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SV Staff  |  Mar 06, 2018  | 
Russ Solomon, founder and leader of the legendary Tower Records — arguably the most influential chain of music stores in the ’70s, ’80s, and ’90s — died Sunday at his home near Sacramento, California. He was 92.
SV Staff  |  Mar 05, 2018  | 
Here’s something you don’t see every day: A smartwatch that uses the wearer's hand as a second screen.
SV Staff  |  Mar 05, 2018  | 
If the popularity of voice-enabled smart speakers like the Amazon Echo and Google Home has taught us anything, it’s that the tech world has fully embraced voice as the control interface of choice through the likes of Alexa, Google Assistant, Siri, and other virtual assistants.
SV Staff  |  Mar 02, 2018  | 
Vizio was recognized for customer service excellence at the 12th Annual Stevie Awards for Sales & Customer Service ceremony held in Las Vegas on February 23.
SV Staff  |  Mar 02, 2018  | 
Elac, the 92-year-old German audio company, has announced a new line of home speakers and subwoofers that line builds on its first-generation Debut series.
SV Staff  |  Mar 01, 2018  | 
Bluesound, sister company of audio stalwarts NAD and PSB, today announced a price cut for its Pulse Soundbar, one of only three soundbars to make Sound & Vision’s prestigious 2017 Top Picks of the Year list.
SV Staff  |  Feb 28, 2018  | 
As the hit TV Series, The Americans, heads into its sixth season, Fox has announced that the fifth season of the KGB espionage thriller is being readied for release on digital and DVD. No word on Blu-ray yet.
SV Staff  |  Feb 28, 2018  | 
The inability to select individual channels and being forced to choose among a small selection of overblown bundles with channels you’ll never watch has long been a bugaboo for cable subscribers. And as the Age of Streaming TV hits stride, viewers are overwhelmed and becoming increasingly frustrated with the explosion of viewing options, according to a new study from Portsmouth, New Hampshire-based Hub Entertainment Research.
SV Staff  |  Feb 27, 2018  | 
McIntosh is on a roll with new products. The latest is aimed at audiophiles who prefer their hi-res audio in physical form.
SV Staff  |  Feb 26, 2018  | 
THX today announced a new end-to-end “positional audio solution” said to be flexible enough to support emerging immersive audio formats, open standards, and legacy content across mobile, PC, and consumer electronics devices.
SV Staff  |  Feb 26, 2018  | 
Did you buy an iPhone X, Apple’s new end-all, be-all phone? We didn’t think so.
SV Staff  |  Feb 23, 2018  | 
We’re now officially living in the future. That was our first thought when we heard about Tipron, the roving video projector. Roving, as in a small Star Wars-like robot that tools around the house on a perpetual entertainment mission.
SV Staff  |  Feb 22, 2018  | 
If you live in or near New York City or happen to be in town, there two home audio/live music events happening in the coming days.
SV Staff  |  Feb 22, 2018  | 
Recent job postings by Spotify suggest that the company might be looking to make a move into the hardware space.
SV Staff  |  Feb 21, 2018  | 
Qualcomm today announced enhancements to its TrueWireless Stereo technology for earphones, which eliminates wires from the media source as well as between the left and right earbuds.

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