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Get Ready to Rumble
Ken C. Pohlmann  |  Apr 17, 2018  |  0 comments
Singing roads. You know - when they mess up a perfectly smooth section of pavement to vibrate your tires to create rhythm and pitch. Music, or psychological torture? You decide.

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What Do I Have to Do to Put You in This Piano Today?
Ken C. Pohlmann  |  Apr 03, 2018  |  1 comments
When you buy a fine automobile such as a Rolls Royce, you have a chauffeur drive you around. When you buy a fine automatic Rolex, you store it in a watch winder so it winds itself. And now, when you buy a fine piano such as a Steinway, it plays itself.

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Is Apple Developing a High-End Headphone?
Ken C. Pohlmann  |  Mar 20, 2018  |  0 comments
Keeping track of Apple rumors is a full-time job. And I must admit that since I am not an Apple fanboy, I don't really pay close attention. But one persistent rumor is that Apple will soon launch a new headphone — and dare I say it — it may be an audiophile headphone.

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Should You Invest in Spotify?
Ken C. Pohlmann  |  Mar 06, 2018  |  3 comments
Today, Spotify is a privately-owned company. But in a few weeks, it will go public. That means you will have the opportunity to buy stock in the company. The question is, do you feel lucky?

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Why Is Tesla Killing AM Radio?
Ken C. Pohlmann  |  Feb 27, 2018  |  4 comments
You just bought a Tesla. Congratulations! You, my friend, are driving the wave of the future. While everyone else is burning dinosaur droppings, you are propelled ever onward by the magical energy of the sun and the wind. Gaia, the primal Mother Earth Goddess, loves you.
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How to Make Your Own LPs
Ken C. Pohlmann  |  Feb 20, 2018  |  1 comments
If you're like me, you wake up every morning from a wonderful dream where you own a LP replication plant. In your factory, plastic goes in, and plastic goes out. Except that the outgoing plastic has magical shapes pressed into it. Now my dream, and yours, can come true.

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The Fastest Car Stereo Ever [UPDATED]
Ken C. Pohlmann  |  Feb 06, 2018  |  0 comments
Today is the big day. Or rather, today is the heavy day. The day that the Falcon Heavy is (finally) scheduled for blast-off. Yes, it might be scrubbed. Or it might just blow up. If it launches, it will be an important day in the history of car stereo.

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That's All She Wrote
Ken C. Pohlmann  |  Jan 16, 2018  |  1 comments
The CES exhibits officially closed Friday at 4 pm, West Coast time, although a CES Closing Party was scheduled to run until 4 am. I did not attend that party.

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Kicker Makes a Splash at CES
Ken C. Pohlmann  |  Jan 12, 2018  |  0 comments
Sometimes the headlines write themselves. Nevertheless, I have a certain fondness for wireless waterproof speakers. I take them out in the back forty. When it starts to rain, I don't care.

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Harman Kardon Debuts an Alluring Portable Smart Speaker
Ken C. Pohlmann  |  Jan 12, 2018  |  0 comments
They are popping up everywhere, smart speakers, that is. Harman Kardon has already sworn allegiance to the Cortana cabal with its Invoke, and now it is cozying up to Alexa with the Allure Portable. There is no honor among thieves or audio companies.

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Beyerdynamic Debuts Aventho Headphones with Personalized Response
Ken C. Pohlmann  |  Jan 11, 2018  |  0 comments
The Aventho looks like a fairly conventional supra aural (on-ear) headphone. Also, fairly conventionally, it offers Bluetooth wireless connectivity. But it also features an interesting accompanying app that is unconventional, but extremely valuable.

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Lenovo Shows Smart Displays with Google Assistant
Ken C. Pohlmann  |  Jan 11, 2018  |  0 comments
The smart speaker revolution is raging. Everyone, and I mean everyone, is either showing smart speakers or else waving their hands and saying how soon theirs will be available. But there is already a mutant version rapidly emerging - the smart display.

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THX and Massdrop Launch Audiophile Headphone Amp
Ken C. Pohlmann  |  Jan 11, 2018  |  1 comments
I was not familiar with Massdrop until my fearless S&V Editor Bob Ankosko turned me on to it. Good thing he did. This looks like a heck of a headphone amplifier.

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JBL Shows the Link View with Google Assistant
Ken C. Pohlmann  |  Jan 10, 2018  |  0 comments
Smart speakers are popping up left and right, wack-a-mole style, one virtually indistinguishable from another. But, some are very distinguished. Take, for example, JBL's Link View.

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Qobuz Promises Hi-Res Audio Streaming
Ken C. Pohlmann  |  Jan 10, 2018  |  1 comments
We audiophiles hate streaming because it's all just low-res junk, right? Tidal hasn't been awesome enough so we hate that too and we're just going to sit in our rooms and sulk and not listen to anything at all because it all just sucks. But Qobuz is knocking gently on our bedroom door....

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