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SV Staff  |  May 24, 2017  | 
Metallica photo: Ross Halfin

Nugs.net, the website dedicated downloading and streaming live music from some of the world’s largest touring acts, has adopted MQA’s Master Quality Authenticated audio encoding technology for the downloading and streaming services it provides for more than 1,000 artists.

SV Staff  |  May 24, 2017  | 
The entry of showrooming into the retail lexicon a few years ago portended the death of brick-and-mortar retailing—or so it seemed at the time. Consumers would visit stores to inspect the merch, then order it online.
SV Staff  |  May 24, 2017  | 
iHome is kicking off Memorial Day Weekend with a line of funky outdoor speakers that play tunes on request.
SV Staff  |  May 23, 2017  | 
Marantz has packed a full suite of home theater and multiroom features into a pair of slimline AV receivers designed for tight spaces.
SV Staff  |  May 23, 2017  | 
Nearly half of all Americans consider themselves to be tech-savvy, according a new survey by ReportLinker. Zero in on millennials and, not surprisingly, the figure rises to 58 percent.
SV Staff  |  May 22, 2017  | 
Integra has introduced two 7.2-channel AV receivers with features designed to ease custom installation.
SV Staff  |  May 22, 2017  | 
Interest in buying an internet-connected smart TV goes up when consumers learn about the capabilities of the next-generation ATSC 3.0 broadcast TV standard, according to the findings of a national survey conducted by market research firm SmithGeiger.
SV Staff  |  May 19, 2017  | 
Reaching ever higher, HiFiMan’s new $6,000 Susvara planar-magnetic headphones use acoustically invisible “stealth magnets” to improve sound quality by keeping sound waves intact.
SV Staff  |  May 17, 2017  | 
LG and European satellite operator SES demonstrated 4K High Frame Rate (HFR) broadcasting at the recent SES Industry Days conference in Luxembourg.
SV Staff  |  May 17, 2017  | 
While traditional electronics stores continue to close their doors at an alarming pace, Amazon is well on its way to reaching its goal of opening 100 pop-up stores in malls around the country.
SV Staff  |  May 17, 2017  | 
Innovative technologies for displaying video without a glass panel are poised to offer consumers a new viewing experience and the opportunity to reinvent living room design, according to a new report from U.K.-based market research firm Futuresource Consulting.
SV Staff  |  May 16, 2017  | 
Vizio today announced a firmware update that enables support for HDR10-encoded high dynamic range (HDR) content on E-Series Ultra HD displays with screen sizes 55 inches and up.
SV Staff  |  May 16, 2017  | 
MQA, creator of the end-to-end audio encoding technology Master Quality Authenticated (MQA), has entered into a multi-year agreement with digital rights agency Merlin that paves the way for the independent music labels it represents to encode their master recordings in the MQA format.
SV Staff  |  May 15, 2017  | 
In just two years, smart speakers have found their way into one in 10 U.S. broadband households as sales continue to grow rapidly, according to a new study from Parks Associates.
SV Staff  |  May 15, 2017  | 
Onkyo has announced that the DP-X1A ($800) and DP-S1 ($450) personal audio players unveiled at CES in January are now shipping.

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