Last week we gave you an inside look at The Cave, our new showroom that is jam-packed with everything you’d ever need to create the hangout of your dreams, from color-changing mood lights to a stand-up arcade game that keeps your drinks cold. And inside The Cave, you’re also bound to find something for every type of person…
Holiday cooking season is in full swing, and we’re always looking for ways to be better prepared and work more efficiently in the kitchen. Our quest took us to the Miele Experience Center at the Merchandise Mart in downtown Chicago, where we chatted with the pros from Miele about some of their latest products. They showed us some…
Twenty years ago, SVS began as a direct-to-consumer audio brand, leveraging the then-new idea of internet sales to cut out the middle man and get quality audio gear right to the listener at a fair price. In the years since, they’ve become a favorite brand of audiophiles on the internet and beyond, finding their way into retail stores…
Man Cave. She Shed. Den. Parlor. Family Room. Call it what you will, every home needs one. Whether man or woman, single or parents of a half-dozen kids, we all need a place we can forget about work and stress, unplug (or plug-in) and just enjoy life, our hobbies, or whatever helps us escape. It It can be…
Apple announced quite a few product refreshes at their hardware event today in Brooklyn. Included in the announcements were updates to the MacBook Air, the Mac Mini, and the iPad Pro. And while Apple announcements come around every year, this one saw some of the most significant upgrades in years. Here’s what’s new in these Apple products: 2018…
The brief annual autumn warm-up has now come and gone, so it’s time to accept that the summer is officially over and, for us midwesterners, that chill in the air will only get worse. We’ll soon be in the midst of full-scale winter weather, with months of miserable mornings dealing with a cold, snow-covered car. The good news…
Earlier this month, we gave you a quick glimpse at the new Sony Master Series TVs, the Z9F LED and the A9F OLED. These TVs, announced this summer, take the X1 Ultimate processor that Sony had previously shown off at the Consumer Electronics Show, and pair it with a wealth of other high-end tech to create some of…
Our first look at the new, eagerly-awaited Sony A9F OLED and Z9F LED TVs. Since their official announcement this summer—and even before that, as word first hit the tech rumor mills—the Sony Master Series televisions have been the most highly-anticipated TV releases since perhaps the debut of Sony’s first OLED set, the A1E. A new designation for Sony,…
I put three smartwatches head-to-head in the gym on a mission to find the best smartwatches for weightlifters and cross-trainers. Cettina is Abt’s Digital Marketing Coordinator and resident weight lifting expert. In this guest post, she puts three of the best smartwatches to the test to find out which one is tops for weight lifters. Over the last…
After the resounding successes of the Nintendo NES Classic and SNES Classic, it was only a matter of time before the other big names got in on the retro action. This week, Sony dropped news of their own replica console, giving gamers who were there for the legendary system’s debut a chance to recapture some nostalgia. The Sony…
