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Pioneer Announces MQA-Ready Music Player
SV Staff  |  Sep 10, 2015  |  0 comments
Pioneer announced the industry’s first portable music player to support MQA (Master Quality Authenticated) technology at the recent IFA 2015 show in Berlin.
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A New Kind of “High End Sound”
SV Staff  |  Sep 09, 2015  |  2 comments
From the annals of You Can’t Make This Stuff Up comes Rinshu, a “therapeutic speaker” in the form of a miniature sail boat.
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Pandora Celebrates 10 Years with Ad-Free Listening
SV Staff  |  Sep 09, 2015  |  0 comments
If you listen to free Pandora but have wondered what the ad-free Pandora One subscription version is like, today is the day to find out what you get for $4.99 a month.
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Samsung Announces HDMI 2.0a Update for TVs
SV Staff  |  Sep 08, 2015  |  1 comments
Samsung has announced a free firmware update for its 2015 SUHD and UHD TVs that adds support for the new HDMI 2.0a specification.
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Pioneer Adds 3 AV Receivers to Elite Series
SV Staff  |  Sep 08, 2015  |  Published: Sep 07, 2015  |  3 comments
Pioneer has added three Dolby Atmos-equipped, 9.2-channel receivers to its Elite Series: the SC-99 ($2,500), SC-97 ($2,000), and SC-95 ($1,600).
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How Big Data Drives Personalized Music Recommendations
SV Staff  |  Sep 08, 2015  |  Published: Sep 07, 2015  |  0 comments
Ever wonder how music apps like Songza and Rdio figure out what music to recommend to listeners—especially listeners with unpredictably eclectic tastes that run from metal to Mozart?
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Poll Recap: Disc-Based Viewing Key for Half of Respondents
SV Staff  |  Sep 04, 2015  |  0 comments
Earlier this week we asked how much of your home entertainment viewing is disc-based as opposed to streaming from a subscription service such as Netflix, buying/renting digital content online, or video on demand via cable or satellite. Turns out that discs play an important role for about half of survey respondents...
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LG 4K OLED TVs Now Support HDR Streaming
SV Staff  |  Sep 04, 2015  |  0 comments
Owners of LG’s EG9600 and EF9500 series 4K OLED televisions will be able to stream high dynamic range (HDR)-encoded content via the Amazon Video app available through LG’s webOS Smart TV platform
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Def Tech Announces Super Slim Soundbar
SV Staff  |  Sep 04, 2015  |  0 comments
Definitive Technology has taken a minimalist approach in the design of its new W Studio Micro soundbar/wireless streaming system, which squeezes seven drivers into an enclosure that’s 43 inches wide and only 1.75 inches tall.
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Samsung Announces Ultra HD Blu-ray Player at IFA
SV Staff  |  Sep 03, 2015  |  3 comments
Samsung announced at the IFA 2015 consumer electronics show in Berlin that it will launch a 4K/Ultra HD Blu-ray player early next year at a price of less than $500, according to press reports.
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