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HiFiMan Unveils its Finest In-Ear Monitors
SV Staff  |  Jun 09, 2017  |  0 comments
HiFiMan has introduced two in-ear monitors (IEMs)—including a new flagship model—built around new drivers designed to deliver smoother, more extended response with reduced distortion.
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HiFiMan Unveils Shangri-La Jr. Electrostatic Headphone/Tube Amp System
SV Staff  |  Feb 14, 2018  |  0 comments
HiFiMan today introduced a slimmed down version of its $50,000 flagship Shangri-La electrostatic headphone system that “maintains the predecessor’s wide, natural soundstage in a leaner and lighter package.”
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HiFiMan Unveils SuperMini Hi-Res Audio Player
SV Staff  |  Aug 22, 2016  |  0 comments
HiFiMan today introduced a super compact audio player that plays files at resolutions up to 192 kHz/24-bit and supports all lossless file formats including DSD.
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HiFiMan Unveils ‘Everyday’ Planar Headphones
SV Staff  |  Feb 05, 2018  |  0 comments
HiFiMan, the China-based personal audio specialty company, has introduced an over-ear planar-magnetic headphone designed for everyday use.
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HiFiMan Unveils ‘Zero Distortion’ Planar Headphones
SV Staff  |  May 19, 2017  |  0 comments
Reaching ever higher, HiFiMan’s new $6,000 Susvara planar-magnetic headphones use acoustically invisible “stealth magnets” to improve sound quality by keeping sound waves intact.
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HiFiMan's New Planar Headphones Support Wireless Hi-Res Streaming
SV Staff  |  Feb 13, 2020  |  1 comments
The headphones specialists at New York-based HiFiMan have introduced a follow-up to last year’s popular Ananda-BT headphones that supports wireless high-resolution streaming.
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High Def for the Analog Set
Darryl Wilkinson  |  Feb 22, 2007  |  0 comments
For those who can't sleep at night worrying about the impending analog TV cutoff on February 17th, 2009, the AV Tool ATSC-100 HDTV Off-Air Receiver might be better than an Ambien or a Lunesta. (We're not endorsing specific medications, of course. We prefer to use late-night TV infomercials as sedatives.)
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High Definition . . . Come On Down!!!
SV Staff  |  Sep 24, 2008  |  0 comments
After 37 seasons, The Price is Right is going high-def. Woohoo! The newly designed set will look brighter, the contestants will sparkle, and Drew Carey will never look better. What else will be different? More big money to be had on the big...
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High Definition Movie Downloads
Darryl Wilkinson  |  Oct 18, 2004  |  0 comments
So you've got HD satellite receivers from VOOM, DIRECTV, and Dish Network plus an HD cable box from your local cable provider, not to mention the biggest, baddest terrestrial antenna sprouting from your roof so you can pick up every local, terrestrial HD broadcast, but you still can't get enough HD content to watch. Now what?
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High End Munich 2020 Cancelled
SV Staff  |  Mar 03, 2020  |  1 comments
The High End 2020 trade show, scheduled for May 14 to 17 in Munich, Germany, has been cancelled due to concerns over the worldwide spread of coronavirus.
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High Flier: Runco's CW-42i
Barry Willis  |  Aug 25, 2003  |  First Published: Aug 26, 2003  |  0 comments

One of the electronics industry's dirty little secrets is that plasma display panels (PDPs) can exhibit all kinds of problems at higher altitudes. Home theater fans in places like Vail, CO (altitude 8500') have been plagued by buzzing noises and other strange behaviors when trying to enjoy films or television programs on PDPs.

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High Praise for High Frequency Inventor
Darryl Wilkinson  |  Feb 12, 2006  |  0 comments
Unlike other notable engineers in the industry who've managed to closely associate their names with the products and technologies they've developed, William Hecht, the inventor of the soft-dome tweeter, has had a quite successful career working behind the scenes. Although most of us take the soft-dome tweeter for granted, it's been the most widely used tweeter design worldwide since it was first patented in 1967.
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High-Def Camcorder Upgraded for Low-Def Screens
Darryl Wilkinson  |  Jul 14, 2006  |  0 comments
Sanyo made news earlier this year when the company introduced what it touted as the world's smallest and lightest high-definition digital media camera. The original $800 HD1 is being replaced by an upgraded model, the HD1a. The new model is scheduled to debut in September at $699.99 MSRP. In addition to retaining all the features of the previous model, the HD1a will add a selectable 16:9 widescreen still picture mode, in-camera video editing capability, and a recording mode optimized for viewing on small-screen portable media players.
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High-Def Desk Top
HT Staff  |  May 21, 2002  |  0 comments
Sampo Corporation is serious about taking video displays to the next level. The Taiwan manufacturing giant has introduced two new high definition LCD television sets whose performance matches their cutting-edge styling.
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High-Def Disc Rumors and Rumors of Rumors
Darryl Wilkinson  |  Jun 28, 2006  |  0 comments
Reuters reports that Toshiba President Atsutoshi Nishida provided this bit of corporate wisdom at an annual shareholders' meeting: "We have not given up on a unified format. We would like to seek ways for unifying the standards if opportunities arise." Mr. Nishida may have brought up (again) the idea of a single, unified format due to the fact that initial consumer response to HD DVD has not been overwhelming. Perhaps he was engaged in a bit of wishful thinking after it became clear that Sony will delay the introduction of its BDP-S1 Blu-ray Disc player until sometime in late October. Maybe he was acknowledging the fact that most consumers couldn't care less which format becomes a de facto standard as long as there's only one format.
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