In this issue

THE BEATLES’ LAST SONG & REBIRTH OF RED & BLUE: Unveiling The Beatles’ Last Musical Gift: The creation, legacy, and technological revival of ‘Now and Then’ alongside the iconic Red and Blue albums. Dive into the final chapter of one of rock’s most beloved bands as author Matt Hurwitz unravels the intricate process behind revitalizing a lost track and the creation of a song that bridges generations. It documents the meticulous efforts to present The Beatles’ final harmony in a new light.

Pinnacle Picture Performance

IT IS a small miracle that you can buy a TV as good as the 77-inch Samsung S90C Quantum Dot OLED for $2500.

10 mins

Worth the Splurge?

AS A RULE I'm not particularly susceptible to the \"audio-jewelry\" school of component design; I'm a value/performance guy.

9 mins

Sonic Surprise

OVER THE YEARS I've reviewed hundreds of audio and video products covering all the usual bases. But not up to now a soundbar.

10+ mins

When Less is More

MY EXPERIENCE with Bowers & Wilkins dates back over thirty years to my high school days, when I first admired the 801 Matrix in Stereophile magazine.

10 mins

SHARP, BRIGHT, & BUDGET-FRIENDLY

IN JUST a few short years the home projector landscape has undergone a radical revolution in terms of price and selection.

6 mins

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

3 mins

THE SOUND OF SPEED

MotoGP Racing and Audio-Technica Mics

10 mins

Perfectly Portable

SONOS MOVE 2

5 mins

Aural Excellence

DYNAUDIO EMIT 50 LOUDSPEAKER

10 mins

Desktop Dynamo

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

9 mins

Retro Fidelity Reimagined

KLIPSCH THE NINES HERITAGE INSPIRED SPEAKERS

8 mins

Practically Perfect

KEF LS60 WIRELESS POWERED LOUDSPEAKERS

10 mins

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.

3 mins

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?

3 mins

Total Immersion

ARENDAL 1961 9.4.4 SPEAKER SYSTEM

10+ mins

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.

10+ mins

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.

5 mins

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.

10 mins

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.

6 mins

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.

3 mins

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.

3 mins

Music Metadata Smackdown

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

3 mins

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.)

8 mins

I SEE YOU

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

10+ mins

AURAL EXCELLENCE

THE NEW Dymension DM70 Tower speaker is an evolution of a design that's signature Definitive Technology.

6 mins

Affordable Amplification

AUDIO AMPLIFIERS have but one task: take an electrical signal and make it more powerful without changing its character.

6 mins

Hidden Bass

RENOWNED FOR their expertise in crafting high-performance subwoofers, SVS has carved a niche for itself within the home theater and music system communities.

8 mins

Sofabaton X1 Remote - Out of Control

When Logitech stopped making Harmony remotes in 2021, few options remained. The Sofabaton X1, with its vast database of codes for TVs and other devices, sounded promising. If you want a single remote and are willing to invest time to set it up, you may get what you need but it's not a substitute for what it's intended to replace.

3 mins

Ultra Short Throw Projectors

Ultra Short Throw (UST) projectors have steadily increased in performance while also massively decreasing in price. My first UST experience was a Sony model at CES several years ago selling for $20,000. Today you can get a UST projector with 4K HDR resolution and a laser-light engine rated for a 20,000-hour lifespan that is capable of producing 2500+ lumens for under $2500!

4 mins

New World Mix

Producer/engineer Richard Chycki shares the spatially motivated secrets behind his Dolby Atmos mix of Rush's sonically transitional 1982 album, Signals.

3 mins

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