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Three for Three
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Three for Three

IN THE early 1950s, Edgar Villchur, Henry Kloss, Malcolm S. Low, and Josef Anton Hofmann founded the Acoustic Research and Development Corporation.

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10+ mins  |
February - March 2023
Get the Bigger Picture
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Get the Bigger Picture

EPSON EPIQVISION LS800 4K UST LASER PROJECTOR

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10 mins  |
February - March 2023
2022 TOP PICKS OF THE YEAR
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2022 TOP PICKS OF THE YEAR

WE LIVE in a remarkable era where home entertainment delivers experiences with convenience and quality that was the stuff of science fiction not long ago.

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10+ mins  |
February - March 2023
PROJECTS/OBJECTS
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PROJECTS/OBJECTS

Our guide to the everexpanding and wholly immersive audio world of the late, great Frank Zappa, courtesy of longtime FZ Vaultmeister Joe Travers and remix engineer Craig Parker Adams.

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8 mins  |
February - March 2023
As Good As It Gets
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As Good As It Gets

LG 65G2PUA OLED Ultra HDTV

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10 mins  |
August - September 2022
Nugs Redug
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Nugs Redug

Revisiting nugs.net, the concert streaming site that continues to provide new and vintage hi-res live recordings from a wide swath of name artists.

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3 mins  |
August - September 2022
Modern Marvel
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Modern Marvel

MARANTZ MODEL 40N STREAMING INTEGRATED AMPLIFIER

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10+ mins  |
August - September 2022
Laser LCD
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Laser LCD

EPSON LS12000 4K PRO-UHD LASER LCD PROJECTOR

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10+ mins  |
August - September 2022
THE ATMOS BRANCH
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THE ATMOS BRANCH

Porcupine Tree returns after a decade-long hiatus to deliver a career benchmark, Closure/ Continuation. All three band members give us the scoop on how it all took root, and Steven Wilson takes us inside the making of the album's truly stunning Dolby Atmos mix.

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10 mins  |
August - September 2022
TALKING HIGH DYNAMIC RANGE
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TALKING HIGH DYNAMIC RANGE

Bill Mandel, co-manager at HDR10+ Technologies, provides an update on the HDR10+ format

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6 mins  |
August - September 2022
Sony, Spider-Man, and the Statue of Liberty
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Sony, Spider-Man, and the Statue of Liberty

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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3 mins  |
August - September 2022
Sudio E2 Noise-Canceling Wireless Earbuds
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Sudio E2 Noise-Canceling Wireless Earbuds

Product Review

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3 mins  |
August - September 2022
A New Classic
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A New Classic

NAD C 399 integrated amplifier

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10 mins  |
June - July 2022
Cleer Alpha Noise-Canceling Headphones
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Cleer Alpha Noise-Canceling Headphones

Cleer Audio's new Alpha headphones, the company's flagship wireless noise-canceling model, is jam-packed with extras to augment its very good overall sound quality. Available in Midnight Blue and Stone finishes, the $199 Alpha offers many advanced and customizable features that make it well worth the price. And with everything from app-controlled ambient audio level adjustment to smart noise-cancellation and Dirac Virtuo processing, the Alpha is primed to take on any travel adventure.

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3 mins  |
June - July 2022
Accessible Atmos
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Accessible Atmos

Polk Audio Signa S4 Soundbar

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7 mins  |
June - July 2022
Bass Bruiser
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Bass Bruiser

Monolith by Monoprice 13-inch THX Ultra Certified subwoofer

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9 mins  |
June - July 2022
THE UNIVERSAL DREAM
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THE UNIVERSAL DREAM

Rush's February 1981 masterpiece Moving Pictures ushered in a previously uncharted era that brought prog-rock closer to the heart of the masses. And now, 41 years later, this landmark album gets its further due, thanks to a truly comprehensive multidisc box set and a fully immersive Dolby Atmos mix.

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10+ mins  |
June - July 2022
MEDIA ROOM INSIDER: HOLLYWOOD COMES HOME
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MEDIA ROOM INSIDER: HOLLYWOOD COMES HOME

How a sound editor turned custom installation pro transformed his former home studio into a home theater.

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10 mins  |
June - July 2022
P.U.L.S.E RESTORED & RE-EDITED DELUXE EDITION
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P.U.L.S.E RESTORED & RE-EDITED DELUXE EDITION

PINK FLOYD

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4 mins  |
June - July 2022
Sub Dominus
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Sub Dominus

M&K SOUND X15+ SUBWOOFER

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7 mins  |
June - July 2022
Game of Screens
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Game of Screens

ROTEL A14MKII INTEGRATED AMPLIFIER

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7 mins  |
June - July 2022
Style and Substance
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Style and Substance

GERMAN SPEAKER company Elac has had quite a run over the past few years, with designer Andrew Jones turning out new models on an annual basis after setting the audio world on its ears in 2016 with the Elac Debut. Following the Debut's launch, the company came out with the pricier Uni-Fi. A three-way bookshelf design, the Uni-Fi incorporated a coincident midrange-woofer that positions the tweeter at the apex of the midrange cone where the dust cap usually sits.

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9 mins  |
April - May 2022
Listen Up!
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Listen Up!

PERLISTEN AUDIO R5T LOUDSPEAKER AND D15S SUBWOOFER

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9 mins  |
June - July 2022
Tidal Waves
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Tidal Waves

Streaming giant Tidal continues upping its sound quality game. But can the company stem the tide of its many hi-res challengers?

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4 mins  |
April - May 2022
Bigscreen Sound
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Bigscreen Sound

My listening room has seen components from three different South Korean audio manufacturers over the past year, and in each case the performance, build quality, and aesthetics of the product have been uniformly superb. But what really impressed me about them is the extent to which each used software and/or circuitry developed in-house rather than purchased off-the-shelf. Call me slow, but I think something special is going on south of the 38th parallel.

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10 mins  |
April - May 2022
To Trinitron and Beyond
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To Trinitron and Beyond

Man, oh, man. Can this really be happening? Over these many years, I have purchased all manner of excellent Sony products: radios, televisions, tape recorders, receivers, amplifiers, turntables, Betamax, CD, DVD, Blu-ray, Mini-disc, headphones, boomboxes, speakers, soundbars, videogame consoles, phones, camcorders, cameras—you name it. But will my next Sony purchase be...a car?

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3 mins  |
April - May 2022
A Modern Classic
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A Modern Classic

The loudspeaker landscape is dotted with so-called classics. Legends like the Klipschorn, the Quad ESL, and the JBL L100 have remained in production for decades or enjoyed successful reboots not just because they appeal to our nostalgia, but because they remain bonafide audiophile-grade products.

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9 mins  |
April - May 2022
MEDIA ROOM INSIDER: SEDONA PARADISE
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MEDIA ROOM INSIDER: SEDONA PARADISE

An open-plan viewing/ listening space grows in the Arizona desert, with equipment choices guided by Sound & Vision reviews

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9 mins  |
April - May 2022
Feature Presentation
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Feature Presentation

THE ARRIVAL of yet another A/V receiver doesn't usually engender much excitement here at S&V's currently sub-arctic regional headquarters in New England. But Onkyo's new TX-NR7100 is not just another" receiver.

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10+ mins  |
April - May 2022
Concealed Screens
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Concealed Screens

The Connected Life

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4 mins  |
April - May 2022