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Dali Oberon 5.1 Speaker System Review
Daniel Kumin  |  Dec 04, 2019

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PRICE $2,546 (as tested)

AT A GLANCE
Plus
Balanced sound with effortless treble
Solid bass extension
Impressive performance from compact subwoofer
Minus
Center speaker can sound slightly chesty when listening off-axis

THE VERDICT
DALI joins the pantheon of excellent compact, affordable 5.1 speaker packages with this system based around the overachieving Oberon 1.

Over the past 25 years, the Danish Audiophile Loudspeaker Industries company has grown from a small and relatively obscure maker (in the U.S. market, at least) to a much more major player in the world's crowded loudspeaker arena. The Danes' latest move toward the broader marketplace is the Oberon series, an affordable range consisting of two towers, two bookshelf/standmount models, one on-wall, and one center- channel—all two-way, vented- enclosure designs.

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Atlantic Technology Rolls Out its First Earphones
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Atlantic Technology today announced the availability of its first earphones.
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Rotel Reintroduces Upscale Michi Brand in U.S.
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Rotel today announced plans to reintroduce the high-end Michi brand in the U.S. early next year.
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2019 Blu-ray Gift Guide: 10 Box Sets to Give...& Get
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The time has come to not only celebrate the holidays, but also our favorite movies and TV shows, in high- or ultra high-definition, with Atmos sound (where available), and with extras galore. Once again, we invite you to sit back and peruse our picks of the year's most exciting boxed sets to give and to receive.
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Denon’s $249 Soundbar Boasts DTS Virtual:X Surround
SV Staff  |  Dec 03, 2019
Denon today introduced a $249 all-in-one soundbar featuring DTS Virtual:X processing, which simulates a DTS:X-like immersive sound field without using up-firing height speakers.
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1More Knocks 35% Off Headphones Through Dec. 6
SV Staff  |  Dec 03, 2019
San Diego-based earphone specialist 1More has announced a site-wide “cyber week” sale offering 35% off all models.
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ATC’s 25-Hz-Capable Sub Boasts Hand-Built Driver
SV Staff  |  Dec 03, 2019
Acoustic Transducer Company (ATC), the U.K.-based company that bills itself as “manufacturer of the finest audio systems in the world,” has introduced a powered subwoofer featuring a hand-built 12-inch driver and low-frequency cutoff (–6 dB) of 25 Hz.
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Best Gear of November 2019
SV Staff  |  Dec 02, 2019
November may be gone but it has left us with a bevy of holiday deals to consider as well as a handful of new Top Picks to ponder, including a surprising entry in the world of 4K TV and two products that have serious gift potential.
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You, Your TV, and the FBI
Ken C. Pohlmann  |  Dec 02, 2019
Wow! Congratulations! You sure got a good deal on that jumbo-sized TV! Black Friday deals rule! But you know what? It's a new TV, you might not be familiar with its operation, and the Federal Bureau of Investigation would like to have a word with you.

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Blu-ray Movie Reviews
Midsommar
Al Griffin  |  Nov 29, 2019
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Ari Aster's second feature—the first was 2018's thoroughly unnerving Hereditary—continues the director's preoccupation with family as a wellspring of horror. This time around, horrific familial events occur in the film's first fifteen minutes, and the main protagonist, college student Dani, ends up trailing her ambivalent, unsupportive boyfriend to a rural community in Sweden that's in the midst of celebrating Midsommar, a festival occurring only once every ninety years.
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