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TWC Fined for Robocalling
Mark Fleischmann  |  Oct 06, 2015  | 
Hate your cable company? Sick of unrelenting robocalls that seem to pop up at home and on your cell at the most inopportune moments?

A federal judge fined Time Warner Cable $229,500 for robocalling a Texas woman 153 times in an attempt to dun another customer.

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B&O Celebrates 90 Years with Super Smart Wireless Speaker
SV Staff  |  Oct 06, 2015  | 
Denmark’s Bang & Olufsen is celebrating its 90th anniversary with the ultra high-end BeoLab 90, which measures the acoustical effects of its surroundings and compensates for sound irregularities at the listening position.
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Tubes for All: Monoprice Shows Hybrid Tube Amp
Bob Ankosko  |  Oct 06, 2015  | 
Monoprice the online retailer known for its cheap AV cables, accessories, and assorted electronics is attempting to step up its audio game (and capitalize on the vinyl revival) with a hybrid tube will sell for $150 when it becomes available later this month.
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Epson Introduces $360 Portable Projector
SV Staff  |  Oct 06, 2015  | 
Epson unveiled the $360 PowerLite Home Cinema 640 budget projector at last week’s Holiday Spectacular press event in New York City.
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HDMI Launches Premium Cable Program
SV Staff  |  Oct 05, 2015  | 
HDMI Licensing LLC today announced a Premium HDMI Cable Certification Program to give consumers peace of mind that all components in an HDMI-connected 4K/Ultra HD system are capable of delivering a reliable experience.
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Yamaha’s New Slimline AVR Has Bluetooth Output
SV Staff  |  Oct 05, 2015  | 
Yamaha is expanding its Slimline series of AV receivers, which includes the Top Pick winning RX-S600 introduced last year.
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Integra Introduces Network-Ready Stereo Receiver
SV Staff  |  Oct 02, 2015  | 
Offering a preview of what it will show at CEDIA Expo in Dallas in two weeks, Integra has updated the classic stereo receiver with its new DTM 40.7 network-ready stereo receiver.
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MQA Music Encoding Tech Gains New Supporters
SV Staff  |  Oct 02, 2015  | 
Mytek Digital and AudioQuest are the latest companies to support the MQA (Master Quality Authenticated) technology created by Meridian founder Bob Stuart, which enables high-resolution music files to be streamed efficiently without sonic compromise. The technology has been adopted by the streaming service Tidal.
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TiVo Bolt, DIY Electronics Kit Debut at NYC's Holiday Spectacular
Bob Ankosko  |  Oct 01, 2015  | 
Nestled among the dozens of gadgets and gizmo’s at the annual Holiday Spectacular press event in New York City were a few products worth mentioning.

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Denon to Roll Out Another X Series AV Receiver
SV Staff  |  Oct 01, 2015  | 
Denon announced plans to roll out yet another X Series AV receiver in October, the AVR-X6200W.
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This Is Your Brain on Music
Mark Fleischmann  |  Sep 30, 2015  | 
Music services like Pandora generate musical recommendations based on your listening habits. Will the next step be to recommend music based on your brain type? In a study called “Musical Preferences Are Linked to Cognitive Styles,” researchers at the University of Cambridge asked 4,000 participants to fill out questionnaires and rate several pieces of music. Their goal was to classify listeners according to the E-S (empathizingsystemizing) theory.
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Bose Goes Wi-Fi and Gets Appy
Mark Fleischmann  |  Sep 30, 2015  | 
The demand for mass-market audio products is moving deeper into wireless territory and the smart money is moving with it. Bose, perhaps the epitome of smart money, is moving in that direction too. The key point of yesterday's press event was not so much the introduction of a new product—though there was one—but the development and extension of the Bose wireless strategy.
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Earphones Made of Brass. What Next?
SV Staff  |  Sep 29, 2015  | 
That’s right. Earphones made of brass—the same brass used to make trumpets to be specific. If you’re going to introduce a headphone in a market flooded with tens of thousands of models, you better be creative.
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New Wadia Digital Audio Decoder Does DSD
SV Staff  |  Sep 29, 2015  | 
The digital wizards at Wadia have announced that their latest digital audio decoder, the di322, supports the playback of DSD64, DSD128 and DSD256 music files via its USB input along with PCM files with sampling rates up to 32-bit/384kHz, including DXD 352.8kHz and DXD 384kHz formats.

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Owners of Defective Mitsubishi LaserVue TVs May Be Entitled to Repair Refund
SV Staff  |  Sep 28, 2015  | 
Owners of Mitsubishi LaserVue rear-projection TVs who experienced problems and paid to have work done may be entitled to a refund, according to the terms of a recently settled class-action lawsuit brought by consumers over picture problems that appeared after 8,000 to 10,000 hours of use.
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