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SV Poll Results: Top 3 Biggest AVR Deal Breakers
SV Staff  |  Nov 18, 2013
For last week’s SV Poll we asked you to pick your ultimate AVR Deal breaker from a list of nine choices. The number one deal breaker? “Not enough power,” which claimed more than a third of the votes. Finishing strong in the number two and three spots were “ineffective room correction/EQ” and “overly complicated operation” with 21 and 18 percent, respectively. Combine low power and lackluster room correction/EQ with complicated operation and you have three super AVR dealbreakers that together account for three quarters of the votes. Trailing at number four and five were “too few features” and “too many features.” Wireless features such as Wi-Fi and Bluetooth were met with a shrug. Here’s the complete breakdown…
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CES Unveiled Offers a Peek at January's Big Show
Bob Ankosko  |  Nov 13, 2013
At the annual CES Unveiled event in New York City last night a few dozen companies offered a glimpse of products they plan to show at CES in early January. Here are a few that caught our eye…
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Sharp Wireless Universal Player Due Out in 2014 Nets CES Innovation Award
SV Staff  |  Nov 13, 2013
Sharp announced that the WiSA Universal Player it plans to introduce early next year has received an International CES Innovations 2014 Design and Engineering Award in the High Performance Home Audio category.
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End of an Era as Blockbuster Shuts Down Remaining Stores
SV Staff  |  Nov 07, 2013
Blockbuster, the name that became synonymous with video rental and represented an empire of 9,000 stores at its peak, announced plans to close the remaining 300 company-owned stores in the U.S. by early January.
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Hanging at Sonos Studio in Los Angeles
Kim Wilson  |  Nov 06, 2013
You are no doubt familiar with the Sonos Wireless Home Audio system, as we’ve written up many reviews of their products in the magazine. What you might not know is that they have a facility in Los Angeles called the Sonos Studio, which opened in June 2012.
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Chromecast Opens the Music Box
Ken C. Pohlmann  |  Nov 05, 2013
The wildly popular Google Chromecast just got even better. It has added Pandora Radio and Hulu Plus to its list of supported content. And, the best may be yet to come.

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Behind the Scenes at Bang & Olufsen
Barb Gonzalez  |  Nov 04, 2013
A visit to Bang & Olufsen’s headquarters in Struer, Denmark provides a rare look inside the AV company know for trendsetting design.
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B&O Debuts WiSA-based Wireless Theater System
Rob Sabin  |  Oct 31, 2013
With the introduction this week of the BeoLab 17 compact speaker, BeoLab 18 column speaker, and the BeoLab 19 powered subwoofer, luxury A/V manufacturer Bang & Olufsen has begun marketing its first component-quality wireless music system and the first wireless system from anyone to offer WiSA certification.

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17 Years of Tech: Measuring Progress in Cicada Terms
Michael Antonoff  |  Oct 31, 2013
Seventeen years is an odd interval for measuring progress, but if you’d been sleeping under a pile of VHS cassettes and emerged as a flash mob of cicadas, you’d be impressed by how far home entertainment technology has come.
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Lou Reed RIP: A Final Walk On the Wild Side
Leslie Shapiro  |  Oct 28, 2013
Iconic indie-rocker Lou Reed passed away at the age of 71 on Sunday, October 27th from complications after a recent liver transplant. Reed was married to experimental performance artist Laurie Anderson. Although Reed had only a single top-ten hit, he will be remembered for so much more.

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Onkyo Introduces Free HF Player App with 16,000-Band EQ
SV Staff  |  Oct 25, 2013
In a move that Onkyo hopes will revolutionize how iOS users enjoy music on headphones and other compatible hi-fi systems, the company has introduced the HF Player app that enables playback of high-resolution audio files while giving listeners unprecedented control over how their music sounds.
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Poll Results: Soundbars Have Their Place....Just Not in My AV Setup
SV Staff  |  Oct 23, 2013
Soundbars may be one of the top selling categories in consumer electronics today, offering a simple and inexpensive path to (faux) surround sound, but many hardcore enthusiasts who read Sound & Vision wouldn’t dream of using one for their main AV setup, according to the findings of our soundbar poll. We asked “do you own a soundbar" and offered several yes/no choices, but the vote wasn’t as overwhelming against soundbars as you might think. Although half of the respondents “would never consider a soundbar,” four in ten acknowledged using one for different reasons. Here’s the breakdown…
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Alas, Poor Plasma! We Viewed Him, Horatio
Ken C. Pohlmann  |  Oct 15, 2013
A screen of infinite beauty, of most excellent fancy. He hath shone on me a thousand times. And now, how abhorred he is. Where be your hues now? Your wider viewing angle? Your deeper blacks? Your brightness that was wont to set the room on a roar? Now get you to my lady’s chamber, and let her paint a screen an inch thick. Make her look at that.

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Klipsch Bows 2.1-Channel, Bluetooth-Enabled Platform Soundbar
SV Staff  |  Oct 10, 2013
Klipsch has introduced the SB 120 TV sound system, a self-contained 2.1-channel soundbar that supports wireless Bluetooth streaming from mobile devices. List price is $500.
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Bose Introduces the SoundTouch Family of Wireless Music Systems
Bob Ankosko  |  Oct 10, 2013
Bose today introduced the SoundTouch family of self-contained wireless music systems, marking its entry into a field dominated by Sonos. Designed for “effortless” ease of use, three systems are being offered initially: SoundTouch 30 ($699), SoundTouch 20 ($399), and SoundTouch Portable ($399).
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