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Enclave Audio: New Wireless 5.1 Systems On the Way
SV Staff  |  Aug 20, 2019
Enclave Audio has announced plans to deliver in time for the 2019 holiday season two new versions of the Top Pick-designated CineHome HD wireless 5.1-channel home theater speaker system we reviewed last year.
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Audio Video News
Vizio Kicks Off Deals for Football Season
SV Staff  |  Aug 19, 2019
Vizio has announced deals on 4K TVs and soundbars in anticipation of the NFL 2019-2020 season that gets underway on September 5 with a matchup between the Green Bay Packers and Chicago Bears.
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Headphone ReviewsGrace Notes
Review: ZVOX AV50 Noise-Cancelling Bluetooth Headphones with AccuVoice
Leslie Shapiro  |  Aug 19, 2019
Most headphones strive for a clean sound without any coloration or alteration of the source. The new AV50 noise-cancelling headphones from ZVOX feature AccuVoice technology that intentionally brightens up vocals and dialogue, adding clarity to movies and TV shows, while also reducing ambient noise. Headphones for an older or mildly hearing-impaired crowd? Why not?

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Audio Video NewsNew Products
Legrand Unveils In-Wall Subs with Matching Amps
SV Staff  |  Aug 19, 2019
Legrand has introduced a line of compact in-ceiling and in-wall subwoofers with matching digital amplifiers built to deliver “powerful, low-frequency impact” in home theater and audio setups.
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Blu-ray Movie ReviewsUltra HD Blu-ray Movie Reviews
Avengers: Endgame
Chris Chiarella  |  Aug 16, 2019
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There is simply no precedent for a cinematic event of this magnitude. Avengers: Endgame is not merely the latest installment in the Marvel canon, but one that builds upon all that has come before to complete story arcs begun as far back as 2008's crucial Iron Man. It also concludes the most recent dramatic "phase" in the 22-film series, and of course drops the other shoe from the 2018 Avengers set-up, Infinity War. And it does all of this with a deft touch, despite its plethora of fantasy characters and an absurdly brisk three-hour running time.
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Audio Video NewsNew Products
McIntosh Tube Preamp Boasts Powerful Digital Chops
SV Staff  |  Aug 16, 2019
McIntosh has introduced a classic tube preamp with a secret weapon you wouldn’t expect to find: an upgradeable digital audio module built around a 32-bit digital-to-analog converter (DAC).
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Audio Video NewsNew Products
TCL Adds Quantum Dots, Mini-LEDs, Atmos to New TVs
Joe Palenchar  |  Aug 15, 2019
TCL is expanding its selection of step-up 4K Ultra HD TVs and adopting new performance-enhancing technologies to capture a larger share of big-screen TVs sales in North America.
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Audio Video News
Best TVs and Projectors of 2019 (So Far)
SV Staff  |  Aug 15, 2019
For the latest installment of our continuing Best Gear series, we’ve compiled a list of Top Pick-worthy TVs and projectors we reviewed so far this year. Featured are three 4K Ultra HD TVs — a Samsung LCD model plus OLED sets from Sony and LG — and projectors from Epson, Sony, and JVC. The Epson comes in at three grand but JVC and Sony take it to the limit with cutting-edge light canons that will please even the most video-obsessed enthusiast.
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The S&V Interview
Woodstock at 50: Back to the Garden
Mike Mettler  |  Aug 15, 2019
Fifty years ago today, the Woodstock Music & Art Fair commenced at Max Yasgur’s Farm in Bethel, New York, at exactly 5:07 p.m. — the very moment rhythmic folk ’n’ soul singer/songwriter Richie Havens took to the stage. It’s quite the understatement to say that the world culture has never been quite the same ever since the very second Havens strummed the chords of “From the Prison” on his Guild D40 acoustic guitar, and the first sounds of Woodstock rang out into eternity.
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EISA Awards
EISA 2019-2020 Home Theater Video & Audio Products of the Year
SV Staff  |  Aug 14, 2019
EISA, or the Expert Imaging and Sound Association, is an organization representing 60 special interest magazines from 29 countries that cover Hi-Fi, Home Theater Video, Home Theater Audio, Photography, Mobile Devices, and In-Car Electronics. Each year, EISA expert group members, including editors from Sound & Vision and its sister publications Stereophile and Shutterbug, gather in Antwerp, Belgium to receive previews of the latest products, an extended process that culminates in a vote on which products are worthy of the prestigious EISA award.
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