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SV Staff  |  Jul 16, 2018  | 
Today is Prime Day, Amazon’s (successful) attempt at creating Black Friday-like sales mania in the middle of the summer.
SV Staff  |  Jul 13, 2018  | 
Home audio has a prominent place among the 14 people being inducted into the 2018 Consumer Technology Hall of Fame.
SV Staff  |  Jul 13, 2018  | 
LG has partnered with Danish furniture brand BoConcept and interior designer Sarah Sherman Samuel to create a custom living room space featuring its 65-inch E8 “picture on glass” OLED TV.
SV Staff  |  Jul 13, 2018  | 
Following up on a promise it made last fall, Sonos has announced that its newer speakers now support Apple’s AirPlay 2 wireless streaming platform.
SV Staff  |  Jul 12, 2018  | 
Hong Kong-based Nativ has introduced remote control apps for its Vita high-resolution music server.
SV Staff  |  Jul 12, 2018  | 
Severtson Screens has introduced a motorized, retractable projection screen designed to disappear into the floor when not in use.
SV Staff  |  Jul 11, 2018  | 
A hearty subwoofer is an essential ingredient of any serious sound system. It has to play low and loud and do so without making rude noises and without sounding flabby. Besides scaring your kids (and the neighbors), a good subwoofer will deliver deep, powerful bass that conveys emotion and adds palpable dimension to music and movie soundtracks…so you can feel the sound. We’ve compiled snapshots of the best subwoofers we’ve reviewed over the past 18 or so months. Prices range from $399 to $6,500 and all models received a five-star rating in the critical Performance category. If you’re on a mission to bring home the bass, start here.
SV Staff  |  Jul 11, 2018  | 
Courtesy of Cathy Zuraw/Hearst Connecticut Media/ctpost.com

MSE Audio’s Soundsphere facility in Stratford, CT was lost to fire early Monday morning. The building had served as an office, warehouse, and manufacturing site for omnidirectional speakers made for public spaces. No injuries were reported.

SV Staff  |  Jul 10, 2018  | 
Netflix today introduced a new Smart Downloads feature for Android devices that automatically deletes a downloaded episode of a show after you’ve watched it and downloads the next episode.
SV Staff  |  Jul 10, 2018  | 
Focal has announced a luxury sound bundle that throws in a Questyle QP2R high-res portable audio player for free when you buy its flagship Utopia headphones ($3,999).
SV Staff  |  Jul 10, 2018  | 
See if one of these top home tech pros is near you.

CEDIA, the trade association for the $14 billion home technology industry, recently announced finalists for its 2018 Home Technology Professional Awards competition honoring exemplary home-tech installation projects.

SV Staff  |  Jul 09, 2018  | 
Audio accessory maker Pangea Audio has expanded its Premiere SE cable series with a phono cable it says delivers a “demonstrable difference in sonic output” with most turntables.
SV Staff  |  Jul 09, 2018  | 
Shinola, the Detroit-based industrial design and manufacturing company named after the long defunct shoe-polish company, has partnered with Barefoot Sound, the Portland, Oregon-based maker of high-end professional studio monitors, to create its first Bluetooth speaker.
SV Staff  |  Jul 09, 2018  | 
Roon Labs has announced that its subscription-based music management software now supports streaming from Chromecast devices.
SV Staff  |  Jul 06, 2018  | 
For the fifth straight year, The Washington Post has named the Arlington, Virginia-based Consumer Technology Association (CTA), organizer of the annual CES technology trade show, as one of Washington, D.C's top workplaces.

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