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Sony's Aspirational Audio Player
SIGNALS
Ken C. Pohlmann  |  Sep 25, 2018  |  2 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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Klipsch Updates the Klipschorn — the Speaker that Started it All
AUDIO VIDEO NEWS, NEW PRODUCTS
SV Staff  |  Sep 25, 2018  |  0 comments
Klipsch had updated the iconic Klipschorn, the first speaker founder Paul W. Klipsch designed and built in 1946-47 and the “only speaker in the world to be in continuous production (and remain relatively unchanged) for more than 70 years.”
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Ultra-Short-Throw Projectors and Ambient-Light Rejecting Screens: Perfect Together?
PROJECTOR BUYING TIPS, AUDIO VIDEO NEWS
SV Staff  |  Sep 24, 2018  |  0 comments
All illustrations courtesy of Elite Screens.

You might think so. But Elite Screens’ Dave Rodgers says not so fast. It wouldn’t be wise to automatically assume that any ambient-light rejecting (ALR) screen is the best choice for ultra-show-throw (UST) projectors like the Hisense Laser TV system Al Griffin reviewed earlier this year or Sony’s extravagant VPL-VZ1000ES.

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Sony Announces PlayStation Classic for the Holidays
AUDIO VIDEO NEWS, NEW PRODUCTS
SV Staff  |  Sep 24, 2018  |  0 comments
If you’re a planner who’s already started thinking about gifts for the holidays, here’s a cool one to consider.
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True-Fi Headphone Calibration Software More Popular than Ever
GRACE NOTES
Leslie Shapiro  |  Sep 24, 2018  |  0 comments
Ever get a pair of headphones that you love for their style or comfort, but you’re just not in love with the sound profile? Sonarworks True-Fi makes it easier than ever to get “reference” studio-quality sound for over 200 headphone models.

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Beyond the Arthouse
3D BLU-RAY MOVIE REVIEWS
Chris Chiarella  |  Sep 21, 2018  |  0 comments
The monthly announcements of upcoming Criterion releases often list films I can’t pronounce, let alone recognize. But in truth, the esteemed specialty label splits its attention between lesser- known cinema and popular movies, and this recent Blu-ray menagerie holds a pair of Oscar-winners, an enduring 1985 hit, and a singular genre classic.
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Best Audio Gear of the Year (So Far)
AUDIO VIDEO NEWS
SV Staff  |  Sep 21, 2018  |  0 comments
As summer gives way to fall, it’s a great time to take stock of the audio goodness bestowed upon us in the form of 25 top performing audio products we have reviewed so far this year — all recipients of Sound & Vision’s prestigious Top Pick designation. In the following pages we offer plenty to chew on: eight speakers systems, five AV receivers, three subwoofers, three amplifiers, two soundbars, two music players, a music server, and a turntable. In other words, there’s something for everyone.
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Can I Get High-Def Via a Component Connection to My Legacy AVR?
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Al Griffin  |  Sep 21, 2018  |  2 comments
Got a tech question for Sound & Vision? Email us at AskSandV@gmail.com

Q I would like to use an Oppo BDP-93 as the Blu-ray player in my system connected to an Arcam AVR350 A/V receiver. Since the Arcam is a legacy AVR with no HDMI switching, I will need to use the Oppo’s component video output. Here’s my question: Will I be able to get high-definition resolution from Blu-ray discs with this setup? I have read that Blu-rays have embedded ICT (Image Constraint Token), which forces the player to downscale the video resolution to DVD quality. Also, are there any workarounds, like using an Oppo player with early (pre-ICT) firmware? —Lisa Kaye, via email

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Master Replicas Resurrects HAL from ‘2001: A Space Odyssey’
Throwback Thursday, AUDIO VIDEO NEWS, NEW PRODUCTS
SV Staff  |  Sep 20, 2018  |  0 comments
To commemorate the 50th anniversary of Stanley Kubrick’s 1968 sci-fi classic 2001: A Space Odyssey, Master Replicas Group (MRG) has created a special tribute to one of the central characters in a cinematic masterpiece that portrays the ultimate showdown between man and machine.
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True-Fi Sound Enhancement App Now Supports 200+ Headphones
AUDIO VIDEO NEWS
SV Staff  |  Sep 20, 2018  |  0 comments
Sonarworks, the Latvia-based developer of the unique True-Fi app has announced that its patented sound-enhancing platform now supports more than 200 headphones and counting, including popular models from AKG, Apple, Audio-Technica, Beats, Behringer, Beyerdynamic, Bose, Focal, HiFiMan, JBL, Koss, Monster, Panasonic, Pioneer, Sennheiser, Sony, V-Moda, and others.
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