The foundation to any good home theater experience is a dedicated surround sound system. But simply placing speakers around your theater room and hooking them up to an A/V receiver is only the start of the process. To take your experience from good to great, it’s important to make sure that sound from your speakers has been optimized to deliver the best quality for your room and the content you’re listening to.…
There’s no day in the year more dependent on a quality entertainment system than the day that very important football game whose name we cannot legally use is broadcast. That Sunday is the day where you’ll wish your TV was bigger and your speakers were louder and your TV room was just more enticing overall. If you’ve been planning to upgrade your fan cave for the big game, now is a great…
Today’s giveaway is from Yamaha. The winner will win a Yamaha Black Portable Playing iPod dock. Yamaha designed the octagon-shaped body to deliver stability, toughness and style. Choose from four strong colors – white, dark blue, green and black – each accented by a color-matched, perforated steel grille. To enter the contest just visit our Abt Facebook page, “Like” us and follow the directions. Good luck!…
Yamaha will expand its selection of active soundbars, headphones and iPod/iPhone-docking tabletop audio systems at January’s International CES. In headphones, the company launched its first model about a year and half ago and has since expanded the selection to five models, including four ear buds that come with multiple tip options to ensure a tight fit that is as effective in blocking noise as earbuds with active noise cancellation. In headphones, Yamaha…
Abt carries a wide array of products from typical household appliances, to TVs, to even unique items you wouldn’t think we sell. One of those unique items is a Yamaha MODUS F11 Slimline Digital Piano. We have had one on display in our atrium, enchanting our customers with its melodic tunes, since early last year. Unfortunately for us (but fortunately for you), it is time for us to let go of this…
Abt’s mobile audio department can get any vehicle ready to rock! It’s almost boating season, so make sure you aren’t stuck on a lake with nothing to listen to. We just got finished installing a new stereo system in a Yamaha jet boat today. It’s got new Kenwood speakers, a receiver made to use with an iPod, an Alpine marine amp, and Alpine marine sub woofers. Whatever mode of transportation you use,…
Ed Curran, CBS 2’s technology reporter, visited Abt Electronics on Wednesday. He spoke with employee Josh Davis about the hottest holiday gift ideas for 2009. Beginning with the Yamaha M4 piano, outside our Sony store, Ed sat down to listen to a few Christmas tunes. This Yamaha will play prerecorded songs or you can make your own music. Chicago, like many other cities are hands-free, when it comes to cell phones. Do…
September 9-12, 2009 was the Custom Electronic Design and Installation Association (CEDIA) expo in Atlanta. Mike Abt and Jim Kozicki checked out all the new electronics that we can expecting to see at the Abt store in upcoming months. They saw some really cool new technology. Pioneer and Yamaha both brought new iPod speaker systems and sound bars. Pioneer’s a new 2.1 speaker system and a new 2.1 soundbar system with a…
