OTHER TECH

HERE'S THE GEAR

Tabletop Radios

Boston Acoustics Recepter Radio HD $150 Multicast capable • display shows song title, artist, station name, and other broadcast information • dual-alarm clock • credit-card remote bostonacoustics.com

Polk Audio I-Sonic Entertainment System $599 Multicast capable • DVD player • display shows song title, artist, station name, and other broadcast information • XM Radio Connect & Play option • dual-alarm clock • due spring 2006 polkaudio.com

Radiosophy Multistream $269 Multicast capable • transportable receiver with boombox, home receiver, and PC connections (optional car kit available) radiosophy.com

Digital Surround Receiver

Yamaha RX-V4600 $1,900 Multicast capable • 7.1-channel surround • i.Link multichannel audio interface • Dolby Pro Logic IIx and DTS 96/24 processing • three-zone operation • HDMI interface yamaha.com/yec

Tuners

Audio Design Associates Tune Suite Quadritune $2,850 Multicast capable • chassis can hold four independent tuners for AM, FM, HD Radio, and XM satellite radio ada-usa.com

DaySequerra HD M1 Broadcast Reference $2,995 Multicast capable • modular design can receive and distribute up to 10 sources, including HDTV and HD Radio, to multiple zones • DVI connections daysequerra.com

Rotel RT-1084 HD [no price available] Multicast capable • accepts up to three Sirius radio modules for multizone operation • due spring 2006 rotel.com

Car Receivers & Tuners

Alpine DVA-9965 (receiver) $1,600 DVD player • MP3 and WMA playback • iPod interface alpine-usa.com

Eclipse HDR105 (tuner) $450 For use with Eclipse AVN5435, CD8455, CD8445, CD5435, CD5425, CD5415 car receivers www.eclipse-web.com

JVC KD-SHX900 (receiver) $850 CD player • 256-color OEL display • Sirius compatible • MP3 and WMA playback • PICT downloads can be used on display jvc.com

Kenwood KTC-HR100MC (tuner) $400 Multicast capable • compatible with all HD Radio-ready Kenwood in-dash receivers kenwoodusa.com

Panasonic CQ-CB8901U (car receiver) $500 CD player • XM satellite radio ready • WMA and MP3 playback • full dot-matrix display • detachable face plate panasonic.com

Sanyo ECD-HD1990M (car receiver) $499 CD player • MP3 and WMA playback • detachable face plate • credit-card remote sanyo.com