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Bringing Back Victor Records
Bob Ankosko  |  Apr 11, 2018  | 
15 Minutes with Graham Alexander, President, Victor Corporation of America

Graham Alexander is a talented musician but he’s also an entrepreneur, historian, and music-label exec who has undertaken the enormous (and laudable) task of resurrecting Victor Records, the iconic brand that dates back to the earliest days of recorded music. We’re talking the label that recorded the likes of Sergei Rachaninoff and forged an exclusive recording deal with the legendary opera singer Enrico Caruso. More than that, Alexander has created a delightful live-performance space called The Vault in the small town of Berlin, NJ, about 20 miles from Center City Philadelphia and even closer to the site of the original Victor Talking Machine Co. in Camden. The venue is unique in that it’s home to the official Victor Records archive as well as an assortment of historical artifacts and memorabilia dating back to the earliest days of recorded music. We sat down with Alexander to learn more about his multi-faceted operation.

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MartinLogan Co-Founder Launches New Speaker Company
SV Staff  |  Apr 10, 2018  | 
Gayle Sanders, renowned speaker designer and cofounder of MartinLogan, today announced the launch of a new speaker company, Gayle Sanders Eikon.
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Vizio Adds 4K/HDR TVs to Midline M-Series, Boosts Picture Quality
SV Staff  |  Apr 10, 2018  | 
Vizio today added three HDR-capable 4K models featuring upgraded picture quality to its mid-priced M-Series line of smart TVs.
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Yamaha's Announces $300 Entry-Level AV Receiver
SV Staff  |  Apr 10, 2018  | 
Yamaha is targeting budding home theater buyers with a $300 AV receiver that hits stores at the end of the month.
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Survey: No. of Households that Stream Video through Pay-TV Providers Doubles
SV Staff  |  Apr 09, 2018  | 
New research from Dallas-based Parks Associates reveals that the number of U.S. pay-TV households that subscribe to online video services through their pay-TV provider has more than doubled over the past year, going from 10 percent to 21 percent.
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1982 ‘Fairytales’ Restored, Remastered in MQA
SV Staff  |  Apr 09, 2018  | 
MQA Ltd. has announced that the original recording of Fairytales, a 1982 musical collaboration between Scandinavian singer Radka Toneff and American-born pianist Steve Dobrogosz, has been meticulously restored from the master tapes using Master Quality Authenticated (MQA) technology.
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Amazon: Alexa One-Touch Routines Now Include Music
SV Staff  |  Apr 09, 2018  | 
Artificial intelligence continues creeping into our daily lives as the popularity of smart speakers and smart-home automation devices continues to grow.
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Japan’s NHK to Showcase 8K at Broadcast Convention
SV Staff  |  Apr 06, 2018  | 
Japan Broadcasting Corporation (NHK), which plans to start regular satellite broadcasting of 4K/8K content in December, will showcase its latest 8K technologies and new 8K content at the National Association of Broadcasters (NAB) convention, which opens tomorrow (April 7) in Las Vegas.
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LG Joins ATSC 3.0 TV Test Project in Phoenix
SV Staff  |  Apr 06, 2018  | 
LG has announced that it will provide ATSC 3.0 receivers for the “Model Market” test project in Phoenix, the first collaborative single-market effort to plan for and implement a transition to next-generation over-the-air broadcasting.
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JVC Turns to DLP for New $2,500 4K HDR Projector
SV Staff  |  Apr 05, 2018  | 
JVC has announced a mainstream-priced 4K HDR projector based on DLP technology instead of its own D-ILA technology.
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New Kickstarter-Funded Headphones Boast a Built-In Hearing Test
SV Staff  |  Apr 05, 2018  | 
Australia-based Audeara today launched a novel set of Kickstarter-funded wireless headphones with active noise-canceling that tailor sound to the wearer’s unique hearing characteristics in an effort to “improve the way people listen to music.”
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Facebook Holds Off On Smart Speaker Announcement
SV Staff  |  Apr 04, 2018  | 
Still reeling from last month’s data-privacy scandal, Facebook has decided not to preview the smart speaker it has been working on at the upcoming annual Facebook Developer Conference, according to a Bloomberg report.
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Monitor Audio Adds Lifetime Warranty to Custom Speakers
SV Staff  |  Apr 04, 2018  | 
Monitor Audio has announced a lifetime warranty for several dozen of its custom install speakers.
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$30 Record Clamp Boosts Turntable Performance
SV Staff  |  Apr 04, 2018  | 
Pangea Audio has introduced a $30 record clamp it says improves turntable performance by reducing LP slippage and unwanted resonances.
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Cambridge Audio Streamers, AV Receivers Get Tidal
SV Staff  |  Apr 04, 2018  | 
Cambridge Audio has announced that the Tidal music streaming platform is now available on a half dozen of its network players and AV receivers.
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