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DALI Katch One Soundbar Review
Leslie Shapiro  |  Feb 19, 2020

Performance
Features
Ergonomics
Value
PRICE $999

AT A GLANCE
Plus
Very good dialogue intelligibility
Wide stereo imaging
Multiple color options
Minus
Lacks front indicator lights
Pricey

THE VERDICT
The DALI Katch One 2.0 soundbar combines impressive TV sound with an attractive design and multiple color options.

DALI (Danish Audiophile Loudspeaker Industries) isn't a well-known brand in the United States, but the company may get more notice once word of its Katch One soundbar gets out. Stylish and simple, DALI's soundbar ($999) strikes an interesting balance between price and sound quality—it's undeniably pricey, but since the Katch One fulfills the promise of an audiophile loudspeaker, you get what you pay for.

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Stealth Acoustics Expands StingRay Speaker Line
SV Staff  |  Feb 19, 2020
With spring fast approaching outdoor speaker specialist Stealth Acoustics has added a new weatherproof model to its popular StingRay line.
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Audio Video News
Hisense TVs to Get Free Haystack TV News App
SV Staff  |  Feb 18, 2020
Chinese TV maker Hisense will pre-install the news-focused Haystack TV app in its 2020 TVs under a partnership the companies announced today.
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Audio Video NewsNew Products
House of Marley Marks 10-Year Anniversary with Noise-Cancelling Earbuds
SV Staff  |  Feb 18, 2020
House of Marley, the eco-conscious audio company started by members of the late reggae star Bob Marley’s family, today introduced a second-generation wireless earbud featuring active noise cancellation (ANC) to mark its 10-year anniversary.
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Audio Video NewsNew Products
Smart Media Consoles Built-to-Order
SV Staff  |  Feb 18, 2020
Okay, so you’re ready to buy one of those sexy ultra-short-throw (UST) projectors that can beam a 120-inch image when placed just a few inches from the wall. But have you thought about where you’re going to put it?
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Audio Video News
Video Artist Uses OLED to Display ‘Spooky Actions’
SV Staff  |  Feb 17, 2020
Video artist David Van Eyssen used side-by-side OLED TVs to display his latest “sound and motion” creation over the weekend at the Los Angeles 2020 Frieze Art Fair.
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Signals
Is it Dumb to Buy Smart Audio/Video Devices?
Ken C. Pohlmann  |  Feb 17, 2020
Okay. I get it. Contemporary electronic devices are more powerful than old-timey electronic devices. A software engineer recently estimated that a USB-C charger has more computing power than the guidance computer on the Apollo capsules that took men to the moon (shown above). Awesome. But I still have an axe to grind.

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Audio Video NewsNew Products
Audio-Technica: Wood Makes a Difference in Headphones
SV Staff  |  Feb 17, 2020
Apart from looking beautiful, does making a headphone’s ear cups out of wood make a difference sonically? Audio-Technica thinks so.
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Blu-ray Movie Reviews
Parasite
Josef Krebs  |  Feb 14, 2020
Picture
Sound
Extras
Winner of the Cannes Palme d'Or and Academy Awards for Best Picture, Director, Original Screenplay, and International Feature, director, co-producer, and co-writer Bong Joon Ho's classist farce, Parasite, focuses on the Kims, a family of poor but proud con artists. Presently scrabbling to get by on lowest-paid jobs in a bug-infested basement apartment in Seoul, South Korea, they dream of climbing up to a better life by tricking the rich using flattery, charm, and well-rehearsed scripts.
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New Sanus Bracket Integrates Soundbar and TV
SV Staff  |  Feb 14, 2020
Sanus has announced the availability of a universal bracket designed to suspend a soundbar beneath a wall-mounted TV.
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