John Sciacca

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CEDIA 2014

John Sciacca | Sep 15, 2014 | 0 comments

Sonance showed a massive redo of its amplifier line-up, reducing offerings from 29 amp models down to a lean-and-mean five! At the same time, the company made significant improvements throughout the line, making significant feature upgrades and going from a traditional inefficient, heat producing, analog design to new digital models.

CEDIA 2013

Sonance Visual Performance Series Looks as Good as it Sounds

John Sciacca | Sep 26, 2013 | 0 comments

Sonance invented the architectural speaker category in 1983 and this year the company is showing more products - 50 - than ever before. The company launched the Visual Performance series back in 2007 and the aesthetic with micro-bezel and magnetic grille was a real revolution to the in-wall speaker design. This year, Sonance has given the Visual Performance series a radical sonic makeover resulting in in-wall speakers that the company says will sound as good as freestanding speakers.

Other Tech

Sonos Bundle 150 wireless multiroom music system

John Sciacca | Sep 21, 2008 | 0 comments

The Short Form

$1,138 (as tested) / SONOS.COM / 877-807-6667

Snapshot

CEDIA 2019

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.

CES 2014

SONTE Film is the James Bond Way to Window Treatments

John Sciacca | Jan 10, 2014 | Published: Jan 11, 2014 | 0 comments

Traditional window treatments – blinds, drapes, curtains – may give you some privacy and block the sun, but they really aren’t that cool. Motorized options from the likes of Lutron and Hunter Douglas certainly raise the high-tech bar and add some remote control capabilities, but even they look like old news when you watch SONTE Film in action.

Sony BDP-CX7000ES Blu-ray Disc Changer

John Sciacca | Feb 11, 2010 | 0 comments

Key Features

$1,899 sony.com

• Holds up to 400 DVDs, CDs, or Blu-ray Discs in any co

CES 2016

Sony Bridges High Res Audio and Vinyl

John Sciacca | Jan 09, 2016 | Published: Jan 10, 2016 | 1 comments

Sony showed one of the coolest audio innovations of the Consumer Electronics Show with the debut of the company’s new PS-HX500 turntable. While the HX500 is a fully functional, belt-driven turntable on its own with an analog output that can feed any audio system, it also features a USB output that can be connected to a computer to create ultra-high resolution, exact digital captures of the album including all of the vinyl's signature sound.

Custom Installation How-To

Sony PlayStation 3 Game Console

John Sciacca | Jan 01, 2007 | 0 comments

By now you may have read Al Griffin's review of the Sony PlayStation 3 game console featured in the January 2007 Sound & Vision. Since Sony is the major driving force behind the development of the Blu-ray Disc format, it's no real surprise that Al found the PS3 to be a stellar movie player.

Custom Installation How-To

Sooloos music storage and server system

John Sciacca | Feb 25, 2009 | 0 comments