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Taste for Music Matures in Early 30s, Study Finds
SV Staff  |  Jul 24, 2015
Are you stuck in the past, musically speaking? Blogger Ajay Kalia studied listener data from Spotify and rankings of the most popular music artists and found that people—especially males—tend to “age out” of mainstream music in their early to mid 30s because they stop liking or discovering new music.

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Video: Chesky's Binaural+ Series Recordings for Hi-Rez Headphone Listening
SV Staff  |  Jul 24, 2015
Chesky Records recently introduced the Binaural+ Series of recordings said to capture music as if you were sitting in front of the band.
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Sound & Vision Tech Tidbits July 23
SV Staff  |  Jul 23, 2015
WeatherNation made its debut on the Dish Network. However, Dish is also renewing the beloved Weather Channel and streaming it via Sling TV...
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Sonus Faber Announces Venere S Flagship Speaker
SV Staff  |  Jul 23, 2015
Italy’s Sonus Faber is expanding its three-year-old Venere line of speakers with a new flagship tower model, the Venere S, slated to arrive in here in October.
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Sound & Vision Tech Tidbits July 22
SV Staff  |  Jul 22, 2015
Microsoft Will Use DRM on UHD streaming with PlayReady 3.0. This might embolden studios to stream UHD through Windows 10...
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Emotiva Ships $200 Airmotiv 3b Bluetooth Speakers
SV Staff  |  Jul 22, 2015
Emotiva Audio announced that its new Airmotiv 3b Bluetooth speaker is now available on emotiva.com and authorized dealers for $199 a pair.
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Future Netflix Gains Set the Stage for Price Hikes
SV Staff  |  Jul 22, 2015
Netflix streaming is projected to double and then some in the next three years, increasing from 8.6 billion hours in the first quarter of 2015 to between 14.3 billion and 21.8 billion hours by 2019, according to a report by MediaPost. This would catapult the popular streaming service from its current 6 percent share of “linear TV viewing” in the U.S. to between 12 and 22 percent based on estimates by MoffettNathanson Research.
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Write the Soundtrack to CES 2016, Win 5 Grand
SV Staff  |  Jul 22, 2015
To celebrate the bond between technology and music, the Consumer Electronics Association (CEA) has launched a competition to find original music that will be featured in the opening video for the keynote address at CES 2016. In addition to getting recognition, the winner will receive $5,000.

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Pronto IR Hub/AV Control App for iPhone Now Available at Best Buy
SV Staff  |  Jul 21, 2015
John Sciacca and Leslie Shapiro have both written about the Pronto Peel, an IR (infrared) hub/app that turns your iPhone into a personalized smart remote control. Pronto announced that the device/app is now available at Best Buy and bestbuy.com for $50.
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Sonos Offers Limited Edition Play:1 Tone Speaker
SV Staff  |  Jul 21, 2015
A limited edition Tone version of Sonos’ popular Play:1 wireless speaker goes on sale today for $250 at sonos.com. The company built 5,000 black and 5,000 white units for distribution globally; shipping is free and there’s a limit of two per household.

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