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Vizio to Pay $2 Million in FTC “Spy” Settlement
SV Staff  |  Feb 07, 2017
Vizio has agreed to pay $2.2 million to settle charges by the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and New Jersey’s Office of The Attorney General that it installed software to collect viewing data on 11 million smart TVs without consumers’ knowledge or consent.
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A/V Veteran
Sneak Peek: What We Know About HDMI 2.1
Thomas J. Norton  |  Feb 07, 2017
HDMI is about to get a major upgrade. Here's why you should care.
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Amphion Announces Argon 7LS Speaker
SV Staff  |  Feb 07, 2017
Amphion Loudspeakers of Finland has announced a replacement for its Argon 7L floorstanding speaker.
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New ProductsPremiere Design
Play Me a Tune: Meet Yamaha's Amazing Disklavier Enspire Wholehouse Piano
Bob Ankosko  |  Feb 07, 2017
I’ve been fascinated with player pianos ever since I visited the Alamo Saloon in Old Abilene Town years ago as a kid. The reenactment of Wild Bill Hickok’s famous gunfight was a hoot, but watching those cancan girls dance to an upright piano that was playing itself was downright mesmerizing. I recently visited the Yamaha Artist Services facility in New York to experience a modern, super-charged version of that old player piano—the Disklavier Enspire.
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Sonus faber Announces High-End Speaker Series
SV Staff  |  Feb 07, 2017
Italian speaker maker Sonus faber has announced the Homage Tradition collection featuring revamped versions of the company’s Amati and Guarneri speakers and the new Serafino, a scaled down version of the floorstanding Amati.
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Signals
Hello, Alexa. Are You There?
Ken C. Pohlmann  |  Feb 07, 2017
OK. First we need to talk about the picture. His name is Graham. Don’t get too creeped out. He’s not a real guy. He’s just a rendering. You’ve probably already seen Graham. His picture has been floating around the web-o-sphere for a while. He is what a guy might look like if he’s evolved to survive car crashes. But I’m pretty sure it’s also what you would look like, after Alexa has her way with you.
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Headphone ReviewsGrace Notes
Ears On Test: Do Custom Tips Make a Difference?
Leslie Shapiro  |  Feb 06, 2017
Nothing steps up your game like a pair of custom earphones. They’re usually priced so high that customs were reserved for only the most devoted audiophiles. Snugs, a company out of London, England is making them accessible to the masses by creating custom ear tips, and partnering with Echobox to match them to the Nomad Titanium Earphones(MSRP $399).

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Leon’s Super-Thin TV Speakers Now Shipping
SV Staff  |  Feb 06, 2017
Ann Arbor, Michigan-based Leon Speakers is now shipping its revamped UX line of speakers, designed to complement the thinnest of today’s TVs.
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Periodic Launches 'No-Compromise' In-Ear Monitors
SV Staff  |  Feb 06, 2017
Periodic Audio, formed last year by consumer electronics veterans Daniel Wiggins and Mike Kim and backed by a team of engineers with deep audio experience, introduced its first in-ear monitors over the weekend at the CanJam NYC headphone expo.

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Ears On
Greg Lake: Like the Low End of a Steinway
Mark Fleischmann  |  Feb 04, 2017
2016 was a brutal year for rock fans and especially for progressive-rock fans. We didn't lose just Prince and Bowie. We lost Keith Emerson's keyboards, and in the final month of the year, the extraordinary voice, not to mention the bass and guitar, of Greg Lake. The year before we lost Chris Squire's Rickenbacker bass. If you recall my ELP in 5.1 review and Keith Emerson tribute, you might be a little tired of hearing about the keyboard-based power trio that was one of my boyhood heroes. But I can't let Greg Lake's death at age 69 pass unremarked.

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