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Def Tech Celebrates Bipolar/Power Tower Heritage with New Speaker Series
Bob Ankosko  |  Feb 22, 2023
Definitive Technology, the company started by audio-industry icon Sandy Gross in 1990, today announced a new series of speakers that celebrates the two things the brand is best known for: bipolar speaker designs that use front- and rear-facing drivers to create a more spacious listening experience and the “power tower” — a floorstanding speaker with a built-in powered subwoofer.
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Elac Unleashes 7 High-Performance Subwoofers
Bob Ankosko  |  Feb 20, 2023
Germany’s Elac has announced a new line of high-performance “AutoEQ” subwoofers that draws on a rich history in audio that dates back almost 100 years.
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News & Gear: Mid-February 2023
Bob Ankosko  |  Feb 16, 2023
If you streamed the Super Bowl LVII, congratulations: You contributed to making the 57th annual sporting event the most-streamed Super Bowl on record with 7 million streams across the Fox and NFL apps that carried the game, an increase of 18% over last year’s Super Bowl, according to Adobe Analytics.
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Rock Hall Extends Beatles Exhibition, Announces 2023 Nominees
Bob Ankosko  |  Feb 14, 2023
Cleveland’s Rock & Roll Hall of Fame has extended “The Beatles: Get Back to Let It Be” exhibit through the end of the year. And, in case you missed it, the Rock Hall recently announced the nominees for its Class of 2023.
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LG Expands Free Channels, Adds Fox Sports
Bob Ankosko  |  Feb 13, 2023
In the ultra-competitive world of 4K TVs, top brands have been going out of their way make free content readily available on the home screens of smart TVs. It’s an enticing feature. Who doesn’t love free, especially during these financially trying times? In the latest expansion of its ever-evolving LG Channels service, LG today announced a new slate of movies and TV series.
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Andover to Ship $300 Turntable in March
Bob Ankosko  |  Feb 13, 2023
Andover, the Massachusetts audio company behind the innovative Spin System we reviewed a couple of years ago, has announced an updated version of its original SpinDeck turntable.
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Sonus faber Looks to Spring with 1st Outdoor Speaker
Bob Ankosko  |  Feb 09, 2023
Sonus faber, the Italian company known for its striking speaker designs, previewed its first outdoor speaker at last week’s Integrated Systems Europe (ISE) show in Barcelona.
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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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Samsung Gets Ready to Ship 77” QD-OLED TV
Bob Ankosko  |  Feb 07, 2023
Samsung today announced that the 77-inch S95C Quantum Dot (QD) OLED model shown last month at CES 2022 will be available later this month for $4,500 and is now available for preorder at samsung.com.
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KEF Showcases Flagship Tech in New R Series Speakers
Bob Ankosko  |  Feb 07, 2023
KEF today introduced an updated R Series of speakers that incorporates key technologies from its flagship Reference Series, which is topped by the $22,000/pair Reference 5 Meta tower.
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