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Revel Concerta2 M16 Speaker System Review
Mark Fleischmann  |  Oct 19, 2017

M16 Speaker System
Performance
Build Quality
Value

B10 Subwoofer
Performance
Features
Build Quality
Value
PRICE $4,050 as reviewed

AT A GLANCE
Plus
High transparency
Equalized subwoofer
Wall-hanging surrounds
Minus
Manual sub EQ requires expertise

THE VERDICT
Revel draws on Harman’s world-class engineering depth to produce immaculate high-end sound—this time, at an extremely reasonable price.

Audiophiles (myself included) often point out that high-end audio is stigmatized compared with other product categories. High-end cars, high-end wine, high-end watches: All attract aficionados who don’t mind paying a stiff premium to get the best of the best. And if an average onlooker ventures an opinion at all, it’s “nice watch!” But when a bleeding-edge speaker or amp takes the stage, the applause of the cognoscenti mixes with heckling from the peanut gallery. High-end audio has long been subject to that extra measure of skepticism.

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Audio Video NewsNew Products
Avanca Offers New Wireless Earbuds at a Discount
SV Staff  |  Oct 19, 2017
Netherlands-based Avanca is offering its new Minim Wireless Earbuds at a sizable discount through Indiegogo.
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Audio Video News
Sling Offers New Customers ‘Free TV’ Day
SV Staff  |  Oct 19, 2017
Sling Television is offering free, no-credit-card-required access to its 30-channel Sling Orange package to new customers this Sunday (October 22).
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Audio Video NewsNew Products
Klipsch Expands Powered Speakers Series
SV Staff  |  Oct 19, 2017
Klipsch today announced the expansion of its plug-and-play Reference Powered speaker series.
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How Do Older Receivers Handle Atmos Soundtracks?
Al Griffin  |  Oct 19, 2017
Got a tech question for Sound & Vision? Email us at AskSandV@gmail.com

Q My current setup includes an “older” 7.1-channel receiver that isn’t equipped to decode new sound formats such as Dolby Atmos. I understand that when you play an Atmos disc, older receivers are presented with a standard 5.1- or 7.1-channel version of the soundtrack for decoding. What difference, if any, is there between this default version and something like a Dolby True HD mix? My assumption is that it would be better to select a dedicated lossless mix over a backward-compatible, and presumably compressed, fallback mix. — Jason Acosta

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Audio Video News
Texas Builder Offers Smart Features in Base Homes
SV Staff  |  Oct 18, 2017
Texas-based Megatel Homes has announced plans to include smart home features in the base home package for more than 1,200 homes in Dallas/Fort Worth, Houston, Austin, and San Antonio.
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New Products
November 2017 New Gear Part 1
SV Staff  |  Oct 18, 2017
Samsung HW-MS750 Sound+ Soundbar
Samsung means business with its new soundbar. It won’t win any beauty contests, but the five-channel Sound+ deserves credit for squeezing three wide-dispersion tweeters, six woofers, and two up-firing tweeters into an enclosure 45 inches wide, 3 inches tall, and 5 inches deep...
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Audio Video News
McIntosh Audio Pioneers Tagged for CTA Hall of Fame
SV Staff  |  Oct 18, 2017
The Consumer Technology Association (CTA) today announced that two high-fidelity audio pioneers from McIntosh will be inducted into the Consumer Technology Hall of Fame at a ceremony in New York on November 7.
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Audio Video News
Meet Plugfones: Earplugs and Headphones in One
SV Staff  |  Oct 18, 2017
You need ear protection for a loud home project (or for use at work) but want to be able to listen to music or (Sound & Vision) podcasts rather than complete the job in (near) silence. What to do?
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AV Receiver Buying TipsAV Receiver Tech
How to Buy an AV Receiver
Rob Sabin  |  Oct 17, 2017
Yeah, we keep hearing how the awesomely versatile, stupendously well-performing, and tremendously high-value audio/video receiver is going away, soon to be replaced by all manner of soundbars and soundbases, self-powered tabletop wireless speakers, or perhaps just your old Aunt Matilda playing her kazoo from atop a stool in your living room.
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