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More Americans than ever before will use their smartphones for holiday shopping and one in five plan to use a voice-activated smart speaker to “voice shop,” according to the Consumer Technology Association (CTA) 2017 Pre-Black Friday Survey.

The Trump administration's proposed tariffs on television sets from China would increase the price Americans pay for TVs, costing U.S. consumers an estimated $711 million over the next year, according to a new study commissioned by the Consumer Technology Association (CTA) and National Retail Federation (NRF).

It was bound to happen. Between the chaos of trying to figure out which streaming services offer the programs you want to watch and the escalating cost of subscribing to those services, more Americans are saying “we’ve had enough” and pulling pack on how much they spend a month on streaming, watching more free TV, and in some cases even reviving cable subscriptions.

For last week’s SV Poll we asked you to pick your ultimate AVR Deal breaker from a list of nine choices. The number one deal breaker? “Not enough power,” which claimed more than a third of the votes. Finishing strong in the number two and three spots were “ineffective room correction/EQ” and “overly complicated operation” with 21 and 18 percent, respectively. Combine low power and lackluster room correction/EQ with complicated operation and you have three super AVR dealbreakers that together account for three quarters of the votes. Trailing at number four and five were “too few features” and “too many features.” Wireless features such as Wi-Fi and Bluetooth were met with a shrug. Here’s the complete breakdown…

SVS today announced its “largest and most powerful subwoofer line ever.”

Subwoofer/speaker specialist SVS today announced a series of free home theater and hi-fi audio events in five cities.