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Harman, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Samsung Electronics Co., today announced the acquisition of Roon, the company behind the subscription-based music management and streaming platform embraced by music enthusiasts.

SVS's popular Cyber Monday Outlet Store Blowout Event is here again, this time offering discounts up to 40% on complete speaker systems, all types of speakers, and the full range of SVS subwoofers, including many Sound & Vision Top Picks.

JVC today announced the release of a new firmware update for its current D-ILA projectors.

xMEMS Labs, the Santa Clara-based company that has set out to replace century-old speaker technology with silicon-based microspeakers, has announced a radically different kind of solid-state driver for wireless earbuds that uses ultrasonic technology to accurately reproduce music.

I hate to be the bearer of bad news, but if you don’t have good speakers, you don’t have a good sound system. Period. The speakers you use (or choose) have a disproportionate impact on how your music sounds — more so than the source, amp and preamp, or any other component or accessory in the audio chain. Simply put, your speakers define the character of the sound, which is why they are so important and why we’ve compiled capsule reviews of our Top Picks in speakers so far this year. With prices that range from $250 for a simple smart speaker to more than $9,000 for a topnotch home theater ensemble and lots of interesting choices in between, there is something for everyone.

In his new post, “Breaking Up Is Easy to Do,” Ken Pohlmann decries Netflix’s recent decision to dust out the cobwebs and render older TVs, Blu-ray players and other streaming devices useless — at least when it comes to watching movies and shows on Netflix. The list includes Roku, which has 73.5 million active accounts worldwide and commands an amazing 43% share of smart TVs sold in the U.S.

At least that appears to be the thinking at Atlantic Technology and Zvox, two New England-based companies that announced pre-holiday-season discounts this week.