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MQA Adapter Now Available for Essential Smartphone
SV Staff  |  Nov 16, 2018  | 
Palo Alto, CA-based startup Essential Products has announced that the digital-to-analog (DAC)/adapter that enables its Essential Phone to stream Master Quality Authenticated (MQA)-encoded music via Tidal is now available in the U.S. and Canada.
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Dolby Targets Binge Watchers with its First Product
SV Staff  |  Nov 16, 2018  | 
You know Dolby Labs as a long-time provider (licensor) of technologies that enhance home audio and home theater experiences, including most recently Dolby Vision high dynamic range (HDR) and Dolby Atmos surround sound. In the ‘60s and ‘70s it was Dolby noise reduction and, of course, Dolby technology extends to movie theaters and pro audio. But did you know Dolby also makes home entertainment products?
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Riva’s Alexa-Enabled Smart Speaker Hits Amazon Today
SV Staff  |  Nov 15, 2018  | 
Riva Audio today announced that its new Alexa voice-enabled Riva Concert Smart Speaker is now available on amazon.com for $199.
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Nakamichi’s 2019 Soundbar Lineup Is Loaded with Tech
SV Staff  |  Nov 15, 2018  | 
Nakamichi has announced plans to add three new Dolby Atmos/DTS:X-enabled soundbar systems to its popular Shockwafe series, which includes the Top Pick-designated Pro 7.1 soundbar system Sound & Vision reviewed in 2017.
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McIntosh Unveils Scaled Down Version of its Flagship Speaker
SV Staff  |  Nov 14, 2018  | 
McIntosh today introduced an “equally impressive but more accessibly sized” version of its 7-foot XRT2.1K flagship speaker.
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New SVS Subwoofers Offer Flagship Tech and App Control at Lower Prices
SV Staff  |  Nov 14, 2018  | 
SVS today introduced a mid-priced line of app-controlled subwoofers that borrows technology from its flagship 16-Ultra series to “set performance benchmarks at their price range and well beyond.”
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LG Preempts Black Friday with ‘Best Prices' of 2018
SV Staff  |  Nov 13, 2018  | 
Black Friday used to be a big deal. Die-hard shoppers waited with great anticipation to see what kind of crazy deals retailers would come up with the day after Thanksgiving. These days you have to wonder about the fate of The Big Sale Day considering how retailers have been invoking Black Friday” in their advertising for months now. Black Friday is certainly not what it used to be.
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Global Outlook for Advanced TV Tech Is Strong
SV Staff  |  Nov 13, 2018  | 
New data from IHS Markit, the London-based information services company, shows the global TV market moving rapidly toward larger screen sizes, which will help boost adoption of 4K and 8K TVs.
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Naim Adds AirPlay 2 and Siri to its Music Systems
SV Staff  |  Nov 13, 2018  | 
Naim Audio has announced a software update that adds Apple AirPlay 2 multiroom streaming and Siri voice control to its award-winning Mu-so and Uniti wireless music systems.
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CTA Announces CES 2019 Innovation Awards
SV Staff  |  Nov 12, 2018  | 
The Consumer Technology Association (CTA) has announced the winners of the annual CES 2019 Innovation Awards program that celebrates outstanding design and engineering in 28 wide-ranging consumer electronics categories.
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Norway’s Hegel Unveils Monoblock ‘Flame-Throwers’
SV Staff  |  Nov 12, 2018  | 
Hegel Music Systems of Norway has unveiled a series of high-performance modular amplifiers based on 150-watt high-current Class AB monoblock modules.
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HDMI 2.1 Features Start Trickling into AV Gear
Joe Palenchar  |  Nov 09, 2018  | 
Enhanced audio return channel (eARC), a key HDMI 2.1 feature that supports high-bandwidth audio formats, has begun rolling out in select 4K TVs, AV receivers, and soundbars as a firmware update, but the HDMI 2.1 feature supporting high-bandwidth video formats such as native 8K won’t appear in TVs and audio products until late 2019 or 2020, says the organization that licenses HDMI technology.
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If You Hate Sports, You'll Love Cable
Michael Antonoff  |  Nov 08, 2018  | 
The first thing to fade from my bloated cable bill when I dropped all sports channels was a line item called the Regional Sports Network Fee. It was a monthly tax that cost me $5.89 just for the ability to tune into channels I never watched. And it was a fraction of the more than $30 that instantly vanished from my cable bill once I customized my lineup minus the sports channels I'd been force-fed for years.
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Shinola Expands Audio Lineup with Wireless Earphones
SV Staff  |  Nov 08, 2018  | 
Shinola, the Detroit-based industrial design and manufacturing company, today expanded its audio lineup with wireless earphones developed in collaboration with Portland, Oregon-based earphone specialist Campfire Audio.
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The Hi-Fi Show Live Kicks off Saturday in U.K.
SV Staff  |  Nov 08, 2018  | 
The Hi-Fi Show Live 2018, a high-end audio event organized by the editors of Sound & Vision sister publication Hi-Fi News & Record Review, will take place this Saturday and Sunday at the historic De Vere Beaumont Estate in the village of Old Windsor in Berkshire, England.
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