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Should I Love or Hate Amazon’s Echo Studio?
Ken C. Pohlmann  |  Nov 18, 2019  |  0 comments
Amazon's newest audio offering, the Echo Studio, packs five drivers and Dolby Atmos into a compact package and promises to deliver terrific sound quality and a truly immersive soundfield. I am trying to figure out whether I should love or hate this thing.

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Should You Invest in Spotify?
Ken C. Pohlmann  |  Mar 06, 2018  |  3 comments
Today, Spotify is a privately-owned company. But in a few weeks, it will go public. That means you will have the opportunity to buy stock in the company. The question is, do you feel lucky?

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Shure Shows a New Premium Headphone and Portable Amplifier
Ken C. Pohlmann  |  Jan 05, 2016  |  First Published: Jan 06, 2016  |  0 comments
Shure is showing two very upscale products at CES: the KSE1500 electrostatic earphone system (MSRP $2,999) and SHA900 portable listening amplifier (MSRP $999).

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Smart Speakers and ‘The Art of War’
Ken C. Pohlmann  |  Apr 25, 2018  |  0 comments
Sun Tzu was a Chinese general and military theorist living in the 6th century B.C. He was the author of The Art of War, a treatise on military strategy and tactics. In addition to its profound military importance, his work has influenced many other competitive enterprises. I imagine that business executives are studying Sun Tzu right now, as they plan for one of the greatest corporate wars of all time.
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Smarter Is More Better
Ken C. Pohlmann  |  Dec 16, 2014  |  1 comments
The plunging, fiery death of plasma TVs, the mind bendingly questionable benefits of curved TVs, the looks-awesome-up-close-and-personal 4K TVs, the ridiculously low prices on ridiculously big TVs, the intriguing new investments in quantum-dot TV manufacturing plants—the wide world of televisions is lively with fast and furious developments. But there is one development in particular that, I think, will overshadow all the others.

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SMS Audio Street by 50 ANC Headphones
Ken C. Pohlmann  |  Oct 01, 2013  |  0 comments
Much to the dismay of audiophile old fogies, the audio scene has been overrun by punks and their celebrity endorsements. Everywhere you look (Dre, I’m looking at you) you see audio gear, headphones in particular, with a famous DJ or other artist name attached. Of course, even old fogies were young once, and now it’s another generation’s turn to discover how cool audio is.
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So You Want To Be a Movie Mogul
Ken C. Pohlmann  |  May 25, 2020  |  0 comments
Well the first thing you know ol' Jed's a millionaire. Kinfolk said, "Jed move away from there." Said, "Californy is the place you ought to be." So they loaded up the truck and moved to Beverly. Hills, that is. Swimmin' pools. Movie stars. Corona virus.

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So Your Neighbor Likes to Play His Stereo Really Loud
Ken C. Pohlmann  |  Nov 04, 2019  |  1 comments
How many times has this happened to you? After a long day toiling in the salt mines. you are ready to finally get some shut-eye. You sink down into your Tempur-Pedic and then it starts up - boom, boom, boomity boom. Oh for Pete's sake. Your neighbor is playing his stereo again.

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Social Distancing and the Netflix Effect
Ken C. Pohlmann  |  Mar 16, 2020  |  2 comments
The coronavirus is a global tragedy. No one yet knows what the final cost will be in human lives. Some of the estimates are truly sobering. The illness, and fear of contracting it, will also precipitate changes, temporary and perhaps long-lasting, in our lifestyles.

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Sometimes a Cigar is Just a Cigar
Ken C. Pohlmann  |  Dec 14, 2012  |  0 comments

A post on the Olive One by my colleague Al Griffin got me to thinking. For a modest dollar sum, you can own a cool audio component with audiophile-quality specifications. But here’s the paradox: if it doesn’t cost an arm and a leg, can audio gear really have audiophile cache?

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Sonos and Google Lawyer Up
Ken C. Pohlmann  |  Jan 20, 2020  |  3 comments
How many times has this happened to you? You become deeply attached to someone, and everything is just wonderful, and you sincerely hope and believe that you'll stay together forever. Then suddenly you are hiring a lawyer, and they hire a lawyer, and you realize the honeymoon is over.

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Sonos to Customers: Breaking Up is Hard to Do
Ken C. Pohlmann  |  Feb 03, 2020  |  2 comments
“It's not you. It's me.”
“We can still be friends.”
“I think you love me more than I love you.”
“You should be free to meet your special someone.”
“I'm so sorry, but my cat just doesn't like you.”

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Sony's Aspirational Audio Player
Ken C. Pohlmann  |  Sep 25, 2018  |  4 comments
Rolex, Tiffany, Ferrari. And now, Sony.

Depending on your point of view, Sony is doing something wonderful, or deplorable. Either way, I'm sure the Internet will be outraged.

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Sony's Xperia Z3 Smartphone Handles Hi-Res
Ken C. Pohlmann  |  Feb 10, 2015  |  0 comments
The numbers don't lie. One look at sales figures will verify that Apple and Samsung rule the world of high-end smartphones. Every new phone is eagerly anticipated, and phone companies compete for first dibs on new models. Apple and Samsung - when it comes to smartphones, those are the names you think of. Sony - not so much. That is truly unfortunate, because in some ways, Sony is making far better phones.

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Sony, Spider-Man, and the Statue of Liberty
Ken C. Pohlmann  |  Aug 22, 2022  |  0 comments
Spider-Man is a comic-book character that was created in 1962. The inaugural issue sold for 12 cents. Sony Pictures, which now owns the screen rights to the character, decided not to release the latest Spider-Man movie in the world’s biggest movie market. That decision might cost Sony as much as $340 million.
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