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Ken C. Pohlmann  |  Jan 07, 2015
Part rock legend, part entrepreneur, part evangelist, part curmudgeon, Neil Young held a press briefing on Tuesday. Mr. Young and his PonoMusic venture have enjoyed considerable media exposure lately and the CES is perhaps the juiciest venue of them all. At a Hi-Res Audio event, Mr. Young reiterated his passion for Pono. And, the press was informed of an interesting partnership.

Barb Gonzalez  |  Jan 07, 2015
A new Firefox-based streaming dongle called Matchstick takes on Chromecast with new features. But there's a catch: It's not yet available for sale.
Barb Gonzalez  |  Jan 07, 2015
D-Link has announced a new line of AC routers optimized for 4K streaming. Part of D-Link’s Ultra Performance Series, the DIR890L has a candy-shell red exterior with six omnidirectional antennas, giving it the appearance of an angled space ship.
Barb Gonzalez  |  Jan 07, 2015
Bang & Olufsen showed a trio of new products including new headphones, a 75-inch 4K TV, and a music player that learns what music you listen to at different times of day. The newest addition to the BeoVision Avant line fits in between the previous 55-inch and 85-inch models. BeoPlay headphones include the H8 top-of-the-line, noise-canceling wireless model and the low-end over-over-the-ear H2. But it was the BeoSound Moment music system that stole the show.
Darryl Wilkinson  |  Jan 07, 2015
Soundwall calls its flat-panel, on-wall, wireless, stereo speaker system a “connected canvas” because it’s both a connected speaker capable of streaming audio from internet music services or from your mobile device and...
Thomas J. Norton  |  Jan 06, 2015
Remember when Nakamichi was a leading maker of cassette decks? No? Maybe you haven't been around long enough...
Mark Fleischmann  |  Jan 06, 2015
Neil Young's Pono presentation was loaded with wit and wisdom and included three newsworthy developments. One is that Harman International will market a car audio version of the portable Pono high-res music platform, with early design efforts being shown at the Vegas Hard Rock Cafe. Another development is that Pono has licensed 2.1 million tracks from the big three record companies and is now courting the independent labels. And finally, Pono will make its retail debut on Monday of next week at 80 retailers throughout the U.S. But Young had so much more to say; I could hardly scribble fast enough. Here's a taste:

Mark Fleischmann  |  Jan 06, 2015
NAD wisely hedges its bets with a modular design that enables the M17 surround pre-pro to accept a future 4K upgrade.
Thomas J. Norton  |  Jan 06, 2015
But didn't they used to make turntables? Or more specifically, record changers?
Mark Fleischmann  |  Jan 06, 2015
You're actually looking at two separate products from Crystal Acoustics, with two Cuby wireless speakers flanking a Teevy soundbar.

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