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CES 2015
Arcam Does One-Box AVR and BD Player
Mark Fleischmann  |  Jan 08, 2015
The first thing we noticed about Arcam's Solo Movie, a combo AVR and Blu-ray player, was that it was cute.
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CES 2015
Emotiva Does Active 5.1 Demo
Mark Fleischmann  |  Jan 08, 2015
While Emotiva's powered speakers and pre-pro aren't new, they did combine to provide one of the few surround demos at the Venetian.
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CES 2015
Auralic DAC Attends to Details
Mark Fleischmann  |  Jan 08, 2015
Auralic's Vega USB DAC does a lot to earn its $3500 pricetag.
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CES 2015
Creek Combines DAC with CD Drive
Mark Fleischmann  |  Jan 08, 2015
If adding a USB DAC to your system would be one box too many, Creek offers one with a CD slot, so you might eliminate the disc player.
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CES 2015
Bryston DAC Does HDMI
Mark Fleischmann  |  Jan 08, 2015
The Bryston BDA3 DAC has four HDMI ins and one out, bridging the gap between high-end two-channel systems and high-res goodness available on Blu-ray.
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CES 2015
PSB Offers First TV Sound Solution
Mark Fleischmann  |  Jan 08, 2015
The Alpha VS21 sound base is the first TV sound solution from PSB and therefore the first one to be tweaked by celebrity speaker designer Paul Barton.
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CES 2015
Ryan Is Felt as Well as Heard
Mark Fleischmann  |  Jan 08, 2015
A felt ring surrounds the tweeter on the Ryan R610 monitor.
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CES 2015
PicoBrew Brings High Tech to Homebrew
John Sciacca  |  Jan 08, 2015
First, when you can intersect technology and beer, you are likely never going to go wrong. I have met very few people in this industry that don’t also love a good ale, lager, IPA, Belgian, stout, lambic, or other.

Now, I love craft beer. Like, I love craft beer. In fact I have a separate blog devoted to reviewing the stuff, and I’ve drank/reviewed almost 400 to date. But, I have no real interest in making beer. To me it is too much hassle, too much mess, too much chance for bacteriological contamination ruining the batch, too much chance of crafting gallons of stuff I wouldn’t want to drink. In a way, craft beer is like sausage for me; love to drink it, don’t really want to know how it is made. However the good folks at PicoBrew also love beer, and their new Zymatic fully automatic brewer is just high-tech and awesome enough to make me reconsider my non-brewing ways.

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CES 2015
Saygus Smartphone Boasts 320 Gigs of Memory
Ken C. Pohlmann  |  Jan 08, 2015
What? A smart phone? In Sound & Vision magazine? S&V never covers phones. True, we usually leave that chore to others. But in this case, we'll make an exception. This phone, one that surely you've never heard of, caught our attention because of its size.

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CES 2015
Pronto Peel Turns iPhone into a Smart Remote
John Sciacca  |  Jan 08, 2015
The Philips Pronto touchscreen remote control revolutionized what a non-professional programmer could do when it came to customizing their personal controller. User groups traded graphics files, created games, and spent hours tweaking and refining their beloved Prontos. But this venerable remote was discontinued by the manufacturer several years ago, and the Pronto name was all but lost, only to be spoken of in hushed and revered tones.

But, good news, Pronto and iOS lovers! The new Pronto Peel is going to bring some of the love and control back in a new form factor and simple to use way!

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