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Tiny Module Brings 3D Sound to Any Headphone
SV Staff  |  Jun 23, 2016
Paris-based tech startup 3D Sound Labs has announced the availability of a $99 accessory that transforms any headphone into a “smart 3D headphone” suitable for music, movies, and gaming.
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Throwback Thursday
An Electrifying Flashback: Franklin Flies a Kite
SV Staff  |  Jun 23, 2016
Electricity. The force behind everything readers of this magazine cherish. Try to imagine a world without it. Impossible. 264 years ago this month Benjamin Franklin—inventor, entrepreneur, and one of America’s founding fathers—hypothesized that lightning was an electrical phenomenon that could be transferred to another object and set out to prove it by flying a kite during a thunderstorm.
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Audio Video News
Live Streaming Poses Potential Perils
SV Staff  |  Jun 22, 2016
Millions of people use free live-streaming websites to watch sports and other live events online, but this comes with a considerable security risk, according to a new study.
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Epson Announces Projectors with 4K Enhancement and HDR Capability
SV Staff  |  Jun 22, 2016
Epson introduced four home theater projectors featuring 4K signal input with pixel-shifting 4K enhancement and high dynamic range (HDR) playback at prices ranging from $2,699 to $3,999. One of the models is equipped with a WirelessHD transmitter for cable-free video transmission.
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Denon Announces $999 Receiver for X Series
SV Staff  |  Jun 21, 2016
Denon has announced plans to add a $999 4K-ready 7.2-channel model to its X Series lineup of AV receivers in July.
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Emotiva Announces Updates for XMC-1 Processor
SV Staff  |  Jun 21, 2016
Franklin,TN-based Emotiva Audio has announced an HDMI 2.0/HDCP 2.2 upgrade for its flagship XMC-1 preamp/processor.
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CE Veteran Tom DeVesto Launches Como Audio
SV Staff  |  Jun 20, 2016
Tom DeVesto, 40 year consumer electronics industry veteran and Hall of Famer who co-founded Cambridge SoundWorks with AV legend Henry Kloss in 1988 and started Tivoli Audio in 2000, has launched a new venture, Como Audio.
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iHome’s New Bluetooth Speakers Are ‘Weather Tough’
SV Staff  |  Jun 16, 2016
SDI Technologies says its new iHome Weather Tough line of portable Bluetooth speakers is aimed at outdoor enthusiasts who crave music in even the most punishing of environments.

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Wide Color Gamut TVs Gaining in Popularity
SV Staff  |  Jun 14, 2016
Source: IHS

As competition in the display market intensifies, TV manufacturers are seeking new and emerging technologies to differentiate their offerings from competitors, which is leading to increased production of wide color gamut TVs.

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Sweepstakes
The Meze 99 Classics Headphones Sweepstakes
SV Staff  |  Jun 14, 2016
Register to win a pair of Meze 99 Classics Headphones ($309.00 Retail Value) we are giving away.

According to the company:

"What is it that discards the superfluous, the gimmicky, the flashy, the questionable, the overly fragile, the misplaced? The obvious answer would be time. And this is also the riddle of good design: very few objects achieve such a rarefied consistency of qualities. This is our aim with the Meze 99 Classics, the anti-fragility of a classic, with a sound on par with the design. Pure, natural sound in a timeless body."

[This Sweepstakes is now closed.]

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