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Vintage Gear
Audio Time Machine: Revox Reel-to-Reel Recorder
SV Staff  |  May 23, 2019
With its latest audio offering, New Jersey-based vintage audio specialist SkyFi Audio steps back in time but adds a modern twist.
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SmartStream
Cord Cutting May Not Be a Bargain After All
Barb Gonzalez  |  May 23, 2019
Over the past year, the price of streaming live TV has been on the rise. It’s time to question whether cutting the cord — canceling the subscription to your cable/satellite/telecom provider — will really save you money.
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Audio Video News
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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A/V Veteran
How to Train Your Drogon
Tom Norton  |  May 23, 2019
If you don’t understand the pun above, don’t be confused. Even though 30 million viewers in the U.S., and untold millions more around the world, watched every one of the over 70 episodes of HBO’s remarkable series Game of Thrones, most of the world remains oblivious to this noteworthy achievement — or perhaps actively avoiding it…
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Home Movie Theaters
Star Wars: A Home Theater Adventure
Al Griffin  |  May 22, 2019
Most of us remember the first time as a kid that seeing a movie had a profound impact on our young mind. For plenty of kids who came of age in the 1970s, that movie was the first episode of the original Star Wars trilogy, which was released in 1977. For Kelly Sterne of Flower Mound, Texas, a fascination with Star Wars led to an obsession...
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Stream On
Discovering New Music on Bandcamp
Mike Mettler  |  May 22, 2019
If you enjoy discovering new music, you need to check out Bandcamp.
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Audio Video NewsNew Products
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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Audio Video News
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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Audio Video NewsNew Products
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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Audio Video NewsNew Products
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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