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SV Staff  |  Jun 12, 2008  | 
Last month, we reported that the MPAA was petitioning the FCC to allow the MPAA to shut down the analog outputs of your cable and satellite boxes when viewing certain material. Now it's your chance to actually do something about it. The FCC has a...
Mark Fleischmann  |  Dec 06, 2010  | 
Despite everything you read in the papers, Congress did get one thing done in the past month. One of the major irritations of TV viewing is about to get fixed thanks to the Commercial Advertisement Loudness Mitigation (CALM) Act. Having survived passage through the House, Senate, and reconciliation committees, it is heading toward the final OK from President Obama.
Mark Fleischmann  |  Apr 12, 2011  | 
The CALM Act was a great idea: Tame blaring TV ads by mandating technology that would keep them at approximately the same level as programming. Then the idea became legislation. Now the legislation has become technology. And before long, the technology will become products.

At this week's National Association of Broadcasters meeting in Las Vegas, the technologies are surfacing at an exhibit called CALM Place. They include audio mixing, loudness monitoring, loudness control, loudness processing, program optimizing, and more. Eventually this stuff will find its way into program production and broadcast equipment.

Bob Ankosko  |  Apr 17, 2023  | 
Fans of radio who relish pulling in distant signals from eclectic stations on the fringe, will be pleased to know that Canada’s Magnum Dynalab, maker of world-class FM tuners, is in good hands with its new owner, fellow Canadian company Colquhoun Audio Laboratories Limited.
SV Staff  |  Mar 27, 2018  | 
U.K.’s Cambridge Audio is celebrating its 50th anniversary with a new high-end audio line that sets a “new standard for sound and design from the company.”
SV Staff  |  Sep 05, 2008  | 
Normally, a digital-to-analog converter is pretty much a snooze-fest. Who really cares?  Cambridge Audio is hoping some audiophiles might take notice of their new DacMagic upsampling D to A. As more and more of your home entertainment options...
Bob Ankosko  |  Jul 03, 2024  | 
U.K. audio specialist Cambridge Audio today announced its entry into the fiercely competitive wireless headphones space with its first over-ear model.
Bob Ankosko  |  Aug 09, 2024  | 
Cambridge Audio today introduced the Evo One, a versatile tabletop speaker system featuring wireless connectivity and onboard streaming from key music services.
Bob Ankosko  |  Apr 12, 2024  | 
U.K.-based Cambridge Audio today kicked off the 2024 edition of the Audio Expo North America (AXPONA) with word that an updated version of its popular CXA81 integrated amplifier is on the way.
Bob Ankosko  |  Jun 10, 2024  | 
Software updates are great for fixing technical glitches and adding new features to all kinds of AV gear, but VU meters?
SV Staff  |  Mar 03, 2020  | 
Cambridge Audio announced yesterday that it has added hi-res streaming and Roon Ready music management capability to its flagship Edge NQ and CXN (V2) network audio players.
SV Staff  |  Dec 17, 2019  | 
U.K. audio specialist Cambridge Audio has announced that its network audio streamers now support the high-resolution music streaming/download service Qobuz.
SV Staff  |  Apr 04, 2018  | 
Cambridge Audio has announced that the Tidal music streaming platform is now available on a half dozen of its network players and AV receivers.
SV Staff  |  Feb 20, 2018  | 
In a move usually associated with large corporate entities with names like Sony or Bose, England's Cambridge Audio has announced that it will open its first U.S. retail store in Chicago later this year.
SV Staff  |  Jun 06, 2019  | 
U.K-based Cambridge Audio has unveiled a series of affordable hi-fi separates that balances performance and price.

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