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And More Hot Black Friday Deals...
SV Staff  |  Nov 24, 2017  |  First Published: Nov 22, 2017  | 
Along with a variety of manufacturer-direct offers being served up for Black Friday and Cyber Monday, our own Sound & Vision shopping portal has identified a ton of attractive online deals from our retailer partners including Amazon, Crutchfield, Best Buy, Wal-Mart, and others. Click here to drill down by product category, brand, or retailer for all the hot bargains.

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Here Comes the Deal
SV Staff  |  Nov 24, 2017  |  First Published: Nov 22, 2017  | 
Are you ready for the Big Sale Day? Or are you planning to skip the whole kerfuffle and go to the movies or play a round of Top Golf? If you are, indeed, a BF shopper here are a few of the manufacturer-sponsored deals we’ve been alerted to in recent days. And don't miss the great online deals identified by Sound & Vision's own shopping portal from its retailing partners Amazon, Crutchfield, Best Buy, Wal-mart, and others.

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How Origin Is Making Beautiful Music with Amazon
Bob Ankosko  |  Nov 22, 2017  | 
15 Minutes with Origin Acoustics CEO Jeremy Burkhardt

Spend a few minutes on Jeremy Burkhardt’s LinkedIn page and you quickly gain an appreciation of his passion for custom installation and desire to create products that simplify installation and push the boundaries of performance — to “innovate,” as he would say. You also find an executive who is anything but your typical corporate CEO — a man who talks about breaking “all the corporate rules” in describing his work history as CEO for SpeakerCraft, the pioneering custom-installation company he helped build before leaving in 2012. Today, Burkhardt is at the helm of Origin Acoustics, the architectural speaker company he founded in 2014, and his desire for innovation is as strong as ever. Origin was the talk of CEDIA 2017 with the launch of its Valet amplifier, which provides an ingenious way to integrate voice control into a whole-house music system. We caught up with Burkhardt to learn more about the system and get his take on the future of voice control.

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RIP: Audio Legend Arnie Nudell
SV Staff  |  Nov 21, 2017  | 
Arnie Nudell, considered one of the founders of high-end audio, has died. He was 80.
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New App Makes it Easy to ‘Soundtrack’ to Your Videos
SV Staff  |  Nov 21, 2017  | 
Moodelizer of Stockholm, Sweden has introduced a free app that makes it easy to add pizzazz to videos you shoot on the fly.
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SVS Blowout: ‘Lowest Prices Ever’ on 2 Subwoofers
SV Staff  |  Nov 21, 2017  | 
’Tis the season of the discount and SVS is back with its annual Black Friday blowout.
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FCC Approves 4K Broadcast TV Standard
SV Staff  |  Nov 20, 2017  | 
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has approved new rules that let television broadcasters use the next generation TV transmission standard known as ATSC 3.0 on a voluntary basis.
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Apple Delays HomePod Launch
SV Staff  |  Nov 20, 2017  | 
There will be no HomePods under Christmas trees this holiday season. Apple announced on Friday that it will postpone the launch of its first smart speaker to “early 2018.”
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Denon Marantz to Deliver First AVRs with DTS Virtual:X
SV Staff  |  Nov 20, 2017  | 
DTS and Sound United today announced a firmware update that integrates simplified DTS Virtual:X processing into seven AV receivers from Marantz and Denon.
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Security Update Fixes Smart Speaker Vulnerability
SV Staff  |  Nov 17, 2017  | 
Amazon and Google have rolled out security updates for their Echo and Home smart speakers to prevent a flaw in Bluetooth known as BlueBorne from making the speakers vulnerable to malicious attacks, according to press reports.
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AV Industry Mourns the Death of JVC Icon Harry Elias
SV Staff  |  Nov 17, 2017  | 
The consumer electronics industry mourns the loss of Harry Elias, Consumer Technology Hall of Famer and former JVC executive vice president and Akai chairman, who died on November 12. He was in his late 80s.
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LG Announces $1,500 'Best Ever" Price for 4K OLED TV
SV Staff  |  Nov 17, 2017  | 
LG today unveiled “best ever” Black Friday pricing for 55- and 65-inch 4K OLED TVs in its B7A series.
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Electronic/Instrumentalist Composer Emancipator Releases 5th Album
SV Staff  |  Nov 17, 2017  | 
Classically trained electronic/instrumental composer/producer Emancipator (Doug Appling) — known for creating a unique blend of jazz, electronic, bossa nova, chillwave, hip-hop, world and classical music with his five-piece ensemble — today announced the release of his fifth album, Baralku.
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Echo Security Glitch Found
Mark Fleischmann  |  Nov 16, 2017  | 
British researchers have found a security vulnerability in Amazon Echo speakers that would allow hackers to install malicious software and listen in on your conversations.
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Klipsch Adds On-Wall Speakers to Reference Series
SV Staff  |  Nov 16, 2017  | 
Klipsch today introduced a new line of space-efficient on-wall speakers designed to complement wall-mounted TVs.
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