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First hands on: Creative Zen Aurvana Air Headphones
SV Staff  |  May 20, 2009
Finding headphones that stay put can be a seemingly impossible task for people with oddly-shaped ears. In-ear phones slip out no matter what tip you stick on them and ear buds get bounced out of place the second you move your head. Normally, a big...
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Boston Acoustics shows off stealthy ceiling speakers
SV Staff  |  May 20, 2009
Look straight up. Do you see any speakers? No? Then this means one of two things: either you don't have any in-ceiling speakers, or you have some remarkably hidden ones. If your situation is the former and you want the latter, Boston Acoustics might...
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The Shire goes green with Bag End Minima One amp
SV Staff  |  May 19, 2009
I know, it's the second Lord of the Rings reference in a week, but this one was just begging for it. Bag End Loudspeaker Systems has announced that its Minima One amplifier has become greener and minima-er, thanks to its new smaller size and lower...
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The IMAX experience: More than a name
SV Staff  |  May 18, 2009
Last week, IMAX generated a lot of buzz among the tech blogs. It wasn't because of the release of Star Trek on the very-big screen, but because of an argument about what constitutes "IMAX." Comedian Aziz Ansari (you may have seen him on Parks &...
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Will add-on height channel decoders ever emerge?
SV Staff  |  May 18, 2009
Sound & Vision reader Lee Carroll brings up a great point that I completely overlooked in my two articles about Dolby Pro Logic IIz height channel technology. Having recently bought a new receiver, Lee asks, "Don't the merits of this...
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This is one way to get satellite TV in your car
SV Staff  |  May 18, 2009
  We love DIY projects here at S&V so I could barely contain my excitement when I saw that someone had taken the time to fit a full-sized Direct TV dish into a clapped out old Volkswagen Jetta Diesel. I tried to hunt down the owner of...
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Klipsch sells Aragon (the amps, not the ranger)
SV Staff  |  May 13, 2009
Klipsch just announced that it has sold Aragon and Acurus, two high-end brands of amps, pre-amps, and processors. The two product names have been sold to two former Klipsch employees for development and marketing. Indy Audio Labs, founded by...
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Slingbox iPhone app available tomorrow for $30
SV Staff  |  May 12, 2009
iPhone users have been waiting on an official SlingPlayer app for quite some time, but here we are on the eve of its release and there's a lot of disappointed placeshifters out there. The most glaring problem with the app is the fact that it...
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Vizio ships more LCDs in the US than anyone else in Q1
SV Staff  |  May 12, 2009
A few Vizio panels have made their way in front of the S&V staff and the usual verdict is that they produce "solid" performance when you factor in the low cost. Apparently their formula is an effective one, allowing them to ship 21.6%...
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Denon's summer fever: AVRs and Blu-ray players
SV Staff  |  May 11, 2009
Home theater equipment manufacturer Denon just announced several new products for the coming year, including a whopping 9 A/V receivers and a pair of Blu-ray Disc players. Every new receiver, from the $349 retail-channel AVR-590 to the $1,999...
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