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Bob Ankosko  |  Aug 22, 2024
The spring and summer of 2024 produced a bumper crop of exceptional audio and video gear, ranging from a $169 gaming headset to a unique $12,000 set of speakers (no, that’s not a typo) from a French company you never heard of — plus a dozen more Sound & Vision Top Picks. It’s an eclectic harvest featuring a great sounding portable wireless speaker from a company specializing in audio, a mini streaming amp that proves good things come in small (and affordable) packages, a top performing mini-LED TV, a flagship AV receiver with everything an audiophile could ask for, and a home theater speaker system guaranteed to leave your jaw on the floor. There’s even a high-end universal audio/video universal disc player in the mix and a modern take on the classic boombox. Let’s take a closer look...
John Sciacca  |  Aug 22, 2024
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Q I have a vintage preamp that I love (Audible Illusions 2C) but really need to be able to have remote volume control. Ten years ago, there seemed to be some good options for adding a volume control between a preamp and amp that were not very expensive. I am not finding anything reasonable now. Any ideas? —Michael O’Connor

SV Staff  |  Aug 21, 2024
Bowers & Wilkins today announced two hi-res-capable wireless earbuds designed by the engineering teams that developed the brand’s Px7 S2e and Px8 over-ear headphones.
Michael Antonoff  |  Aug 21, 2024
When I shopped for a motorized recliner, I rejected models with their own Internet Protocol address and built-in speakers. No need. I had already placed a smart speaker on an étagère beside the space where I had planned to put the chair. I’d have a smartphone in my hand and the room would be bathed in Wi-Fi.
Bob Ankosko  |  Aug 20, 2024
Epson today announced a new line of 4K 3LCD laser projectors that uses the company’s “most advanced technologies to date” to boost brightness.
Mike Mettler  |  Aug 20, 2024
Def Leppard was an ’80s anomaly. The band wasn’t exactly part of the decade-opening NWOBHM (a.k.a. New Wave Of British Heavy Metal) scene, nor was it entirely aligned with the androgynous, hair-sprayed looks and vibes of metal-adjacent contemporaries like Mötley Crüe and Poison. Instead, Def Leppard took inspiration from their own ’70s heroes, fusing glam-slam and pub-rock roots with power-pop harmonies and arena-rock guitar riffage. Stir it all together, and you get one of that decade’s biggest albums, January 1983’s Pyromania.
Ken C. Pohlmann  |  Aug 19, 2024
Truck. Stick shift. Left front tire needs airing up every 100 miles or so. Two-lane blacktop. Passing zone. No-passing zone. Day fades into night. Low beam. High beam. AM radio. Baseball game. Bottom of the ninth.

SV Staff  |  Aug 19, 2024
The 8K Association (8KA) today announced a multifaceted global education and promotion campaign intended to accelerate industrywide adoption of 8K content, products, and services.
Chris Chiarella  |  Aug 16, 2024
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Anne Parillaud stars as La Femme Nikita (or just plain “Nikita” on the title card), a feral young heroin addict convicted of murder and sentenced to life in prison, before a shadowy government organization swoops in and procures her for an elite training program. Her old life is over as she is polished into a resourceful super-agent, ready to do whatever her bosses ask whenever they call, even if it means killing at a moment’s notice. The 1990 French spy thriller is superbly restored on 4K Blu-ray.

Mike Mettler  |  Aug 14, 2024
Fifty-five years ago on August 15, 1969, 500,000 people gathered in upstate New York for the Woodstock Music & Art Fair — a long, heady weekend that lives on as a landmark soundtrack and film that deftly capture the counterculture zeitgeist.

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