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SV Staff  |  Jul 30, 2024  | 
Audio Advice Live 2024 kicks off Friday at the Sheraton Hotel in downtown Raleigh, NC with more than 80 brands presenting the latest audio and video products and technologies.
Bob Ankosko  |  Jul 29, 2024  | 
Sonus faber is offering a sneak peek at a special 30th Anniversary edition of its Concertino bookshelf speaker, which enjoyed a nice 13-year run between 1994 and in 2007 before being discontinued.
SV Staff  |  Jul 25, 2024  | 
Sonos announced its “most extensive app redesign ever” in April. Less than three months later, things aren’t going so well.
Bob Ankosko  |  Jul 25, 2024  | 
TV has never been better thanks to the unprecedented number of streaming choices now available. But it’s also never been more frustrating due to an ever-changing landscape in of players and pricing, which seems to move in only one direction.
Bob Ankosko  |  Jul 24, 2024  | 
Formovie Tech is the latest projector brand to admit to publishing misleading brightness specs in a settlement with Epson, which sued the company for a deceptive advertising practices.
Bob Ankosko  |  Jul 23, 2024  | 
Hi-res portable audio specialist Astell & Kern has introduced a modern-day equivalent to iconic Sony Walkman that started the personal music revolution way back in 1979.
SV Staff  |  Jul 22, 2024  | 
Apple fans who long for a set of AirPods Max on-ear headphones but remain unwilling to pay the steep price, can now get a set on Amazon for $379 — a sweet 30% off the regular $549 price. But there’s a catch…
SV Staff  |  Jul 18, 2024  | 
Amazon’s just-concluded Prime Day shopping event has inspired audio companies to run sales of their own. KEF recently announced its Sounds of Summer sale and, though its two-day Christmas in July “flash sale” is over, Klipsch continues to offer a roster of deals sure to ignite interest from enthusiasts.
Bob Ankosko  |  Jul 17, 2024  | 
JBL today announced its most ambitious product launch in recent memory with lifestyle-focused AV receivers and mix-and-match speakers for music and movies that draw on its rich history in audio with support from a parent company that also happens to be the top TV brand in the world — Samsung.
SV Staff  |  Jul 17, 2024  | 
KEF is running a Sounds of Summer sale with discounts up to 50% off a collection of speakers, including a couple of Sound & Vision Top Picks. The discounts run through August 31 and the mix includes wireless streaming speakers, KEF’s Ventura Series of outdoor speakers, and Q Series speakers for stereo and home theater systems.
SV Staff  |  Jul 16, 2024  | 
Kaleidescape, the Silicon Valley firm that introduced the first dedicated movie server in 2001, today announced a new 4K movie player that supports Dolby Vision high dynamic range (HDR) and lossless audio, including Dolby Atmos and DTS:X. The move addresses the criticism that previous players were limited to the static HDR10 format.
Bob Ankosko  |  Jul 15, 2024  | 
Subwoofers may not be the first thing that come to mind during these mid-summer days (I’m thinking more along the lines of poolside speakers like Soundcore’s Boom 2 party box) but that hasn’t stopped the likes of Klipsch and Starke Sound from offering great deals on some of their bass boxes.
Bob Ankosko  |  Jul 11, 2024  | 
In case you haven’t heard, the high-resolution music streaming service Tidal will end its support of the MQA and 360 Reality Audio formats in less than two weeks, on July 24.
SV Staff  |  Jul 11, 2024  | 
The era of movie-disc vending machines has officially come to an end.
Bob Ankosko  |  Jul 10, 2024  | 
The Audio Advice Live show hosted by its AV specialist namesake will return to the Sheraton Hotel in downtown Raleigh, NC on August 2-4, 2024 for the third consecutive year.

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