Ken C. Pohlmann

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CES 2015
Smart Atom's LaMetric Speaker Adds Info to Your Music
Ken C. Pohlmann  |  Jan 07, 2015
Can your desktop speaker do this? Show time, news, deadlines, temperature or any other data you're interested in? Stream music services like Spotify, Pandora and iTunes from your phone or tablet? Smart Atom's LaMetric can. In addition, this speaker is hackable. In all my years as an audio reviewer, I have never before written the words, "this speaker is hackable."

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Smart Speakers and ‘The Art of War’
Ken C. Pohlmann  |  Apr 25, 2018
Sun Tzu was a Chinese general and military theorist living in the 6th century B.C. He was the author of The Art of War, a treatise on military strategy and tactics. In addition to its profound military importance, his work has influenced many other competitive enterprises. I imagine that business executives are studying Sun Tzu right now, as they plan for one of the greatest corporate wars of all time.
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Smarter Is More Better
Ken C. Pohlmann  |  Dec 16, 2014
The plunging, fiery death of plasma TVs, the mind bendingly questionable benefits of curved TVs, the looks-awesome-up-close-and-personal 4K TVs, the ridiculously low prices on ridiculously big TVs, the intriguing new investments in quantum-dot TV manufacturing plants—the wide world of televisions is lively with fast and furious developments. But there is one development in particular that, I think, will overshadow all the others.

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SMS Audio Street by 50 ANC Headphones
Ken C. Pohlmann  |  Oct 01, 2013
Much to the dismay of audiophile old fogies, the audio scene has been overrun by punks and their celebrity endorsements. Everywhere you look (Dre, I’m looking at you) you see audio gear, headphones in particular, with a famous DJ or other artist name attached. Of course, even old fogies were young once, and now it’s another generation’s turn to discover how cool audio is.
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Other Tech
So Good, It Hertz?
Ken C. Pohlmann  |  Oct 02, 2008

What is Reality?

The "Plato's Cave" allegory goes something like this: Imagine a deep underground cavern where prisoners have lived their entire lives chained to rocks, their heads immobile and facing one cave wall. Behind them is an illuminating fire. Between the fire and prisoners, statues of all sorts move back and forth.

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So You Want To Be a Movie Mogul
Ken C. Pohlmann  |  May 25, 2020
Well the first thing you know ol' Jed's a millionaire. Kinfolk said, "Jed move away from there." Said, "Californy is the place you ought to be." So they loaded up the truck and moved to Beverly. Hills, that is. Swimmin' pools. Movie stars. Corona virus.

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So Your Neighbor Likes to Play His Stereo Really Loud
Ken C. Pohlmann  |  Nov 04, 2019
How many times has this happened to you? After a long day toiling in the salt mines. you are ready to finally get some shut-eye. You sink down into your Tempur-Pedic and then it starts up - boom, boom, boomity boom. Oh for Pete's sake. Your neighbor is playing his stereo again.

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Social Distancing and the Netflix Effect
Ken C. Pohlmann  |  Mar 16, 2020
The coronavirus is a global tragedy. No one yet knows what the final cost will be in human lives. Some of the estimates are truly sobering. The illness, and fear of contracting it, will also precipitate changes, temporary and perhaps long-lasting, in our lifestyles.

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Sometimes a Cigar is Just a Cigar
Ken C. Pohlmann  |  Dec 14, 2012

A post on the Olive One by my colleague Al Griffin got me to thinking. For a modest dollar sum, you can own a cool audio component with audiophile-quality specifications. But here’s the paradox: if it doesn’t cost an arm and a leg, can audio gear really have audiophile cache?

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Sonance Sonamp 275 SE Stereo Power Amplifier
Ken C. Pohlmann  |  Apr 02, 2006
The Short Form
$600 / 16.75 x 15.25 x 3.875 IN / 24 LBS / sonace.com / 800-582-7777
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