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December 2017 New Gear Part 2
SV Staff  |  Dec 28, 2017
Electrocompaniet Tana SL-1 Wireless Speaker
Recently introduced to North America, the Tana SL-1 from Norwegian high-end audio maker Electrocompaniet is built to deliver hi-res music over an existing Wi-Fi network. The two-way bass-reflex speaker is housed in a compact 10 x 7 x 7-inch aluminum cabinet along with a 150-watt Class A/B amplifier, 192-kHz/24-bit digital-to-analog converter (DAC), and 32-bit floating-point digital signal processor.
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Dirac Announces Next-Gen Room-Correction System
SV Staff  |  Dec 26, 2017
Dirac Research, the Swedish company specializing in sound optimization technology, has announced that it will demonstrate several major updates to its acclaimed Dirac Live room-correction platform at CES 2018, which kicks off in Las Vegas on January 9.
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Sony to Roll Out Dolby Vision TV Update in January
SV Staff  |  Dec 19, 2017
Sony has announced that the firmware update that activates Dolby Vision high dynamic range (HDR) processing in its high-end TV models will be available in mid to late January.
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Suit from 'Spider-Man: Homecoming' Auctioned for Charity
SV Staff  |  Dec 19, 2017
An official Spider-Man suit worn by Tom Holland in Spider-Man: Homecoming was auctioned off yesterday to raise money for the Toys for Tots charity run by the U.S. Marine Corps Reserve.
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LG Partners with Meridian to Up its Audio Game
SV Staff  |  Dec 19, 2017
LG and Meridian Audio yesterday announced a global partnership to collaborate on the technical design of soundbars, wireless speakers, and other LG audio products.
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BioInteractive to Unveil Gesture Wristband at CES
SV Staff  |  Dec 19, 2017
Vancouver-based startup BioInteractive Technologies plans to unveil a gesture wristband for virtual reality (VR) and augmented reality (AR) applications at CES 2018, which kicks off in Las Vegas on January 9.
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Home Movie Theaters
California Dreamin’
SV Staff  |  Dec 18, 2017
Photos and system overview courtesy of Custom LA.

When homeowners in Rancho Palos Verdes, California, hired Custom LA to replace the existing home theater in their 6,500-square-foot home, they wanted an advanced system capable of delivering jaw-dropping audio and video performance but it had to be dead simple to operate and capable of controlling AV systems in two other areas of the sprawling home.

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10 Smokin’ Deals at Shop Sound & Vision
SV Staff  |  Dec 15, 2017
As we get down to the wire for online gift orders, here are 10 smokin’ deals worth checking out at Shop Sound & Vision.
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McIntosh Updates its Flagship Tower Speaker
SV Staff  |  Dec 14, 2017
McIntosh today introduced an updated version of its flagship column speaker, the XRT2K.
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Amazon Now 3rd Largest Music Streaming Service
SV Staff  |  Dec 14, 2017
Most of us think of Amazon as the world’s largest online store where you can buy anything — and it is, but the company has also become a dark horse in the race toward streaming supremacy as it rapidly expands it Amazon Music service.
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