Aaron McKenna looks at three digital voice recorders from Olympus and finds one to make his own. Read more

Michael Baggaley applies hard lessons learned during his past attempts to build the ultimate home theater PC. The issue, he says, is to find the right balance between noise, power and style and how much money you are willing to spend. Read more

Having trouble getting your Walkman MP3 player to work with Sony's less-than-ideal software? Fortunately, free alternatives exist for a more portable music library. Read more

For quite a few years now, a combination of several small satellite speakers and a subwoofer has been the standard solution for multimedia audio, and has even made inroads into home listening. The question now is whether you can still get quality sound from just a pair of speakers? Two competing products from Creative and Klipsch say "yes", but are they right? Read more

Looking for an alternative to Windows Media Center? Michael Baggaley takes a look at a candidate that just might fit the bill. Read more

A $100 networked media adapter handling music, photos and video sure got our attention. But Jim Buzbee found that Buffalo made too many compromises to get under that magic hundred dollar mark. Read more

We look at two headsets designed for very different applications. While the SteelSound 5H is intended for the gamer set, the Icemat Siberia's designers had VoIP use in mind. Read more

If you're a college student with not a lot to spend, getting into the HTPC game requires a little creativity, but it can be done. Benjamin Webb shows how he did it. Read more

Don't want to spend a lot of money on a home theater PC? Adaptec's GameBridge is a nice option to turn an existing PC into one. It allows you to hook up a video source or game console to your PC, tune in to TV programs, and even make recordings of your game sessions. Read more

Question: Is a loud MP3 player or your choice to self inflict damage by cranking the device up responsible for making you go deaf? Aaron McKenna looks at the iPod and hearing loss controversy and asks whether or not we really want to open that can of worms. Read more