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RIP: Greg Lake, the Voice of ELP
SV Staff  |  Dec 09, 2016

“One of the great gifts I’ve had in this life is to be able to make music, and it’s something that will outlive me. That alone is a phenomenally gratifying and rewarding thing. To have left a mark—just that alone is a real privilege.” —Greg Lake

Greg Lake, progressive-rock pioneer and the voice and co-founder of ‘70s prog-rock phenomenon Emerson, Lake & Palmer, died Wednesday after a long battle with cancer. He was 69.

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Sweepstakes
AudioStream.com's Wireworld Starlight Cat8 Ethernet Cable Sweepstakes
SV Staff  |  Dec 08, 2016
Register to win a Wireworld Starlight Cat8 Ethernet Cable ($210.00 Retail Value) we are giving away at AudioStream.com.

According to the company:

"Wireworld Starlight Cat8 Ethernet cable provides breathtaking improvements in sound quality with a radical flat design that exceeds the new Category 8 performance standards."

All you have to do to enter is leave a comment at AudioStream.com. Click here for details on how to enter.

Soundbar Reviews
Soundbars on a Budget
Rob Sabin  |  Dec 08, 2016
There was a time when audiophiles bemoaned “cheap” soundbars as the bane of our existence. We had good reason. Many early examples of the genre, sometimes from companies we’d most closely associate with clock radios, compromised the home theater experience in every way possible. Along with dramatically shrinking the front soundstage and sacrificing the discrete rear channels required for adequate reproduction of a surround field, they just sounded bad. By which I mean bright, boomy, fatiguing, and amusical. Frequently, “helpful” surround processing to enhance imaging just added echoey reverb and messed with the natural timbre of vocals and instruments.
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Throwback Thursday
Flashback 2001: Holiday Tech
SV Staff  |  Dec 08, 2016
A lot has changed in the past 15 years. Ultra-thin TVs that hang on the wall have replaced bulky tube and rear-projection TVs. DVD and CD players have become quaint relics of the early days of digital. The list goes on…
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Audio Video News
Connected Mirror Plays Music While You Shave
SV Staff  |  Dec 08, 2016
Slowly but surely the Internet of Things (iOT) is creeping into our lives. The latest everyday product to get connected is the Ekko mirror from Miliboo.
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Audio Video News
Many 2017 Car Models Equipped With HD Radio
SV Staff  |  Dec 08, 2016
DTS has announced that 34 new-model-year 2017 cars will be equipped with HD Radio receivers.
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Ask S&V
Can I Stream Audio From a PC to Wireless Headphones Using Bluetooth?
Al Griffin  |  Dec 08, 2016
Got a tech question for Sound & Vision? Email us at AskSandV@gmail.com

Q Do you know of a good solution for streaming audio from a Windows PC to B&W P7 wireless headphones using Bluetooth? Is there some kind of USB adapter? —Robert Prinz

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The S&V Interview
Van der Graaf Generator Disturbs the Sonic Wavelength (But in a Good Way)
Mike Mettler  |  Dec 07, 2016
Besides having one of the coolest band names ever, Van der Graaf Generator has been making deeply adventurous music since the late ’60s in a style that, frankly, is hard to pigeonhole. Sure, it’s easy to call what they do “progressive,” but I’m inclined to agree with VdGG guitarist/vocalist Peter Hammill, who describes VdGG music as being “barely controlled chaos.” It’s also a good way to define VdGG’s recently released 13th studio album, Do Not Disturb (Esoteric Antenna). I connected with Hammill to discuss the sonic template for DnD, what it’s like to be admired by a punk legend, and VdGG’s possible future (or not).
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Audio Video News
Consumers Hate Content Search
Mark Fleischmann  |  Dec 07, 2016
Pay-TV subscribers love watching programs but hate searching for them, according to Evolution Digital.
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Audio Video NewsNew Products
Alexa Finds Her Way into a Lamp
SV Staff  |  Dec 07, 2016
GE has integrated Amazon’s Alexa Voice Service into a prototype LED table lamp, the first in a planned suite of connected products.
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