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Jamo Updates Stylish Concert Series Speakers
SV Staff  |  May 31, 2019  | 
Jamo, the Klipsch-owned Danish speaker company known for its stylish speaker designs, has updated the acoustic and aesthetic design of its flagship Concert speaker series.
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Best Gear of May 2019
SV Staff  |  May 30, 2019  | 
Sound & Vision Top Picks for the month of May include a high-performance 4K Blu-ray player that will delight AV enthusiasts, home theater speakers that deliver strikingly good sound for a reasonable price, and a set of powered bookshelf speakers that puts today’s smart speakers to shame. Rounding things out are two topnotch audio components — a surround processor/preamp from a venerable audio brand and an integrated amp/DAC from a lesser known company that has been favored by in-the-know audiophiles for years.
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Onkyo’s New Mid-Priced AVRs Boast IMAX and THX
SV Staff  |  May 30, 2019  | 
Onkyo is covering the home theater bases with two mid-priced AV receivers that boast THX Select certification, processing for both Dolby Atmos and DTS:X immersive surround sound, and the company’s first implementation of IMAX Enhanced technology.
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Virgin Media Makes History with 4K HDR Broadcast
SV Staff  |  May 29, 2019  | 
Virgin Media became the first UK TV platform to broadcast in 4K/Ultra HD with high dynamic range (HDR) with its Sunday coverage of the French Open tennis tournament that runs through June 9th in Paris.
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iPod Comeback? Apple Updates its Iconic Music Player
SV Staff  |  May 29, 2019  | 
The iPod touch was the last man standing when Apple phased out the nano and shuffle in 2017. Yesterday, Apple announced an updated iPod touch featuring a faster processor and two iPod firsts — Group FaceTime video chatting and support for augmented reality (AR) gaming.
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Control4’s MQA Support a First for Home Automation
SV Staff  |  May 28, 2019  | 
Control4’s adoption of MQA technology in its just released OS 3 smart-home operating system marks the debut of the high-resolution MQA format in the world of custom home automation.
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New High-End Smartphone Boasts DTS:X Ultra Audio
SV Staff  |  May 28, 2019  | 
Last week DTS announced the integration of DTS:X Ultra audio processing into a high-end smartphone you might not have heard of: the Zenfone 6 Taiwanese computer maker ASUS is planning to release in the U.S.
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NJ Startup to Crowd-Fund Retro-Cool Internet Radio
SV Staff  |  May 24, 2019  | 
New Jersey-based startup Voiz has unveiled a retro-styled internet radio it hopes to bring to market in the late summer.
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Control4 ‘Sets New Standard’ in Smart Home Control
SV Staff  |  May 24, 2019  | 
Smart-home specialist Control4 has launched a new smart home operating system with more than a thousand new capabilities across lighting, whole-home music and video, security, comfort, and more.
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LG Adds Alexa Voice Control to 2019 TVs
SV Staff  |  May 23, 2019  | 
LG today announced the addition of Amazon Alexa voice control to 2019 TVs featuring its ThinQ artificial intelligence (AI) platform.
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Bose Adds Google Assistant to Speakers, Soundbars
SV Staff  |  May 22, 2019  | 
Thanks to the magic of an overnight software update, Bose smart speakers and soundbars can now be controlled by simply saying, “Hey Google.”
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CTA: Latest China Tariffs Akin to 25% Tax on Tech
SV Staff  |  May 22, 2019  | 
The latest round of proposed tariffs on goods made in China would impact an additional $300 billion worth of imports, including TVs, wireless headphones, smart speakers, laptops, and smartphones.
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New McIntosh Preamp Boasts Digital Upgrade Module
SV Staff  |  May 21, 2019  | 
McIntosh today introduced a stereo preamplifier that features a removable module that enables it to be easily upgraded to new audio formats and technologies as they become available.
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Denon’s New Midline AVRs Boast eARC, AirPlay 2
SV Staff  |  May 21, 2019  | 
Denon today announced the addition of two lower priced, feature-rich AV receivers to its X-Series.
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Vizio's New 4K TV Lineup Has 10 Quantum-Dot Models
Joe Palenchar  |  May 21, 2019  | 
Vizio today rolled out a new 4K Ultra HDTV line that offers more models with wide-color-gamut quantum-dot technology, raises color gamut to up to 84% of the Rec. 2020 standard, and boosts peak brightness levels to up to 3,000 nits.
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