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KEF is the acoustic partner for the Los Angeles premiere of Titus Kaphar’s Exhibiting Forgiveness. The premiere took place at the Gagosian Gallery in Beverly Hills, where KEF’s cutting-edge sound systems delivered an auditory experience that complemented Kaphar’s emotionally charged film and concurrent art exhibition.

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...

Texas Instruments (TI) today announced a new, super-compact display controller that will make it possible to build the “smallest, fastest, and lowest-power 4K ultra-high-definition (UHD) projectors ever.”

Audio Advice Live 2024 kicks off Friday at the Sheraton Hotel in downtown Raleigh, NC with more than 80 brands presenting the latest audio and video products and technologies.

TV has never been better thanks to the unprecedented number of streaming choices now available. But it’s also never been more frustrating due to an ever-changing landscape in of players and pricing, which seems to move in only one direction.

Amazon’s just-concluded Prime Day shopping event has inspired audio companies to run sales of their own. KEF recently announced its Sounds of Summer sale and, though its two-day Christmas in July “flash sale” is over, Klipsch continues to offer a roster of deals sure to ignite interest from enthusiasts.

Subwoofers may not be the first thing that come to mind during these mid-summer days (I’m thinking more along the lines of poolside speakers like Soundcore’s Boom 2 party box) but that hasn’t stopped the likes of Klipsch and Starke Sound from offering great deals on some of their bass boxes.