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Brave
Thomas J. Norton  |  Apr 25, 2013
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Young Merida may be a princess in the misty highlands of Scotland, but she isn’t happy with her lot. She wants only to practice her horsemanship, archery, and all other manner of un-princess-like behavior. Her father is delighted, but her mother is beside herself and arranges for the neighboring clans to vie for Merida’s hand in marriage. Our heroine, however, isn’t all that thrilled by the idea—and even less by the suitors. Fleeing into the woods, Merida stumbles upon a witch and has her cast a spell to make her mother change. Her mother does change, but unfortunately not exactly as Merida intended.
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Steely Dan's Planet D'Sound Quality
Mike Mettler  |  Apr 25, 2013

With a score of dates set to go now onsale tomorrow today (4/26) for Steely Dan's Mood Swings 2013: 8 Miles to Pancake Day summer/fall tour, I thought it only appropriate to revisit the time I've spent over the years with our favorite audiophile-

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Mike Mettler  |  Apr 25, 2013

With a score of dates set to go now onsale tomorrow today (4/26) for Steely Dan’s Mood Swings 2013: 8 Miles to Pancake Day summer/fall tour, I thought it only appropriate to revisit the time I’ve spent over the years with our favorite audiophile-

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SmartStream
PLAiR Plays Online Videos From the Web on a TV
Barb Gonzalez  |  Apr 24, 2013
The PLAiR is now shipping. Find out how this small device can stream online videos from your computers, smartphone, or tablet.
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New Products
Sony's new 2013 home audio products
SV Staff  |  Apr 24, 2013

Even though Sony's one of the top brands in several audio categories, the company hasn't made much of a push with its audio products in the last few years. That all changed at an event today in Los Angeles, where Sony showed off a new A/V receiver and a new soundbar, and also announced new HTiB (home theater in a box) systems.

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Editor's Eye
Saving the World From Bad Sound One Earful At a Time…
Rob Sabin  |  Apr 24, 2013
Hold your index finger up to the air for a moment. Can you feel that? It’s the fresh breeze of good sound wafting ever so gently across the horizon.

After years of living in a desert of low-res MP3s, crappy white ear buds, wafer-thin flat-panel TV speakers pointed away from the listener (come on!), and increasingly anemic AVRs, there is a revolution afoot.

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Audio Video News
Kaleidescape's Hollywood-Friendly Download Store Worth a Look
Mark Fleischmann  |  Apr 24, 2013  |  First Published: Apr 16, 2013
Want to download movies onto the world’s coolest media server with the potential for Blu-ray-quality” video and lossless surround? Welcome to the Kaleidescape download store.
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Review: Soundmatters FoxL Dash 7 Page 2
Brent Butterworth  |  Apr 23, 2013

Soundmatters didn't invent the Bluetooth speaker, but it definitely invented the good, compact Bluetooth speaker: the FoxL. The FoxL's guts became the basis for the much cuter and more broadly marketed Jawbone Jambox. The look and general driver layout of the Jambox were then copied-sometimes subtly, sometimes shamelessly-by practically every audio ODM in China.

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Review: Soundmatters FoxL Dash 7
Brent Butterworth  |  Apr 23, 2013

Soundmatters didn’t invent the Bluetooth speaker, but it definitely invented the good, compact Bluetooth speaker: the FoxL. The FoxL’s guts became the basis for the much cuter and more broadly marketed Jawbone Jambox. The look and general driver layout of the Jambox were then copied—sometimes subtly, sometimes shamelessly—by practically every audio ODM in China.

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KEF R900 Home Theater Speaker System
Tom Norton  |  Apr 23, 2013

KEF R900 Speaker System
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KEF R400b Subwoofer
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Price: $9,400 At A Glance: Sweet, clean highs • Big, generous soundstage • Flawless fit and finish

If you’ve been passionate about audio for more than a few years, or can name five loudspeaker companies with names that don’t rhyme with rose and begin with a B, you’ve certainly heard of KEF. In the late 1980s, KEF introduced a new concentric driver that placed the tweeter in the throat of the midrange cone. Dubbed Uni-Q, the design has been continually refined for over 20 years and remains the centerpiece of most KEF loudspeakers.

KEF today is part of a Hong Kong conglomerate...

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