Ken C. Pohlmann

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CES 2019
Sonarworks Creates Headphone Correction App for Mobile Devices
Ken C. Pohlmann  |  Jan 09, 2019
You wake up and turn on your desktop speakers, then go for a run with earbuds, then listen to music on your drive to work. Terrific. But your music sounds different on each of the three playback systems, and none of them are particularly tuned to your liking. Sonarworks wants to fix that.

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Signals
Sonos and Google Lawyer Up
Ken C. Pohlmann  |  Jan 20, 2020
How many times has this happened to you? You become deeply attached to someone, and everything is just wonderful, and you sincerely hope and believe that you'll stay together forever. Then suddenly you are hiring a lawyer, and they hire a lawyer, and you realize the honeymoon is over.

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Other Tech
Sonos Multizone Digital Music System
Ken C. Pohlmann  |  Mar 07, 2005

Digitizing music changed all the rules - even though we took almost two decades, from the introduction of the CD to the rise of MP3, to explore its full potential. Freed from the limitations of hard-wired analog circuits, new software-driven digital music systems can be amazingly powerful and flexible, especially when combined with networked computers.

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Sonos to Customers: Breaking Up is Hard to Do
Ken C. Pohlmann  |  Feb 03, 2020
“It's not you. It's me.”
“We can still be friends.”
“I think you love me more than I love you.”
“You should be free to meet your special someone.”
“I'm so sorry, but my cat just doesn't like you.”

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Custom Installation How-To
Sony DVP-NC685V DVD/SACD Changer
Ken C. Pohlmann  |  Jul 09, 2004

Sure, DVD players are a dime a dozen these days. And even at the cheapest of prices, you can expect perks that were reserved for high-end players just a couple of years ago, like a progressive-scan component-video output. Amazing. But what if you want to spin more than one disc?

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Other Tech
Sony SCD-CE775 SACD Changer
Ken C. Pohlmann  |  Jul 25, 2001

When I reviewed the first Super Audio CD (SACD) player, Sony's ultra-expensive SCD-1, in these pages almost two years ago, I envisioned the format as designed for audiophile "purists" who turned up their noses at CD and even (for reasons still very debatable) DVD playback.

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CES 2019
Sony Updates Blu-ray Lineup and Introduces 360 Reality Audio
Ken C. Pohlmann  |  Jan 08, 2019
From an audio standpoint, Sony showed both some refreshed old things, and some very new things at CES.

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Sony's Aspirational Audio Player
Ken C. Pohlmann  |  Sep 25, 2018
Rolex, Tiffany, Ferrari. And now, Sony.

Depending on your point of view, Sony is doing something wonderful, or deplorable. Either way, I'm sure the Internet will be outraged.

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Sony's Xperia Z3 Smartphone Handles Hi-Res
Ken C. Pohlmann  |  Feb 10, 2015
The numbers don't lie. One look at sales figures will verify that Apple and Samsung rule the world of high-end smartphones. Every new phone is eagerly anticipated, and phone companies compete for first dibs on new models. Apple and Samsung - when it comes to smartphones, those are the names you think of. Sony - not so much. That is truly unfortunate, because in some ways, Sony is making far better phones.

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Sony, Spider-Man, and the Statue of Liberty
Ken C. Pohlmann  |  Aug 22, 2022
Spider-Man is a comic-book character that was created in 1962. The inaugural issue sold for 12 cents. Sony Pictures, which now owns the screen rights to the character, decided not to release the latest Spider-Man movie in the world’s biggest movie market. That decision might cost Sony as much as $340 million.
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