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CEDIA 2019
Klipsch Adapts Pro Cinema Speakers for Behind Screen Use at Home
John Sciacca  |  Sep 14, 2019  |  0 comments
You can usually tell how popular – or good – a demo is at CEDIA by how steady and long the line is, and on the last day of the show, when many integrators had already left Denver to return home, one of the booth’s that was still drawing a steady crowd for its surround demonstration was Klipsch's sound room where the company debuted its new Pro Cinema Home surround system. And the experience was definitely worth the wait!

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IMAX Enhanced Expands Program and Content
John Sciacca  |  Sep 14, 2019  |  0 comments
Launched a year ago at last year’s CEDIA, IMAX Enhanced has been busy signing new device partners such as Anthem and Strom Audio, bringing their current number of certified television and A/V receiver partners to 14. However, there has been precious little in the way of Enhanced content available to watch save for a handful of IMAX documentaries. The company was at CEDIA to announce it has signed new streaming partners to deliver content as well as studios delivering titles on physical 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray disc.

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You Call that a Sub?! THIS is a Sub!
John Sciacca  |  Sep 14, 2019  |  0 comments
In a classic game of total one-upmanship, Ascendo Immersive Audio brought its SMSG 32 Subwoofer to CEDIA, with a immense 32-inch driver that basically called out all the other “large” subs at the show and told them to make it a sandwich. And the crazy thing? This is only the third biggest sub the company manufacturers!
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Alexa, Klipsch Can Make You Sound Better
John Sciacca  |  Sep 14, 2019  |  0 comments
Tons of people use Amazon Alexa Echo smart speakers around their homes as an inexpensive way of utilizing voice control for a variety of tasks, and while the Echo is great in this role, it kinda sucks as an audio speaker. Klipsch wants to do something about that with its new KVA-40 and KVA-110 Echo Input Amplifiers that keep everything that’s good about the Echo while kicking the audio performance up several notches.

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Integra Launches Three Reference-Grade Surround Offerings
John Sciacca  |  Sep 14, 2019  |  0 comments
Integra used CEDIA to do a refresh at the top of its cinema surround line-up, displaying two new reference grade receivers in its “Dot 3” series along with a new flagship pre-amp processor and matching 11-channel amplifier. All of the new products are fully featured, supporting Dolby Atmos and DTS:X formats in up to 7.2.4 channels with THX Ultra certification and IMAX Enhanced support along with a host of other top-shelf performance features.

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JBL Aims High With New HDI Speaker Range
Al Griffin  |  Sep 13, 2019  |  0 comments
The cavalcade of new products to be found in the sprawling Harman booth at CEDIA includes JBL's HDI speaker lineup, a ruggedly handsome quintet featuring the company's compression driver technology and High Definition Imaging waveguides.
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LG Highlights OLED Optimized for Gaming, New 8K TVs
Thomas J. Norton  |  Sep 13, 2019  |  0 comments
CEDIA isn't typically a flat screen television show, so new Ultra HDTV announcements here were rare. Nevertheless, LG featured its new 88-inch 8K OLED and upped it's gaming chops in current E9 and G9 OLED models.
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Sony's MicroLED Display Is Stunning
Thomas J. Norton  |  Sep 13, 2019  |  0 comments
Sony dazzled CEDIA showgoers with its Cinema Crystal LED (Micro LED) display, now available for home installation in screen sizes ranging from 109-inch diagonal to 65-feet!
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EPV Screens Makes ALR Awesome
Al Griffin  |  Sep 13, 2019  |  0 comments
The benefit to ambient light rejecting (ALR) screens is that they allow for bigscreen projection systems to be set up in living rooms and other spaces where there's typically a medium to high level of ambient light. The downside to ALR screens is that you have an enormous, blank rectangular object permanently situated on the wall of your living room.
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Epson's 6050UB Projector Scores a Knockout at CEDIA
Thomas J. Norton  |  Sep 13, 2019  |  0 comments
One of Sound & Vision's latest Top Picks in projectors went to Epson's Home Cinema 5050UB. At CEDIA, the company was featuring its Pro Cinema 6050UB, which costs a thousand bucks more.
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JVC Announces High-Output DLP Laser Projector
Thomas J. Norton  |  Sep 13, 2019  |  0 comments
JVC used CEDIA Expo 2019 as a launchpad for its new LX-N23 DLP laser-driven, single chip DLP, 4K projector.
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JL Audio Brings the Boom to Architectural Audio
John Sciacca  |  Sep 13, 2019  |  1 comments
JL Audio has long been known amongst discriminating high-end theater owners as being on the shortlist of companies capable of delivering ultimate performance and chest slamming bass through its Gotham and Fathom subwoofer lines. While the company has offered an architectural line of subwoofers in the past, at CEDIA they demonstrated the new ICS-108 in-wall/ceiling subwoofer system.

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Sonos Moves to Musical Freedom
John Sciacca  |  Sep 13, 2019  |  0 comments
Sonos, one of the world’s leaders in wireless audio distribution, has many fans, but one product has always been missing from its lineup: a truly portable speaker that could be at home out in the elements. Many people would tote a small Sonos One or larger Play:5 speaker around their homes, plugging it into an outlet near wherever they want to listen, but this was never a perfect solution. The company has finally filled this void with Move, a new battery-powered weatherproof speaker.
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Samsung Wows CEDIA with The Wall & Stunning 8K Demo
Thomas J. Norton  |  Sep 13, 2019  |  0 comments
Samsung again showed "The Wall," its impressive 146-inch (diagonal) Micro-LED display. When I asked the price, was quoted $400,000, which was quickly followed up with, "But that includes installation!"
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New NAD Reference AVR Brings the Sexy
John Sciacca  |  Sep 13, 2019  |  0 comments
Most AVRs have the same, plain, bland look to them. Black chassis, couple of knobs, some buttons, and a two-line LCD display that provides some basic information. NAD has given its new T 778 Reference AVR a gorgeous facelift in the form of a sleek TFT touch display that can be used for full front panel setup as well as provide information during operation, such as VU meters during playback or metadata while streaming music. Of course, because it’s from NAD, the T 778 is also packed with some pretty serious hardware to ensure pristine sound quality.

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