SV Staff

McIntosh today announced a power amplifier to replace the MC302 but it’s no ordinary replacement.

Smart-home features and systems are solidly on the radar of new home buyers and owners of homes under renovation, according to CEDIA’s annual “Size and Scope of the Residential Technology Systems Industry” survey, which pegs the value of the U.S. residential technology market at $19.5 billion, up from $18.9 billion in 2015.

Hong Kong-based miniDSP has introduced a series of DSP-based network streamers that incorporate the speaker setup/room-correction technology Dirac Live.

Focal, the French maker of high-performance speakers and headphones, today introduced is first closed-back headphone aimed at audiophiles who want to “dive into an intimate sound bubble without worrying about a noisy environment.”