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SPATIAL AUDIO RELATIONS S&V’s Mike Mettler and Al Griffin put Apple Music’s new Atmos music offerings to the test. Do they stand up to the surround sound mixes previously available on Blu-ray and other disc formats? More important, can streaming be the future of multichannel music? MEDIA ROOM INSIDER: SENECA CINEMA An IT Pro outfits his New Jersey Pine Barrens home with a DIY theater, proving not only that you can design and build an A/V utopia yourself, but you can do it on the cheap.
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A Victrola for Your Sonos
If you've wandered by Victrola turntables on the shelves in Walmart, Bed Bath & Beyond, or Crate & Barrel, you wouldn't set high expectations for the sound quality of those suitcase record players.
JOHN COUGAR MELLENCAMP SCARECROW SUPER DELUXE EDITION BOX SET
John Mellencamp was making waves. Saddled with the stage name \"John Cougar\" when he came onto the scene in the late1970s, once he began climbing the singles and sales charts, he asserted his artistic identity much more forcefully by crediting his hit October 1983 LP Uh-Huh to John Cougar Mellencamp.
Maximum Musical Pleasure
AS LONGTIME readers of Sound & Vision know, I have a passion for bass. Some might say I need to seek professional help in this regard-well, at least that's what my wife tells me! I've reviewed products for nearly 20 years and had dozens of subwoofers in and out of my theater during that time, and I am generally easy to please.
Luxurious Listening
BOWERS & WILKINS PX8 WIRELESS ANC HEADPHONES
Working with a custom installer
After encountering the same issues repeatedly when working with customers at my CI firm, I thought a series of columns on working with an installer might help. While this is written through the lens of working on A/V projects, many tips are applicable when hiring any trade to work in your home. And I can guarantee that following these suggestions will make the project-and your relationship with the installation team-go smoother for everyone.
The Full Moon Atmos Breakdown
Ryan Ulyate discusses mixing Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers' November 1993 Greatest Hits album in Atmos, and why sourcing the original stems made everything feel much more immersive.
Dig that Japanese Vinyl, Baby!
As Marshall McLuhan famously noted, \"The medium is the message.\" I don't know if Mr. McLuhan was an audio/video enthusiast, but that pronouncement, I think, perfectly describes a peculiar affliction that is all too common among us enthusiasts. Perhaps, just maybe, he was talking about you.
Samsung QN100B 4K Neo QLED TV
Bigger & Brighter is Better
Masterly Multichannel
WITH THE advent of features such as room correction, object-oriented surround, and networked/wireless streaming (to name but three), AV receivers have become more elaborate than ever.
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.