It might not be the sexiest part of your entertainment system, but good luck revving anything up without the important connections, the arteries and veins of your A/V if you will.

The better the wiring and cabling, the better performance you will notice from your gear, too. Though it may be more of an afterthought when you go to purchase that HDTV or A/V receiver, it doesn’t hurt to take a longer look at the choice of connections.

Our Products of the Year checked in with a trio of products that bring a range of achievement to an A/V system and help in connecting your eyes and ears to the latest technologies audio and video are serving up.

Ethereal Home Theater’s EM Series IPODAV Cable is a dedicated connection for that little white (or black) gadget that more than 100 million have sold, the ubiquitous iPod. More and more people are using it as home jukeboxes when they’re not carrying it around on the jog in the park or subway commute to work.

Straight Wire’s Chorus II Audio Interconnect will make your audio products shine together like a Beethoven symphony. And Wireworld’s Island HDMI cable will give you 1080p video delight and Dolby TrueHD and DTS-HD Master Audio surround sound among the A/V goodness high-def source content has to offer.

Let that electronic blood flow freely and strongly!

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