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March 2016 New Gear
SV Staff  |  Mar 16, 2016  | 
Legacy Audio Powerblock² Amplifier
“Incredible performance in a small package…at a fair price” is how Legacy Audio describes the Powerblock², the company’s first amplifier in more than a decade. Assembled in Legacy’s Springfield, Illinois factory, the amp is a dual-mono design boasting an ultra-wide 1.5-Hz to 70-kHz bandwidth and healthy power output of 2 x 325 watts into 8 ohms (or a rip-roaring 2 x 650 into 4 ohms). Ice Ice Baby: The low-profile Powerblock² is built around ICEpower Class D technology featuring self-oscillating closed-loop architecture and a robust power supply capable of supplying peak current of 30 amps per channel. High damping factor (1,000 <1 kHz) and dynamic range (117 dB) are cited as key characteristics along with low distortion (0.005% THD at rated output). Balanced XLR and unbalanced inputs are provided. Price: $1,600
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March 2017 New Gear
SV Staff  |  Mar 05, 2017  |  First Published: Mar 03, 2017  | 
A new Onkyo receiver, a remarkable window TV, NFL-inspired workout headphones, and more.
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March 2018 New Gear
SV Staff  |  Mar 09, 2018  | 
A TV with Roku onboard, speakers that hug the wall, kid-safe headphones, and more.
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March 2018 New Gear Part 2
SV Staff  |  Mar 21, 2018  | 
Klipsch Reference Premiere Designer On-Wall Speaker Series
Klipsch has the perfect solution for enthusiasts who want big sound but don’t have room for freestanding speakers. The latest iteration of its flagship Reference Premiere series trades bulky enclosures for slim, wall-mountable cabinets with wraparound magnetic grilles.
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Markaudio-Sota Launches in the U.S. with Audiophile Speakers
SV Staff  |  Mar 21, 2017  | 
Hong Kong-based Sota Acoustics and specialty driver manufacturer Markaudio today announced the U.S. launch of Markaudio-Sota, a “joint cooperation” between firms that design and build speakers for the audiophile market.
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MartinLogan Crescendo Music System
Bob Ankosko  |  Mar 05, 2014  | 
Smile If You Like Music
Yep, you read that right. MartinLogan, the 30-year-old Kansas-based company known for elegant, high-performance electrostatic speakers, is branching out. And, no, the Crescendo is not a center-channel speaker.
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MartinLogan Joins Club Atmos with Motion AFX
SV Staff  |  Oct 22, 2015  | 
MartinLogan's popular Motion Series speakers will be ready for Dolby Atmos surround-sound action in November when the Motion AFX becomes available.
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MartinLogan Relaunches Custom Install Speaker Line
SV Staff  |  Feb 06, 2019  | 
MartinLogan announced the relaunch of its Installer Series of speakers at the Integrated Systems Europe (ISE) show that opened yesterday in Amsterdam.
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MartinLogan Remakes Motion Series Speakers
Bob Ankosko  |  Feb 07, 2023  | 
MartinLogan has introduced an avalanche of new speakers in its Motion Series, which dates back more than a dozen years. When the line was launched in 2010, Motion represented a new direction for the Kansas-based company known for the magnificent sounding electrostatic and hybrid electrostatic speakers it had been producing since 1983.
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MartinLogan to Expand Popular Motion Speaker Series
SV Staff  |  Aug 22, 2019  | 
MartinLogan has announced plans to expand its popular Motion Series with seven new models.
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MartinLogan Will Demo its $80K Neoliths at New York Audio Show
SV Staff  |  Nov 06, 2018  | 
MartinLogan has announced plans to showcase two high-end hybrid electrostatic speaker systems at the New York Audio Show, which opens Friday at the Park Lane Hotel in Midtown Manhattan.
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MartinLogan ‘Reinvents’ the Hybrid Electrostatic
SV Staff  |  Jan 12, 2016  | 
MartinLogan announced at CES 2016 that it has redefined hybrid electrostatic speaker technology with the Renaissance ESL 15A it plans to launch this spring.

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Mass Fidelity Core Portable Wireless Speaker
Bob Ankosko  |  Nov 13, 2014  | 
Just what the world needs—another Bluetooth speaker. Must be a couple thousand of them on the market by now, and from what we can tell, a good many of ’em pretty much, well, suck. But a few things about the Core caught our eye. For starters, it costs $599—pret-ty darn steep in a market dominated by sub-$100 “wireless wonders”—and it’s designed by Mass Fidelity, a Canadian startup that impressed us with its Relay Bluetooth receiver (Sound & Vision, February/March 2014).
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Mass Fidelity Unveils Second Wireless Speaker
SV Staff  |  Nov 15, 2016  | 
Mass Fidelity today launched a 30-day Indiegogo campaign to introduce a smaller, ruggedized follow-up to its Core wireless speaker, which earned a Sound & Vision Top Pick designation earlier this year.
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Master Replicas Resurrects HAL from ‘2001: A Space Odyssey’
SV Staff  |  Sep 20, 2018  | 
To commemorate the 50th anniversary of Stanley Kubrick’s 1968 sci-fi classic 2001: A Space Odyssey, Master Replicas Group (MRG) has created a special tribute to one of the central characters in a cinematic masterpiece that portrays the ultimate showdown between man and machine.
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