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Sonos Ups its Voice Game with New Updates
SV Staff  |  Apr 18, 2019  | 
Sonos has announced an update that enables owners of the Sonos One smart speaker and Beam soundbar — both Sound & Vision Top Picks — to use Amazon’s Alexa voice assistant to access and control Apple Music.
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Review: Aerosmith Soars with THX-Certified Wings at Las Vegas Residency
Mike Mettler  |  Apr 17, 2019  | 
On April 8, Aerosmith delivered a 90-minute performance for the ages inside the THX Certified Park Theater at the Park MGM in Las Vegas during their Deuces Are Wild residency. Our exclusive VIP section review shows how the combined powers of THX, L-Acoustics’ L-ISA Immersive Hyperreal Sound technology, the MIXhalo live-audio mixing platform, and 1MORE THX Certified triple-driver in-ear headphones all helped make it happen.
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Record Store Day Releases to Quench Your Vinyl Thirst
SV Staff  |  Apr 17, 2019  | 
If you’re hungry for new vinyl and somehow missed the festivities around Record Store Day this past Saturday (hey, it happens), fear not: A few hundred new releases are catalogued for perusal on the excellent website, RecordStoreDay.com.
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Parasound Readies Integrated Amp/DAC for Summer Delivery
SV Staff  |  Apr 17, 2019  | 
Parasound has announced plans to deliver its most-affordable integrated amplifier/digital-to-analog converter (DAC) early this summer.
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U.S. Leads Global Smart Speaker Explosion
SV Staff  |  Apr 17, 2019  | 
The U.S. will continue to lead the way in smart speaker adoption as the category explodes around the world — especially in China — with an installed base that’s expected to grow 82% in 2019, according tech research firm Canalys.
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BenQ Ships $2,500 Midline 4K DLP Projector
SV Staff  |  Apr 16, 2019  | 
The latest 4K DLP projector in BenQ’s CinePrime series of home theater-focused models is available starting today.
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Sony Announces Pricing for 4K Blu-ray Player, More
SV Staff  |  Apr 16, 2019  | 
Sony today announced pricing and availability for the 4K Blu-ray player, Bluetooth-enabled wireless turntable, wireless speakers, and other audio products it previewed at CES 2019 in January.
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Yamaha Adds AirPlay 2, New Streaming Options and Voice Control to Existing Products
SV Staff  |  Apr 15, 2019  | 
Yamaha today announced a series of firmware updates that will bring Apple AirPlay 2 support and new streaming and voice control capabilities to a number of existing products.
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Disney Sets Launch Date and Pricing, Previews Content for New Streaming Service
SV Staff  |  Apr 15, 2019  | 
At its Investor Day 2019 event last Thursday, Disney presented a detailed overview of the Disney+ streaming service it previewed a year ago and announced that the service will carry a $6.99/month subscription when it launches November 12.
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Pioneer Brings Back Home Theater in a Box
SV Staff  |  Apr 12, 2019  | 
Pioneer is bringing back the once-popular home theater in a box (HTiB) with a $499 bundle that gives you almost everything you need to set up a six-speaker Dolby Atmos/DTS:X surround sound system. The only thing the package doesn’t include is a Blu-ray player or other source component.
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Fluance Introduces $80 Phono Preamp
SV Staff  |  Apr 12, 2019  | 
Internet-based Canadian home-audio company Fluance has introduced an affordable phono preamplifier to complement its line of turntables.
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Samsung Launches Upscale Soundbars, Announces TV Pricing
SV Staff  |  Apr 11, 2019  | 
Samsung today announced the availability of its entry-level R-Series soundbars and upscale Q-Series soundbars featuring Dolby Atmos and DTS:X immersive surround sound.
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Blu Cheer: BluOS 3.4 Update Brings Dirac Live, DTS:X, and More
SV Staff  |  Apr 10, 2019  | 
Lenbrook International has announced the pending availability of an update for its BluOS distributed audio and music management platform. The update, which targets Bluesound and NAD products running BluOS, will be available for download on or around April 16.
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IKEA and Sonos Reveal the First Speakers Under Partnership
SV Staff  |  Apr 08, 2019  | 
Swedish furniture king IKEA and wireless speaker innovator Sonos have revealed the first Wi-Fi-enabled wireless speakers to come out of the partnership they announced last year.
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Audio Time Machine: The Garrard 401 Spins Again
SV Staff  |  Apr 05, 2019  | 
This spectacular stereo specimen is a new arrival from New Jersey-based vintage audio specialist SkyFi Audio. Introduced in 1965 and produced until 1976, the Garrard 401 turntable — and its predecessor, the Garrard 301 — were designed and built in the U.K. and exported around the world. As a testimony to their build quality, the sister turntables were also used by the BBC and European radio stations.
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