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Cary Audio DMS-550 Network Audio Player Review
Al Griffin  |  Oct 03, 2019  |  First Published: Oct 02, 2019

Performance
Features
Ergonomics
Value
PRICE $5,495

AT A GLANCE
Plus
Impressive sound quality
Extensive feature set
Flexible control app
Minus
Limited remote control IR range
Pricey

THE VERDICT
With its extensive features and flexible sound output options, Cary Audio's DMS-550 network audio player represents digital audio playback done right.

Network audio players are an emerging component category aimed at audiophiles who have made a full leap into music streaming. Many such components can also act as a preamplifier by accommodating externally connected sources such as a CD player or turntable and passing on a line-level signal to an amplifier. Because they are network-connected, streaming high-res audio files from a computer or NAS is also on the features menu, and higher-end models are often Roon Ready and MQA Certified.

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Amazon Expands Its Fire TV and Echo Device Offerings
Barb Gonzalez  |  Oct 02, 2019
Amazon has announced a slew of new hardware and Alexa features. The list includes a next-generation Fire TV cube, a soundbar with Fire TV built-in, and several new Echo speakers. Also, Alexa is getting emotions.
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Audio Video NewsNew Products
TiVo’s New Edge DVR Supports Dolby Vision HDR and Dolby Atmos Sound
SV Staff  |  Oct 02, 2019
TV time-shifters, rejoice: TiVo has announced a new DVR, the TiVo Edge, along with a new streaming video service, the TiVo+ network, to go with it.
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A/V Veteran
TV Technology and Prices: Then and Now
Thomas J. Norton  |  Oct 01, 2019
In a recent review, not yet published, I opened with a few remarks on the cost of today's premium Ultra HDTVs. Are they much more expensive than they were decades ago when adjusted for inflation? It's question worth revisiting in more detail.

In the early 1970s a good, 21-inch console color television might cost you $500. In today's money that would be around $3300

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Audio Video News
Best Gear of September 2019
SV Staff  |  Sep 30, 2019
Summer is gone so it’s time to take stock and make sure you have the AV essentials you’re going to need to get through the fall and winter months. Sound & Vision’s September list of Top Picks is the perfect place to start with a top-line 4K Blu-ray player that will delight enthusiasts, an all-in-one wireless music system that sounds so good you won’t believe your ears, and active noise-canceling headphones to fit almost any budget.
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Glory
Brandon A. DuHamel  |  Sep 27, 2019
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Glory is the 1989 Oscar-winning film (Best Supporting Actor, Denzel Washington) from director Edward Zwick that follows the true story of the 54th Massachusetts Infantry Regiment—the Union Army's second African-American regiment in the American Civil War—led by white Union Colonel Robert Gould Shaw (Matthew Broderick).
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Audio Video News
‘NEXTGEN TV’ Logo Will Differentiate New ATSC 3.0 TVs
SV Staff  |  Sep 27, 2019
The Consumer Technology Association (CTA) has unveiled the name and logo that will be used to differentiate next-generation TVs that support the fledgling ATSC 3.0 standard for over-the-air 4K broadcasting set to begin in 2020.
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Audio Video NewsNew Products
Amazon Music HD & New Echo Studio Smart Speaker to Support Dolby Atmos-Encoded Music
SV Staff  |  Sep 26, 2019
Dolby has announced that Dolby Atmos-encoded music is now supported on the Amazon Music HD subscription streaming tier announced last week and the $200 Echo Studio smart speaker Amazon plans to ship later this year.
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Audio Video NewsNew Products
Marantz Previews Integrated Amp with Wireless Streaming
SV Staff  |  Sep 26, 2019
Marantz today announced plans to introduce a high-performance integrated amplifier with onboard wireless streaming in mid-November.
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Audio Video News
Dirac Teams with RHA to Advance Headphone Listening
SV Staff  |  Sep 26, 2019
Dirac Research, the Swedish technology company best known among S&V readers for its Dirac Live speaker setup/room-correction system, today announced a collaboration with U.K.-based earphone specialist RHA to explore the integration of Dirac algorithms into RHA headphones.
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