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Dolby Atmos, DTS:X Spread In Yamaha AVR Lineup
Yamaha is bringing Dolby Atmos and DTS:X object-based surround decoding for the first time to its RX-V series of low- to mid-price audio/video receivers,...
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Denon, Marantz Add Auro-3D Surround To Select Components
D+M Group is making Auro-3D surround processing available for the first time as a $200 firmware upgrade available today for four high-end networked audio...
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Onkyo Adding More AVRs With Google Cast, Tidal, Wireless Multiroom
Onkyo is bringing wireless multiroom-audio, Google Cast, and Tidal streaming to three RZ series audio/video receivers priced from a suggested $799 to $1,299. The...
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Entry-Level AVR Hints At Yamaha’s Full AVR Lineup
Yamaha is offering a peek into its 2016 lineup of audio/video receivers with the launch of the opening-price RX-V381, which brings HDR-capable HDMI 2.0a...
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Pioneer Adds Wireless Multiroom, Google Cast, Tidal To LX101, LX301 Elite AVRs
Pioneer Home Entertainment is bringing wireless multiroom audio, Google Cast, and Tidal streaming to its audio/video receivers for the first time. The company also...
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Sony Puts Premium Prices On Lifespace UX Projector, LED Bulb & Glass Sound Speakers
Sony put premium price tags on its first Lifespace UX products, unveiled at 2016 CES and promoted as integrating technology products with interior design....
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Atlantic Technology Takes Passive Stance With FS3
Atlantic Technology is positioning a new passive three-channel soundbar and sonically matching LCR speaker as a compact home theater solution for use with modestly...
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Sony On The Go With New Walkman Players, H.ear Headphones, Speakers
Sony went heavy on portability in its debut of nine new audio products, including what it called the industry’s smallest high-resolution portable Wi-Fi speaker....
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Onkyo AVRs To Get Wireless Multiroom, Google Cast, Tidal
Onkyo is bringing wireless multiroom-audio, Google Cast, and Tidal streaming to its audio/video receivers for the first time. In unveiling four AVRs priced starting...
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Half Of Us Stream Online Radio Every Week
Online radio listening continues to rise, with 50 percent of all consumers ages 12 and up listening at least once a week, up from...
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Amazon: Demand Drove Opening Of Premium-Audio Store
The online premium-audio store that Amazon quietly opened last October is raising the company’s visibility in high-end audio, attracting new vendors to Amazon, and...
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Sonos Trims Staff As It Redirects Resources To Voice Control & Paid Streaming
Sonos laid off an unspecified number of employees and is redirecting resources to bring voice control and enhanced streaming capabilities to its wireless multiroom-audio...
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How DTS Envisions Its Future
DTS’s future growth will come from increased HD Radio penetration in cars, additional Play-Fi wireless-multiroom SKUs, and new mobile phones and tablets shipping with...
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Tom DeVesto Goes For A Triple Play
Audio-industry veteran Tom DeVesto, who launched Cambridge Sound Works and Tivoli Audio, is making it three with the launch of Boston-based Como Audio. DeVesto,...
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Dolby Atmos Discs Nearing 50 From Major Studios
The selection of physical video discs with Dolby Atmos soundtracks grew to 46 yesterday with the release of 12 UHD Blu-ray titles, and the...
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Nyne Brings Back The ’80s With Rock & Rebel Bluetooth Boomboxes
Nyne is bringing the boom to portable Bluetooth speakers with a pair of hefty boombox-like models featuring built-in carry handles. The two models are...
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Yamaha Readies DTS:X Firmware Upgrades For Audio Products
Yamaha is joining Denon and Marantz in announcing DTS:X firmware updates for currently available products that feature Dolby Atmos. The Yamaha products consist of...
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LH Labs Adds Soundbar, Subwoofer To Selection
Audio newcomer LH Labs, which offers high-resolution-audio DACs and headphone amplifiers, is branching out into soundbars with the launch of a curved model that...
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Atlantic Technology Tweaks In-Wall Home-Theater Speakers
Atlantic Technology has upgraded two in-wall home-theater LCR speakers by adding magnetic grilles, a bezel-less design and a tweeter waveguide that optimizes wide-angle high-frequency...
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New Bluetooth Models Take Diverse Shapes
The latest round of Bluetooth speakers include a Fluance model that could double as a home’s main stereo system, while iHome plans a model...
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Blue Skies For Bluetooth Speakers
Bluetooth-speaker demand just keeps on growing, and suppliers keep on introducing new products to keep up. Sales of portable Bluetooth speakers are surging because...
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Sonos Systems Add Apple Music Streaming
Apple Music became available today through Sonos systems worldwide, and the subscription streaming service gave Sonos its own station. With the launch, Sonos wireless...
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PSB Gets In On Dolby Atmos Action With Imagine XA Height Speaker
Speaker maker PSB is getting in on the Dolby Atmos action with the launch of its first Dolby Atmos-enabled speaker, a height-speaker module that...
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THX Expands Certification Programs To Live Concerts
THX is expanding its performance-certification programs from cinemas and home A/V equipment to live concerts, beginning with Beyoncé‘s The Formation World Tour in April....
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Amazon Echo Adds New Voice: Spotify Premium
Echo, Amazon’s $170 wireless speaker and digital assistant, is getting a new music service: Spotify Premium. The subscription service, requested by Echo users, joins...
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High-Res MQA Audio Spreads To Meridian Products
High-resolution audio enthusiasts are getting more options for listening to MQA-encoded music downloads with the launch of firmware upgrades for multiple Meridian Audio products....
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M&K Sound Taps Audio Gear Group
Danish speaker supplier M&K Sound has selected Audio Gear Group, a manufacturer of custom-installation products, to market and sell M&K’s consumer and professional speakers...
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What You Need To Know About MQA
MQA (Master Quality Authenticated) high-res audio technology was announced by Meridian Audio founder Bob Stuart last year. Here’s what you need to know: •...
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High-Res Music Spreads, Comes To Download Sites
High-res audio is coming to a wider selection of audio products and in a new format: MQA (Master Quality Authenticated). Music-download sites have begun...
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Soundbars No Bar To Object-Based Surround
Dolby Atmos object-based surround debuted in A/V receivers and A/V preamp processors in the second half of 2014, and now Atmos-equipped soundbars are hitting...
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Origin Unveils New Brand To Expand Landscape-Speaker Sales
Origin Acoustics launched the AcoustaScape Landscape Audio brand to expand its landscape-speaker customer base. The first AcoustaScape product is a retail-packaged AS41 system consisting...
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James Loudspeaker Gives Audio A Wedgie
James Loudspeaker has developed its first two wedge-shaped home-audio speakers, both designed to mount vertically in the corner of a wall and horizontally where...
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Qualcomm’s aptX Codec For Bluetooth Gets Upgrade To Higher Resolution
Qualcomm’s aptX codec, designed to deliver CD-quality stereo over Bluetooth, is getting a resolution upgrade to 24 bits from 16 bits in a nod...
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CES 2016: ION Debuts Solar Stone & Keystone Speakers
ION Audio is introducing two new self-powered rechargeable outdoor speakers at CES 2016, the Solar Stone and the Keystone, both with wireless Bluetooth streaming...
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CES 2016: iHome’s Inside & Out Audio Solutions
iHome is launching its iK4 Bluetooth-enabled wireless FM clock radio and iBT37 portable waterproof rechargeable Bluetooth speaker at CES 2016. The iK4 is a...
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CES 2016: Technics Expands Luxury-Audio Selection
Technics, the storied audio brand revived last year as a luxury-audio brand, is expanding its selection at CES. The brand launched its first music...
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CES 2016: MQA High-Res Music Downloads Spread To More Sites
More music-download sites are beginning to offer music encoded in the high-resolution MQA (Master Quality Authenticated) format, the companies announced at CES. Beginning Jan....
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CES 2016: QFX Does Double-Duty With New Dual Speakers
QFX is showing its new BT-275 Bluetooth speakers at CES 2016. With the built-in 800/1,050 mAh battery for portability, these speakers are designed for...
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CES 2016: Fourth Dolby Atmos Soundbar Appears With Creative Technology’s X-Fi Sonic Carrier
Creative Technology came to CES 2016 with a soundbar whose 17 drivers are said to deliver an 11.2.4 Dolby Atmos soundfield via an array...
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CES 2016: Voxx Goes In New Directions With Klipsch, Other Brands
Voxx went to CES to unveil new products under multiple brands, launch the Project Nursery brand of baby electronics, and disclose a major push...
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CES 2016: B&O Targets Wireless Multiroom, Adds Google Cast
Luxury A/V brand Bang & Olufsen stepped up its activities in wireless multiroom audio with the launch of a soundbar-like speaker and the addition...
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CES 2016: Dolby Atmos Comes To Philips Fidelio Soundbar
Another Dolby Atmos-equipped soundbar will come to market in the summer when Gibson Innovations ships a Philips-brand model. Yamaha already offers a high-end Atmos-equipped...