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Hands On: New Amazon Fire TV with Amazon Channels
Barb Gonzalez  |  Jan 19, 2018  |  First Published: Jan 18, 2018
Find out how the new Fire TV stands up to 4K HDR streaming media players that are twice its size as well as double its price.
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Throwback Thursday
Flashback 1973: Aloha from Hawaii Via Satellite
SV Staff  |  Jan 18, 2018
Forty-five years ago this week, the King, donning his iconic white sequin-studded jump suit, made history in Honolulu when more than a billion viewers in 40 countries tuned into Aloha from Hawaii Via Satellite, a live broadcast seen by the largest audience in the history of television.
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Audio Video News
NuVision Looks to Stage TV Comeback
SV Staff  |  Jan 18, 2018
NuVision, a U.S.-based display company with manufacturing partners in China and Mexico that seeks to deliver a “compelling mix of quality, technology and value,” has announced plans to re-enter the U.S. TV market.
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Audio Video News
Shack, BBY Look to Adapt
Mark Fleischmann  |  Jan 18, 2018
Left for dead at the side of the road, RadioShack is still twitching. Following its latest bankruptcy filing, it has emerged with a reorganization plan that would mix an online presence with 400 independently owned dealerships and 27 company-owned stores in Colorado, Texas, and New York. Eight new RadioShacks have recently opened, and another 18 are being considered. However, RadioShack probably will not return to the days when it lived in a $200 million HQ in Fort Worth, overseeing an empire of 7,000 stores nationwide.
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How Do I Stream Music to an AV Receiver and Echo Speaker?
Al Griffin  |  Jan 18, 2018
Got a tech question for Sound & Vision? Email us at AskSandV@gmail.com

Q I’ve ripped most of my CD collection to my computer using iTunes. At this point, I’d like to maybe get a portable media storage unit and transfer my iTunes library to it so I can play music through my AV receiver and Amazon Echo speakers. Is that a good idea? All suggestions are appreciated, but I am looking for an inexpensive solution. —John McGlynn / Boca Raton, FL

A There are a few ways to skin this cat. Here are some suggestions that won’t cost much money.

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Surround Sound System ReviewsBookshelf Speaker ReviewsSubwoofer Reviews
Definitive Technology Demand Series D11 Speaker System Review
Mark Fleischmann  |  Jan 17, 2018

Demand Series D11 Speaker System
Performance
Build Quality
Value

SuperCube 6000 Subwoofer
Performance
Features
Build Quality
PRICE 3,196

AT A GLANCE
Plus
Appealing neutral voicing
Laterally offset tweeter
Active 8-inch sub integrated in center speaker
Minus
D11 top radiators complicate placement of Atmos add-ons

THE VERDICT
The Demand Series lives up to Definitive Technology’s pedigree with satisfying, well-balanced sound that offers loads of resolution.

Nature abhors a vacuum, but wasting cabinet real estate is standard operating procedure among loudspeaker designers. With the notable exception of Atmos-enabled speakers and the occasional tweeter pod, the top panel of most speakers is a blank nothing. But does it have to be that way? Definitive Technology answered no, in effect, with its original Studio Monitor Series of bookshelf/stand-mount speakers (circa 2012) and does so again in this new update, the Demand Series.

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Audio Video News
Alexa Makes its Debut in Aftermarket Car Audio
SV Staff  |  Jan 17, 2018
Everyone knows Amazon’s Alexa is the star of an ever growing number of smart speakers, but did you know that the popular voice service is also finding its way into aftermarket car stereo?
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The Connected Life
Installing In-Wall/Ceiling Speakers: Part 1
John Sciacca  |  Jan 17, 2018
In my October blog, I listed 11 must-have tools for your DIY toolkit, laying out the minimum tools you need to tackle some basic audio/video installations. Then I tackled how to wire and mount a flat-screen TV in “Mount a TV Like a Pro:” Part 1 and Part 2. Now it’s time to learn how to install some speakers!
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David Coverdale Adds a Special Aural Bite to 30th Anniversary Whitesnake Box Set
Mike Mettler  |  Jan 17, 2018
Photo by Neil Zlozower

To celebrate the 30th anniversary of 1987’s mega-multimillion-selling Whitesnake — the album that spawned such massive FM hits as “Here I Go Again” “Is This Love,” and Still of the Night” — Rhino has uncoiled an exhaustive 4-CD/1-DVD box set featuring a disc of demos titled 87 Evolutions, properly mastered live bootlegs, and four of-era videos remastered in surround sound on DVD. Singer/frontman David Coverdale discusses a critical change in his vocals, how Tina Turner came thisclose to singing “Is This Love,” and why those core Whitesnake songs retain such universal appeal.

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Audio Video NewsNew Products
Bryston Previews ‘Ultimate’ Audiophile Systems
SV Staff  |  Jan 16, 2018
Bryston today announced a new high-end lineup of active speaker systems that “leverages decades of research into the science of acoustics.”
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