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Audio Video News
World’s First Projection-less Movie Theater
SV Staff  |  Jul 14, 2017
Projectors, which have been a staple of movie theaters since the silent film era of Charlie Chaplin, are headed for extinction.
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Audio Video News
Tune In…and Out with Helmfon
SV Staff  |  Jul 14, 2017
If you work in an open space—and hate it—rest assured a Ukrainian company is working on a solution they say will isolate you from inevitable distraction and help you get a little peace and quiet.
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Throwback Thursday
Live Aid Super Concert Was 32 Years Ago Today
SV Staff  |  Jul 13, 2017
Live Aid, the 16-hour super concert/fundraiser organized by Bob Geldof, leader of the Irish rock group The Boomtown Rats, took place 32 years ago today at London’s Wembley Stadium.
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Audio Video NewsNew Products
Onkyo Bows “Refined” Integrated Amp for $600
SV Staff  |  Jul 13, 2017
Onkyo has introduced an entry-level integrated stereo amp that delivers “refined” performance for $599.
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Audio Video NewsNew Products
Samsung Unveils New Flagship Soundbar
SV Staff  |  Jul 13, 2017
Samsung has stepped up its soundbar game with a new flagship model that uses patented distortion-cancelling technology to “provide a sweet spot no matter where you sit.”
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Ask S&V
How Do I Set Up Rear Speakers?
Al Griffin  |  Jul 13, 2017
Got a tech question for Sound & Vision? Email us at AskSandV@gmail.com

I recently bought a 7.1-channel receiver, along with a 5.1 speaker system. Due to space limitations, I plan to install the surround speakers in the rear of room behind the seating area. Here’s my question: Should I configure the rear speakers in my receiver’s setup menu as Surrounds or Back Surrounds? —Greg Smith

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Headphone Reviews
1More Quad Driver In-Ear Headphones
Steve Guttenberg  |  Jul 12, 2017

Performance
Build Quality
Comfort
Value
PRICE $200

AT A GLANCE
Plus
Truly innovative tech
Proprietary quad-driver design
Highly transparent sound
Great value
Minus
Cables aren’t user-replaceable

THE VERDICT
The 1More Quad Driver’s sound dazzles with its transparency, wide-open imaging, and nimble bass.

There’s something really special happening here. The 1More Quad Driver In-Ear is easily the most transparent, best-imaging headphone I’ve heard for $200. I’m not joking—before I knew the price, I assumed it was at least $300 or $400. Since there’s no outward indication of what makes the Quad Driver so outstanding, I was super eager to find out.

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Music Reviews
U2: The Joshua Tree – Super Deluxe Edition
Mike Mettler  |  Jul 12, 2017
Performance
Sound
“Outside, it’s America.” That’s U2 vocalist Bono, setting the stage for the explosive climax of “Bullet the Blue Sky,” one of the pivotal tracks on the band’s 1987 masterpiece, The Joshua Tree. As Bono purposefully charges his way through the denouement of the narrative, ace guitarist The Edge literally dive-bombs the aural equivalent of the lyrical floodlights—let’s call them “flood-licks”—through a series of unrelenting scorched-earth riffs while the track careens to its final U.S. caress.
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Audio Video News
Focal Offering Sib Evo Atmos Sub/Sat Systems
SV Staff  |  Jul 11, 2017
Focal, the respected French speaker and headphone manufacturer, has updated its affordable Sib satellite loudspeaker line to to embrace the Dolby Atmos-enlightened among us.

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A/V Veteran
OLEDs Here and There
Thomas J. Norton  |  Jul 11, 2017
All of us are familiar with LG’s successful use of OLED technology for flat screen UHDTVs. We also know that Sony is marketing its own OLED sets this year. But Sony buys its OLED panels from LG Display (an independent entity from LG itself, though connected to it in some inscrutable way). In fact, LG Display is currently the only company in the world that manufactures OLED panels for consumer televisions. LG’s arch-rival Samsung is a leader in producing OLEDs for cell phone displays, but a few years back decided against marketing OLED HDTVs, at least for now.

Other companies are also marketing OLED sets, but none of them are currently available in the US. And at present all TV OLED panels come from LG Display. But that doesn’t mean that these sets are identical. Each maker uses its own unique electronics and video processing.

While you can’t yet purchase an OLED display here in the US apart from an LG or Sony, it’s useful to know a little about others offering this technology. The more OLEDs sold worldwide, the more viable the technology will remain and, ultimately, the faster its currently high prices will drop...

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