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HyperX Gears Up for Holiday Gaming
SV Staff  |  Oct 13, 2017
HyperX, California-based maker of high-performance gaming products, is gearing up for holidays with a new headset and related accessories aimed at serious gamers.
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LG Takes OLED On The Road with Cinema House
Rob Sabin  |  Oct 12, 2017
Not content to let consumers come to OLED, LG Electronics is now taking OLED straight to the public in an impressive new traveling demo experience. Dubbed the "LG OLED TV Cinema House powered by Dolby," LG's portable theater kiosk features a spartan demo room inside that comes to life with the assistance of a 77-inch sample of LG's Signature W7 "wallpaper" OLED TV, it's accompanying Dolby Atmos soundbar, and a half-dozen projectors that together turn the four walls of the approximately 10 x 20-feet viewing space into a visually and sonically immersive cocoon.

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Back to the '70s: Tannoy Legacy Series Speakers
Bob Ankosko  |  Oct 12, 2017
Do you feel like you’re back in the ’70s, when vinyl ruled and fashion was…well, let’s just say, questionable?

There’s a good reason for that: Tannoy’s new Legacy Series is based on the popular High Powered Dual (HPD) Series released in 1974, the year after Pink Floyd mixed The Dark Side of the Moon at London’s legendary Abbey Road Studios on a pair of newly installed Tannoy Lancaster monitors.

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Periodic Headphone Amp Fits in a Watch Pocket
SV Staff  |  Oct 12, 2017
Periodic Audio has announced a portable amplifier small enough to fit in a watch pocket.
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Do Any Home Video Releases Have 7.1.4 Sound?
Al Griffin  |  Oct 12, 2017
A Are there any home video releases with 7.1.4-channel sound? I find that most movies have 5.1-channel soundtracks? —J. Kevin Sexton / via e-mail
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The New Rokus Have Arrived. Should You Upgrade?
Barb Gonzalez  |  Oct 11, 2017
Roku has released its 2017 line of streaming players. Find out if you need to upgrade to a new Roku.
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McIntosh Unveils its Smallest Solid-State Integrated Amp
SV Staff  |  Oct 11, 2017
McIntosh today introduced a two-channel integrated amplifier designed to deliver big sound from a small package.
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The S&V Interview
Talking With Tom Petty, The Man Who Never Backed Down
Mike Mettler  |  Oct 11, 2017
Photo: Mary Ellen Matthews

I had the privilege of interviewing the late Tom Petty for Sound & Vision on three separate occasions. In these previously unpublished back-and-forths culled from my sitdown with Tom in Malibu in 2010, Tom tells me how The Heartbreakers truly got their start, how the band worked together to create new material, and shares his hopeful thoughts toward the band’s future.

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Grace Digital Mondo+ Internet Radio
Bob Ankosko  |  Oct 11, 2017
Audio Performance
Features
Ergonomics
Value
PRICE $200

AT A GLANCE
Plus
Multiple streaming options via Wi-Fi and Bluetooth
Chromecast built-in
Remote control
Minus
Lackluster sound quality

THE VERDICT
The Mondo+ is a versatile internet radio that offers easy access to a multitude of streaming sources, but we expected better sound quality for the price.

My first thought was “clock radio” as I lifted the Mondo+ out of its box. It’s tough to gauge the heft of a product from a picture, so I guess I was expecting something a bit more substantial. Even so, the plastic-encased Mondo+ is nice and compact—about the size of a loaf of bread—and attractive with a smooth gray finish and large color display that serves as a gateway to wireless streaming options and system settings, including—you guessed it—an alarm clock.

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Sonos Enters Smart Speaker Fray with Support for 2 Voice Services
SV Staff  |  Oct 11, 2017
At long last, Sonos has announced its entry into the burgeoning smart speaker space with the Sonos One, the first voice-controlled speaker to support two voice services — Amazon’s Alexa and Google Assistant.
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