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Urbanears Plattan and House of Marley Positive Vibration: The $59 Headphone Roundup, Part 3
Brent Butterworth  |  Apr 06, 2012

So far, Sound+Vision’s search for a great $59 headphone has come up with a couple of models we can conditionally recommend, but nothing we would just tell our friends and family members to go buy. Fortunately, we’ve saved the best for last.

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Veho 360BT — a Bluetooth Bargain
Brent Butterworth  |  Jul 11, 2011

If you’re carrying a smartphone, you’re carrying one potent little entertainment system. It has two weaknesses, though: the tiny screen and the fact that most people tether themselves to the device with a set of headphones.

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Subwoofer Reviews
Velodyne EQ-Max 12 Subwoofer
Brent Butterworth  |  Aug 31, 2013

When it released its Digital Drive subwoofers back in the mid-2000s, Velodyne got the jump on all of its competitors. The Digital Drive circuitry and software let you tweak a sub’s sound — manually or automatically — to perfection, and also provided several preset EQ modes to suit different types
of material.

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Vinyl: It’s Still Growing
Brent Butterworth  |  Nov 16, 2011

They say that when everyone’s hip to a trend, it’s no longer hip.

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Vudu and Dolby Launch 7.1 Streaming
Brent Butterworth  |  Oct 18, 2011

While the image quality of video streaming services has been improving, audio has lagged behind. But it looks like it’s catching up.

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CES 2014
Waterfall Audio Creates a Clearly Different Tweeter
Brent Butterworth  |  Jan 10, 2014

Here's something I'm almost 100% positive you've never seen before: a tweeter horn made from glass. Waterfall Audio has been pushing its glass-walled speakers for years; here's a system I reviewed for Sound & Vision a couple of years ago. But the new Victoria Evo takes the concept to a new level.

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CEDIA 2013
Westone Intros W-Series In-Ear Headphones
Brent Butterworth  |  Sep 26, 2013

Westone, best-known for custom-molded in-ear monitors worn by touring musicians, is revamping its consumer products line -- starting with the new W-Series in-ear headphones announced today at the CEDIA Expo. All of the designs feature balanced armature drivers, and will list for prices ranging from $199 to $499.

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What Makes a Cheap Speaker Sound Good?
Brent Butterworth  |  Jul 26, 2011

The review I just wrote of the Sonos Play:3 streaming music system, and another I recently finished of several small Bluetooth speaker systems (you’ll see the full results soon in the print edition of Sound+Vision) reminded me of just how important listening is in audio produ

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Why We Measure
Brent Butterworth  |  Nov 23, 2011

A few weeks ago I found myself mentioned in a rant by CNET's Steve Guttenberg. Steve thinks it's dumb for anyone but a product designer to measure the performance of audio gear. He mentioned me because I take the opposing view.

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Other TechBlu-ray Movie Reviews
Will Apple Kill Custom?
Brent Butterworth  |  May 11, 2011

Technologies that distribute audio and video around a home are incredibly cool-if you can afford them, if you can tolerate complicated installation, and if you can figure out how to use them once they're in. I've long assumed a big consumer electronics company like Samsung or Sony would invent a more practical multiroom A/V solution, but it seems the technology that finally gets us past the old paradigms may be Apple's AirPlay.

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