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Sonos Ace Headphones Review: Ace Aces All Audio
Leslie Shapiro  |  Aug 22, 2024

Performance
Features
Ergonomics
Value
PRICE $399

AT A GLANCE
Plus
Sleek ergonomics
Works independently of Sonos ecosystem
Dolby Atmos
Balanced, natural sound
Minus
WiFi only available in TV Audio Switch
Bright Aware Mode
Expensive

THE VERDICT
The Ace headphones, first headphones from Sonos, ace music playback and break out of the Sonos ecosystem, giving non-Sonos users and Sonos fans something to celebrate.

Sonos created quite the buzz when they announced their first headphones, the Sonos Ace. The appeal was instantaneous, especially when people realized that they could be used independently from the Sonos ecosystem. Hello, world! The wireless Ace was released and I can’t begin to describe how excited I was.

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Audio Video News
Best Gear of the Spring and Summer of 2024
Bob Ankosko  |  Aug 22, 2024
The spring and summer of 2024 produced a bumper crop of exceptional audio and video gear, ranging from a $169 gaming headset to a unique $12,000 set of speakers (no, that’s not a typo) from a French company you never heard of — plus a dozen more Sound & Vision Top Picks. It’s an eclectic harvest featuring a great sounding portable wireless speaker from a company specializing in audio, a mini streaming amp that proves good things come in small (and affordable) packages, a top performing mini-LED TV, a flagship AV receiver with everything an audiophile could ask for, and a home theater speaker system guaranteed to leave your jaw on the floor. There’s even a high-end universal audio/video universal disc player in the mix and a modern take on the classic boombox. Let’s take a closer look...
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Where Can I Find a Good Remote Volume Control?
John Sciacca  |  Aug 22, 2024
Got a tech question for Sound & Vision? Email us at AskSandV@gmail.com

Q I have a vintage preamp that I love (Audible Illusions 2C) but really need to be able to have remote volume control. Ten years ago, there seemed to be some good options for adding a volume control between a preamp and amp that were not very expensive. I am not finding anything reasonable now. Any ideas? —Michael O’Connor

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Audio Video NewsNew Products
Bowers & Wilkins Announces Reference-Quality Wireless Earbuds
SV Staff  |  Aug 21, 2024
Bowers & Wilkins today announced two hi-res-capable wireless earbuds designed by the engineering teams that developed the brand’s Px7 S2e and Px8 over-ear headphones.
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CEDIA 2009
Bridging the Analog-Digital Gap on a Recliner
Michael Antonoff  |  Aug 21, 2024
When I shopped for a motorized recliner, I rejected models with their own Internet Protocol address and built-in speakers. No need. I had already placed a smart speaker on an étagère beside the space where I had planned to put the chair. I’d have a smartphone in my hand and the room would be bathed in Wi-Fi.
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Wide Angle
Epson Announces 3 Advanced Laser Projectors
Bob Ankosko  |  Aug 20, 2024
Epson today announced a new line of 4K 3LCD laser projectors that uses the company’s “most advanced technologies to date” to boost brightness.
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Music Reviews
Def Leppard: ‘Pyromania’ – Super Deluxe Edition Box
Mike Mettler  |  Aug 20, 2024
Def Leppard was an ’80s anomaly. The band wasn’t exactly part of the decade-opening NWOBHM (a.k.a. New Wave Of British Heavy Metal) scene, nor was it entirely aligned with the androgynous, hair-sprayed looks and vibes of metal-adjacent contemporaries like Mötley Crüe and Poison. Instead, Def Leppard took inspiration from their own ’70s heroes, fusing glam-slam and pub-rock roots with power-pop harmonies and arena-rock guitar riffage. Stir it all together, and you get one of that decade’s biggest albums, January 1983’s Pyromania.
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Signals
The Last Motel
Ken C. Pohlmann  |  Aug 19, 2024
Truck. Stick shift. Left front tire needs airing up every 100 miles or so. Two-lane blacktop. Passing zone. No-passing zone. Day fades into night. Low beam. High beam. AM radio. Baseball game. Bottom of the ninth.

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Audio Video News
Association Promotes ‘Powerful 8K Viewing Experience’
SV Staff  |  Aug 19, 2024
The 8K Association (8KA) today announced a multifaceted global education and promotion campaign intended to accelerate industrywide adoption of 8K content, products, and services.
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Ultra HD Blu-ray Movie Reviews
La Femme Nikita
Chris Chiarella  |  Aug 16, 2024
Picture
Sound
Extras

Anne Parillaud stars as La Femme Nikita (or just plain “Nikita” on the title card), a feral young heroin addict convicted of murder and sentenced to life in prison, before a shadowy government organization swoops in and procures her for an elite training program. Her old life is over as she is polished into a resourceful super-agent, ready to do whatever her bosses ask whenever they call, even if it means killing at a moment’s notice. The 1990 French spy thriller is superbly restored on 4K Blu-ray.

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