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Review: MyFord Touch in the 2013 Ford Fusion
Geoffrey Morrison  |  Jan 21, 2013

The town of Baker sits like a wart on the side of the I-15, somewhere in the desolation between Los Angeles and Las Vegas. A bizarre bastion of fast-food consumerism and price-gouged gasoline, it exists only as a way station for those optimistically heading to the City of Sin, or disillusioned, returning to the City of Angles.

Most years, it's my one and only stop, a quick tank top-off before the final push. This year, it's my third. One of the stops was a nap. I am not well.

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Out Of The Blu
Lightning Bug, Compliance, Cosmopolis
Chris Chiarella  |  Jan 19, 2013
An unlikely autobiography, an under-the-radar Cronenberg flick and an unsettling drama ripped from today's paranoia-fueled headlines make for offbeat Blu-ray viewing.
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Stick a USB HAPIfork In It: CES 2013 Is Done
Darryl Wilkinson  |  Jan 18, 2013
From a sea of new earbuds and headphones to a jaw-dropping virtual surround demo, HT's resident comedian Darryl Wilkinson takes one last look at some of CES 2013's coolest things...
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CES 2013
CES 2013: Wrapup
Brent Butterworth  |  Jan 18, 2013

We're pretty much concluded S+V's extensive coverage of CES 2013, so we thought it'd be nice to collect all the articles we wrote in one place for easy browsing.

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Why I hate Aerosmith
Geoffrey Morrison  |  Jan 17, 2013

I really hate Aerosmith. No band causes me to change the radio faster than when I hear the first few notes of any Aerosmith song.

Unfortunately, of the many genres of music I enjoy, "classic rock" is one of the few you can find on the radio dial. And no matter where you go, it's universal: classic rock radio is horrible.

Why?

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Sweepstakes
Updated: OPPO BDP-105 Universal Audiophile 3D Blu-ray Disc Player Sweepstakes
Jon Iverson  |  Jan 16, 2013
[Note: We've upgraded the prize for this sweepstakes - everyone who has already left a comment is automatically entered for the new prize - do not re-enter.]

Register to win an OPPO BDP-105 Universal Audiophile 3D Blu-ray Disc Player (MSRP $1199.00) we are giving away.

"The OPPO BDP-105 is designed from the ground up with components optimized for enhanced analog audio performance. The OPPO BDP-105 features an all-new analog audio stage powered by two ESS Sabre32 Reference Digital-to-Analog Converters (DAC), balanced (XLR) & unbalanced (RCA) dedicated stereo outputs, a Toroidal linear power supply, and asynchronous USB DAC input. These high-grade components are housed in a rigidly constructed metal chassis and work together to deliver exceptionally detailed and accurate sound quality along with reference quality video."

[This Sweepstakes is now closed.]

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This Week
This Week New Movies for January 15th 2013: Woody, Hitch, & Ford
Josef Krebs  |  Jan 15, 2013

To Rome With Love

Sleeper

Hannah and Her Sisters

With his latest comedy To Rome With Love, Woody Allen's interweaves a series of unconnected characters' stories set in the "The Eternal City" into a magic-realist tapestry.

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CES 2013
CES 2013: Personal audio
Brent Butterworth  |  Jan 15, 2013

As much as CES 2013 was a headphone show, it was also a Bluetooth show. So many companies displayed new Bluetooth speakers that I started doing triage on the first day, ignoring the lookalikes, the animal-shaped speakers, and (most of) the cheap plasticky junk to focus on personal audio products that would have a fighting chance of giving you good sound.

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Vintage Gear
Krell KSA 100 Stereo Amplifier
Steve Guttenberg  |  Jan 15, 2013
Dan D'Agostino is a driven man, his all-consuming passions for sound, technology, and music made his first company, Krell Industries, the Ferrari of the high-end audio world in the 1980s. Dan plucked the Krell name from the classic sci-fi flick, "Forbidden Planet," and I'm guessing it was Dr. Morbius' line, "In times long past this planet was the home of a mighty and noble race of beings, which called themselves the Krell." that sparked D'Agostino's imagination. Dan and his wife Rondi launched the company with just one product, the KSA 100 amplifier, at the 1981 Consumer Electronics Show. In the early days the D'Agostinos worked hand to mouth, they'd build a few amps, put them in their car, drive them to a dealer, get a check, then build two more and so on.

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CES 2013: New audio gear
Brent Butterworth  |  Jan 14, 2013

Even with so many new headphones, Bluetooth speakers, and other new personal/portable audio products debuting at last week's CES, there was still plenty of room for new introductions in traditional audio products. In fact, the Venetian Hotel was full of 'em, with exhibits spanning five floors plus some of the convention space downstairs.

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