About.com Puts Four ZVOX Systems On List of Top Sound Bars

Robert Silva, the Home Theater editor for the terrific web site About.com, recently released the list of his recommended sound bar systems -- and it included four ZVOX systems: the 575, 550, 425 and 325. And our top-of-the-line 575 system was the top-ranked amplified sound bar under $1,000. 

Robert also included the 575 on his list of recommended "home theater gift ideas for mom." Hard to argue with that. We have yet to meet a mom that didn't love a sound system with no speaker wires.

http://hometheater.about.com/od/hometheaterinabox/tp/onepieceht.htm

http://hometheater.about.com/od/toppicks/tp/aatphtmoma.htm 

Tiny Digital-to-Analog Converter Works Great, Is Cheap As Chips

About four years ago some TV makers started removing a great feature -- simple analog audio output jacks. They replaced these jacks with digital outputs -- which only work with digital inputs. So a number of our early ZVOX models, which don't have digital inputs, would not work with these digital-out-only TVs. There have been little digital-to-analog converters around for a while now -- little boxes that convert the TV's digital signal into something any sound system can work with. But a new one from Monoprice is really cool because it works very well and it's just incredibly cheap. $25.60. We bought one and have been testing it for a week or so with no problems. Great little product. 
http://www.monoprice.com/products/product.asp?c_id=104&cp_id=10423&cs_id=1042302&p_id=6884&seq=1&format=2