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SV Staff  |  Aug 24, 2009  | 
Sennheiser has just unveiled three new "full-size, portable" headphones, over-ear models the company claims are equally suited for home stereo and portable music player use. The new models are the HD 428, 438, and 448, three remarkably similar...
SV Staff  |  Aug 14, 2009  | 
digg_url = 'http://digg.com/music/A_Trip_Back_To_Woodstock'; This Saturday marks the 40th anniversary of one of the largest and most celebrated moments in music history: Woodstock. And to honor the music festival that defined a generation,...
Darryl Wilkinson  |  Jun 14, 2006  | 
Since the days when near-humans first descended from the trees (substitute your own particular theory of creation/evolution/intelligent design here), mankind has faced one overwhelming problem: how do you watch TV outside?
SV Staff  |  Mar 26, 2008  | 
Runco is showing a prototype of a weatherproof TV you can watch in direct sunlight. It’s really not that hard to make a TV that can weather a rainstorm, but making one that can compete with the sun? Now there’s a trick. Runco just may have pulled...
SV Staff  |  Dec 11, 2017  | 
Here’s an idea: An app-based wireless speaker that visualizes lyrics on a translucent baffle/screen in real-time while the music is playing, creating a quasi-holographic effect.
SV Staff  |  Sep 20, 2017  | 
Astell&Kern (A&K) will unveil a new hi-res portable music player, limited-edition earphones, and a CD ripper at the Rocky Mountain Audio Fest (RMAF) in Denver, October 6-8.
SV Staff  |  Sep 22, 2008  | 
Now, I'm all for women-specific products. I'm a cyclist, and I know for a fact there are some bicycle parts made for men that just should not be allowed near my feminine form - bicycle seats and shorts come immediately and painfully to mind. But,...
SV Staff  |  Jun 24, 2008  | 
I've heard $1,000,000 speakers. I've heard $10 speakers. But none of them can do a hundredth of what Tiger Electronics'  new Automated Music Personality ( A.M.P.) can do. Let's compare, shall we, the $500 A.M.P. with Thiel Audio's universally...
Bob Ankosko  |  Jul 03, 2013  | 
Ah, summertime. The smell of lavender wafts through the air. A warm breeze rustles through the trees while you kick back on the patio and savor the latest craft beer. It’s almost time to head inside to watch the Yankees take on Detroit. If only you could watch the game outside… Well, you can. In honor of America’s favorite season, we present 10 products that will add pleasure to your backyard experience. Read on, and you may soon be the envy of the neighborhood.
Bob Ankosko  |  Sep 24, 2020  | 
Pandemic and all that ails 2020 be damned. The cool, crisp air of autumn has arrived and A/V makers are upping the frequency of new product releases in anticipation of what we all hope will be a joyous (and financially rewarding) holiday season. Here's a look at some of the new tech goodies headed your way.
SV Staff  |  Oct 20, 2009  | 
Question: I have an older high-end Marantz receiver, which I now use with my iPod. Unfortunately, the receiver doesn’t have a dedicated iPod input, so I use the auxiliary jack instead. The playback volume is lower than from other...
SV Staff  |  Nov 14, 2016  | 
Abbey Road Studios, best known as the recording home of The Beatles in the ’60s, has launched a series of exclusive playlists on Spotify and Apple Music to commemorate its 85th Anniversary.
SV Staff  |  Oct 23, 2015  | 
Drawing on its rich history of using technology in new and creative ways to advance musical expression, London’s fabled Abbey Road Studios is launching a music technology incubator called Abbey Road Red.
Bob Ankosko  |  Apr 19, 2019  | 
Fifty years ago on this day in Beatles history (Friday, April 18), George Harrison recorded to perfection the raucous guitar solo on “Old Brown Shoe” in Studio Three at EMI Recording Studios. After nailing the solo, he joined producer Chris Thomas in the control room to mix the song, which would be released six weeks later as the B-side to a song John Lennon and Paul McCartney had recorded a few days earlier: “The Ballad of John and Yoko”.
Mark Fleischmann  |  Mar 12, 2010  | 
Following a bare-knuckled fight that interrupted ABC's Oscar telecast to millions of New York area cable subscribers, the major cable operators are petitioning the Federal Communications Commission for new regulations that would prevent future blackouts during retransmission negotiations.

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