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Sonos Beam Smart TV Speaker Puts Alexa in Your Living Room
Darryl Wilkinson  |  Jun 08, 2018
It may be hard to believe, but it's been under four years since the Amazon Echo was first introduced in late 2014. Since then, the number of companies offering or developing so-called "smart speakers" has mushroomed to the point where smart speakers have become yawningly commonplace. The recently introduced Sonos Beam, though, takes the concept of a smart speaker to an entirely new level—and into a previously neglected room. When Beam begins shipping on July 17 of this year, it will include Amazon Alexa as a built-in voice-control service; and, Sonos says, Beam will have...
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Audio Video News
Essential Phone Gets MQA Streaming
SV Staff  |  Jun 08, 2018
MQA has announced that Essential Products, the Palo Alto, CA-based company started by Android co-founder Andy Rubin in 2015, has equipped its Essential Phone with MQA decoding and streaming capability.
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Zvox Unveils Next Generation AccuVoice TV Speaker
SV Staff  |  Jun 07, 2018
Zvox has announced the next generation of its innovative AccuVoice TV Speaker.
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Audio Video News
Vanco Updates HDMI-Over-IP System
SV Staff  |  Jun 07, 2018
Vanco International, a specialist in AV distribution and electronic accessories, has announced updates and enhanced features for its EVO-IP HDMI-over-IP system custom installers use to manage, transmit, and receive audio/video signals and control hundreds of devices over a local network.
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Blu-ray Player Reviews
Cambridge Audio CXUHD Ultra HD Blu-ray Player Review
Al Griffin  |  Jun 06, 2018

Performance
Features
Ergonomics
Value
PRICE $700

AT A GLANCE
Plus
Dolby Vision compatible
High-quality Blu-ray video upconversion
Plays SACDs, DVD-Audio discs, and Blu-ray 3D discs
Minus
No analog audio outputs
Remote control not backlit
Pricey compared with competition

THE VERDICT
Cambridge Audio’s CXUHD provides faultless video performance in a streamlined package.

Cambridge Audio is a British manufacturer known for their sleek, well-built, affordable audio components and speakers. They are also known for their universal disc players, which are based on Oppo Digital units but sold minus the built-in digital-to-analog converters and analog audio outputs. According to Cambridge, this is meant to “decrease interference to the signal, improving quality by reducing video noise.” Since the brand makes A/V receivers with built-in DACs designed to mate with their players, there’s some sound reasoning behind that strategy.

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True-Fi Sound Enhancement App Now Supports 150+ Headphones
SV Staff  |  Jun 06, 2018
Sonarworks, the Latvia-based developer of the unique True-Fi app has announced that its patented sound-enhancing platform now supports more than 150 headphones, including popular models from AKG, Beats, Beyerdynamic, Bose, Focal, HiFiMan, Sennheiser, Sony, and others.
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Apple TV 4K to Add Dolby Atmos
Barb Gonzalez  |  Jun 06, 2018
The next generation Apple TV 4K due out this fall will be the first streaming player to support both Dolby Vision high dynamic range (HDR) images and Dolby Atmos surround sound.
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The S&V Interview
Return of The Hunter: Jennifer Warnes Takes Us to Another Time, Another Place
Mike Mettler  |  Jun 06, 2018
Photos: Herclayheart

Some vocalists turn everything they sing into pure audio gold. One such vocalist is Jennifer Warnes, who brings originality, style, and grace to everything her voice touches, as her new album Another Time, Another Place readily attests. Warnes got on the line to discuss the meticulous process she goes through in making her song choices, her special relationship with Leonard Cohen, and why she feels her voice continues to resonate with her listeners.

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Peerless-AV Unveils ‘Xtreme’ Outdoor Video Displays
SV Staff  |  Jun 06, 2018
Just in time for summer, Peerless-AV has added four weatherproof outdoor video displays to its Xtreme High Bright (XHB) series.
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Vizio Ships New P-Series 4K/HDR TVs
SV Staff  |  Jun 06, 2018
Vizio has announced that the three TVs it added to its P-Series in April have arrived in stores and on vizio.com.
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