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The S&V Interview
Michael McDonald: Takin’ it to the Seats on a Co-Headlining Summer Tour With Chaka Khan
Mike Mettler  |  Jun 12, 2019
Keyboardist/vocalist Michael McDonald called us to discuss his upcoming summer tour with Chaka Khan, the true secret to his well-respected background-vocal prowess, the compositionally related reason why he was genuinely surprised at the chart-topping success of The Doobie Brothers classic “What a Fool Believes,” and what his real-time reaction was when he watched Rick Moranis pay, er, homage to him on a vintage episode of SCTV.
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Audio Video NewsNew Products
SVS Introduces Prime Wireless 2.1 Speaker System
SV Staff  |  Jun 12, 2019
SVS today introduced a 2.1-channel music system built around its award winning Prime Wireless speakers, one of Sound & Vision’s 2018 Top Picks of the Year in the wireless speaker category.
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Signals
Your Phone Might Help Save Your Kid's Hearing
Ken C. Pohlmann  |  Jun 12, 2019
As everyone knows, an ear infection is nothing to joke about. And as every parent knows, the plight of a toddler with an ear infection can be downright scary and diagnosing it isn't easy. There may soon be an app for that.

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Audio Video NewsNew Products
Vanco Previews Amplifiers, Pendant Speaker Enclosure
SV Staff  |  Jun 11, 2019
Vanco is previewing two new power amplifiers and an innovative pendant speaker enclosure at InfoComm 2019 in Orlando, FL.
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Audio Video News
Lineup for 15th Annual TV Shootout Announced
SV Staff  |  Jun 11, 2019
Scarsdale, NY-based AV retailer Value Electronics has announced the lineup for the 15th annual installment of its respected TV Shootout, which will pit four models from three top TV brands against one another.
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Audio Video NewsNew Products
New Samsung Monitor Supports Immersive, Fast-Action Gameplay
SV Staff  |  Jun 11, 2019
Samsung is expanding its line of curved gaming monitors with a 27-inch model featuring a 240-Hz refresh rate and compatibility with Nvidia’s G-Sync technology.
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Audio Video News
CEDIA Announces Home Tech Pro Award Finalists
SV Staff  |  Jun 10, 2019
CEDIA, the trade association for the $19 billion home technology industry, today released the list of finalists for the 2019 CEDIA Home Technology Professional Awards competition, which recognizes the best custom-installation projects completed by member companies over the past year.
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Audio Video News
China’s TCL Tops Samsung in North American TV Sales
SV Staff  |  Jun 10, 2019
The ongoing trade war with China has yet to impinge on sales of TVs from TCL, which has been pushing hard to live up to its tag line: “America’s fastest growing TV brand.”
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Audio Video NewsNew Products
Audience Unveils 8-Outlet AC Power Conditioner
SV Staff  |  Jun 10, 2019
Audience, the San Marcos, CA-based maker of high-end power products, has introduced an eight-outlet power conditioner that offers a “very high quality AC platform at an extremely affordable price.”
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Music Reviews
Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers: The Best of Everything - The Definitive Career Spanning Hits Collection: 1976-2016
Mike Mettler  |  Jun 07, 2019
Performance
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When Tom Petty unexpectedly passed away in October 2017 following a triumphant 40th anniversary tour with The Heartbreakers that had wrapped up barely a week earlier in his adopted hometown of Los Angeles, the outpouring of grief on an international scale was beyond palpable. Petty's loss at age 66 was a gut-punch, to be sure, especially considering the successive sonic triple threat of 2010's Mojo, 2014's Hypnotic Eye, and 2016's Mudcrutch 2.
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