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Live Theater to the Home Theater
Michael Antonoff  |  Dec 14, 2015  | 
Successive Thursday night offerings in December of live musicals to the home were as different as could be: The Wiz featured a big cast and attracted an audience of millions through its broadcast on NBC; Daddy Long Legs was performed by two actors and seen by thousands via the Internet. Yet it was Daddy that made history as the first off-Broadway show streamed live from New York.
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AT&T Exploits DirecTV Link
Mark Fleischmann  |  Dec 11, 2015  | 
Barely a week after the FCC approved its merger with DirecTV, AT&T lost no time in offering new bundles exploiting the new entity’s many talents. “We’re going to deliver more TV and entertainment choices to more screens—when and where our customers want it,” said an executive.
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Emotiva Audio Previews Ambitious 2016 Lineup
SV Staff  |  Dec 11, 2015  | 
Emotiva Audio has previewed what the company is calling its most ambitious new product lineup ever in advance of their showing at CES 2016.

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Philips and Sensory Team to Improve Voice Control
SV Staff  |  Dec 11, 2015  | 
Recognizing that voice control will play an increasingly larger role in audio/video and smart home technology as we move into the future, Sensory, a Silicon Valley technology company specializing in voice technologies, has announced a collaboration with Philips to create a “best-in-class” suite of speech recognition technologies.
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Klipsch Introduces First Bluetooth Earphones
SV Staff  |  Dec 11, 2015  | 
Klipsch has added an in-ear Bluetooth headphone to its R6 in-ear series, introduced in 2014 and recently expanded.
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8 in 10 American Homes Now Have Broadband
SV Staff  |  Dec 10, 2015  | 
Eight in 10 American homes (81 percent) now have broadband Internet service, a three-fold increase over the number of homes (26 percent) that had a high-speed connection a decade ago, according to a new study from Leichtman Research Group, Inc. (LRG).
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Bose Adds Spotify Integration to SoundTouch
SV Staff  |  Dec 10, 2015  | 
Bose has announced the early release of Spotify integration for all of its SoundTouch wireless music systems.

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Flashback 1999: Nailing Napster
SV Staff  |  Dec 10, 2015  | 
In December 1999 the music industry sued (and ultimately shut down) downloading service Napster. Three years later Apple opened the iTunes Music Store, pointing the way to the future of music distribution and turning the recording industry on its ear.
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Denon Adds Amazon Prime Music to Heos
SV Staff  |  Dec 09, 2015  | 
Denon has announced that its Heos wireless multiroom Sound system now supports Amazon Prime Music, bringing the total number of supported services to 10.
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Onkyo, Iron Maiden Launch 'Metal' Headphones
SV Staff  |  Dec 08, 2015  | 
Onkyo has teamed up with metal gods Iron Maiden to create headphones tuned by the band’s founding member/bassist Steve Harris to appeal to fans of rock and heavy metal music.
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New Healthy Ears Headphone Shows Volume in dB
SV Staff  |  Dec 08, 2015  | 
Puro Sound Labs, maker of wireless headphones for kids, today announced a wireless headphone for adults that monitors volume and reports the level in decibels (dB).
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HiFiMan Launches High-Sensitivity Planar Headphone
SV Staff  |  Dec 07, 2015  | 
HiFiMan has introduced an open-back, planar-magnetic headphone that boasts a remarkable 103 dB sensitivity, enabling them to be driven by a smartphone and other portable devices.
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Monitor Audio Upgrades Flagship Speaker Series
SV Staff  |  Dec 04, 2015  | 
Monitor Audio is not shy when it comes to boasting about its new flagship series of speakers, hence the opening line of its press release: “The Platinum II range has produced the most musical, accurate, and beautiful loudspeakers Monitor Audio has ever made.”
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S&V Poll: 4K TVs Top Black Friday Purchases
SV Staff  |  Dec 04, 2015  | 
Earlier in the week we asked what your top AV purchase was if you ventured out to shop on Black Friday...
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Sony to Stop Making Betamax Tapes (Seriously)
SV Staff  |  Dec 03, 2015  | 
Yes, we know…you (and everyone else) thought Sony stopped making Betamax tapes decades ago but it turns out they’re still in production—that is until Sony puts the final nail in the Betamax coffin in March 2016.

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