happen in the consumer electronics business. An old analog technology appears to be making a big comeback.   Sales of...

Amplifiers all sound alike, right? No they don't. Many amps just make your music loud enough to overcome road noise. Other amplifiers handle music more carefully to promote higher fidelity. Small...

I recently added an article describing Crutchfield’s new Polaris Ranger ATV to the Customer Car Showroom on our website, and I wanted to tell everyone about it. I really enjoyed this...

I took a vacation with my family in Maine recently, where our main mode of transportation was a 19-foot center-console boat with room for six. Earlier in the year, in a conversation with my father,...

My very first accessories post was about the S&G wire stripper . I've decided to retroactively make it the start of a series. With "Installer's Toolbox" I'll talk about...

Big news for fans of the Sonos® Multi-Room Music Systems — the new lineup of products makes a good thing even better. While we’re happy to see how the products have been...

If you're like me, then chances are you've got more than a few electronics lying around at home. I've got my cell phone, my digital camera, and usually a...

Before I started working at Crutchfield, I associated car subwoofers with punk kids that roll up on you at traffic lights, sporting that low-frequency rattle that reminds you of the Space Shuttle...

I love it when my friends buy new gear and we all get to enjoy the benefits. My best friend's husband just installed a pair of Klipsch® AW-650...

I put in a plug-and-play satellite radio recently, connecting it to my Dual XHD-6425 head unit through its aux input. With channel guide in hand, I began flipping stations in earnest, ready to...

My brother-in-law knew that his car stereo sounded bad. He didn't know why. He spends a lot of time, every day for his job, driving around town listening to classic rock radio. He came to me for...

There's more than one way to skin a cat. At least that's what they tell me. I'm just going to take their word for that, but I know from experience that there's more than one way...

I shot a wedding recently with my Canon 40D and the Canon 28-135mm f/3.5-5.6 IS lens . I was hoping to be able to use the zoom lens rather than my faster prime lens (meaning a fixed focal...

1) I don't need a subwoofer because I never listen to loud music, just classical and jazz. Subwoofers go great with heavy metal, rap, and other types of high-impact music, but they're not just...

If you've purchased a seven-channel home theater receiver in the last couple of years, you might be surprised to learn that you possibly have lots of amplifier power just going to waste....

When XM satellite radio became available in our little corner of the world, I was a happy girl. Living in a small radio market, the choices were pretty limited. Many of the on-air personalities had...

I am a satellite radio fanatic, as you can see in this video . I have both XM and Sirius plug-and-play radios in my truck. I chose plug-and-play over direct-connect radios because they...

I used to be a disc jockey at a local rock radio station here in Charlottesville, Virginia. The headphones of choice for many DJs on a budget were the Sony MDR-V600 . These were big, loud, rock...

"There is no physical reason why bi-wiring should improve a speaker's sound." I've heard this sentiment repeated over the years by some very reputable sources. So why do many respected...