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A Visit to Danish Speaker Manufacturer DALI
Al Griffin  |  May 14, 2019
DALI (Danish Audiophile Loudspeaker Industries) was founded in 1983 by Peter Lyngdorf, who is also the founder and owner of high-end audio company Steinway Lyngdorf. The company currently employs 300 people, with the bulk of its manufacturing carried out in a 220,000-square-foot factory located in farm country midway between Aarhus and Aalborg. DALI produced 250,000 speakers in 2018, and exported products to 70 countries.
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Audio Video News
Sonos Gets Google Assistant (Finally)
SV Staff  |  May 14, 2019
Sonos today announced a long-awaited software update that adds Google Assistant voice control to its Sonos One wireless smart speaker and Sonos Beam wireless soundbar — both Sound & Vision Top Picks.
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Signals
The Supreme Court Deals Apple a Setback
Ken C. Pohlmann  |  May 14, 2019
Yesterday, the U.S. Supreme Court dealt a potentially serious blow to Apple. The justices decided that a consumer group could move forward with its class-action antitrust suit against Apple. An unfavorable decision in that case could cost Apple hundreds of millions of dollars, upend the apps marketplace, and even rewrite the economics of streaming music.

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Audio Video News
Samsung Adds Apple TV App, AirPlay 2 to 2019 TVs
SV Staff  |  May 13, 2019
Samsung today announced an automatic firmware update that brings Apple’s AirPlay 2 wireless streaming platform and the Apple TV app to all of its 2019 smart TVs and some 2018 models.
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Audio Video News
Movies Headed for Disc
SV Staff  |  May 13, 2019
Only three of the seven recent disc announcements highlighted here are releases on 4K Blu-ray but at least two of them support high dynamic range (HDR). The remaining four are slated for release (or have been recently released) on standard Blu-ray, DVD, and/or digital.
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Munich 2019
Miles Davis' 'Kind of Blue' Stunningly Good in Atmos
Al Griffin  |  May 12, 2019
Now here was a Munich High End show demo that could have gone either way: Miles Davis’ classic jazz albums Kind of Blue (1959) and Sketches of Spain (1960) re-mixed for Dolby Atmos. Would the producers of this bold effort maintain the sonic integrity of the original recordings, or would they succumb to the worst impulses of 5.1-remix era, surrounding listeners in a swirl of brass, with Bill Evans’ piano raining down from overhead?
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Munich 2019
iFi Audio’s Aurora Begs to Be Different
Al Griffin  |  May 11, 2019
With a bamboo-encased cabinet supported by an A-frame stand, iFi’s Aurora, unveiled, appropriately enough, at an art gallery in Munich on Thursday night, doesn’t look anything like other wireless all-in-one speakers on the market.
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Munich 2019
Wharfedale’s EVO Series Speakers Evolve
Al Griffin  |  May 10, 2019
Wharfedale’s EVO Series speakers count among the company’s best-selling lines, no doubt due to their affordable price. With the new EVO4 series, Wharfedale appears to be giving listeners more for less—in this case by incorporating an AMT (Air Motion Transformer) tweeter in the design.
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Audio Video NewsNew Products
Wireworld Unveils Updated Flat Ethernet Cables
SV Staff  |  May 10, 2019
Wireworld Cable Technology, the Florida-based maker of high-performance AV cables, has announced updated second-generation versions of its patented flat Ethernet cables.
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Audio Video News
Poll: S&V Readers Watch in 4K a Few Times a Week
SV Staff  |  May 10, 2019
Six in ten (58%) of those who participated in our recent poll asking “how often do you watch 4K content” said they cue up 4K movies and TV shows at least one to four times a week.
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