Outdoor Entertaining

CREATING A MOVIE OASIS IN YOUR BACKYARD

Big Atmos Generator

Guitarist/vocalist Trevor Rabin gives a rousing “yes” to doing surround sound and Atmos mixes for his solo work, movie soundtracks, and the

Ace of Bass – KLIPSCH RP-1600SW

Sat the name Klipsch and most people will instantly think about high-efficiency speakers, ones with horn tweeters and distinctive gold metallic midranges and woofers.

THE SOUND OF SPEED

MotoGP Racing and Audio-Technica Mics

Perfectly Portable

SONOS MOVE 2

Aural Excellence

DYNAUDIO EMIT 50 LOUDSPEAKER

Desktop Dynamo

MONOPRICE MONOLITH MTM-100 AND THX CERTIFIED 8-INCH, 150-WATT POWERED SUBWOOFER

Retro Fidelity Reimagined

KLIPSCH THE NINES HERITAGE INSPIRED SPEAKERS

Practically Perfect

KEF LS60 WIRELESS POWERED LOUDSPEAKERS

Forte et Clair

FOCAL HAS long been a high-end French loudspeaker manufacturer with a significant investment in research and development to outpace its competition.

Sony Steps Up

FOR SEVERAL years now OLED has been king of the HDTV hill, offering the best available HDTV performance.

The Yamaha CR-2020: A True '70s Blockbuster

There's something magical about the majestic stereo receivers of yesteryear. Apart from being magnificent examples of industrial design, they're dead simple to operate while offering a full complement of features to ensure a great, though decidedly old-school, music listening experience, complete with analog power meters. And then there's nostalgia... I still own (and recently refurbished) my first receiver - an Onkyo TX-2500 I bought for $200 in the mid-70s. It looks and sounds as good as it did back in the day.

Metallic Spheres of Atmos

Youth on recasting The Orb and David Gilmour's 2010 collaboration Metallic Spheres into an adventurous new Atmos mix now redubbed as Metallic Spheres in Colour.

The Six Billion Dollar Earplugs

We are equipped with five senses: Sight, hearing, smell, taste, touch. The thought of losing any of them is frightening. Setting aside the question of aging, even the thought of only diminishing any of our senses is unsettling. So, the question is, if a faulty product caused you to suffer an impairment of one of your senses, what kind of compensation would be appropriate?

QD-OLED FTW

SAMSUNG OLED G9 240 HZ 49\" ULTRA-WIDE MONITOR

Home Theater Ace

DENON AVR-X3800H AV RECEIVER REVIEW

CINEMATIC SPOTLIGHT

ROB HAHN is an American film director of photography and a name you should be familiar with if you love movies. He worked as cinematographer for acclaimed director Frank Oz on The Stepford Wives, The Score, and In & Out.

Total Immersion

ARENDAL 1961 9.4.4 SPEAKER SYSTEM

LIVEDEAD

BEAR WAS NOT HAPPY. As the 1970s began to unfurl, live engineer Owsley \"Bear\" Stanley was increasingly frustrated with the quality of the live sound he was in charge of mixing night after night for San Francisco's multi-genre jam stalwarts the Grateful Dead.

The Music

THE SONOS Era 300 is the latest in a new generation of Atmos-compliant 'spatial audio' speakers that bring a more immersive listening experience without the hardware and installation grief inherent with discrete surround systems.

A Match for the Ages

BACK IN 2020 I reviewed the then-new Sonos Arc soundbar for Sound & Vision, and it never left my family room.

Perpetual Motion

MARTINLOGAN, you know the name. They've been around since 1983 so pretty much everyone has heard of them.

Invisible Treasure

I RECENTLY upgraded from traditional box speakers to in-wall speakers after delving into the world of in-walls with my recent review of the SVS 3000 In-Wall Subwoofer, which I installed in my den.

Sonos Era 100

A Versatile Compact Speaker

Summer Entertaining

When you think of \"entertaining\" with your AV system, chances are the first thing that comes to mind is your home theater or media room. And while having friends over for dinner and a movie is a great use of your system, it's really just the tip of the iceberg.

Atmos Only Knows

Producer Giles Martin reveals how he focused on getting a “real” feel when he mixed The Beach Boys’ benchmark 1966 album, Pet Sounds, in Atmos.

Music Metadata Smackdown

Classical music has a problem. A tiny company, and the world’s largest technology company, both think they have the answer.

Studio Quality

HOW DO you know when an audio trend is more than just a bandwagon? When America's oldest hi-fi brand climbs on board. (Yes, I know that JBL and Klipsch were both founded in 1946. But JBL's earliest incarnation goes back to the 1930's.)

Bright and Bold

THIS IS the third edition of LG's Gallery Edition OLED, replacing last year's 65-inch, G2 (reviewed in the August/ September 2022 Sound & Vision and also at Sound & Vision.com).

I SEE YOU

How James Cameron and his Visual Effects Team Create an Otherworldly Reality in Avatar: The Way of Water