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Hands On with Yamaha’s large and in charge SRT-1000 sound platform

Yamaha's first entry into the sound bar genre offers a 136 watts of power, and proprietary Sound Projection technology for convincing virtual surround.
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A pair of headphones has raised more than $720K in five days — because cat ears

A pair of headphones from Axent Wear has raised nearly three-quarters of a million dollars on Indiegogo in five days, thanks to cat ears and LED lights.
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Bose kit is about to be pulled from the Apple Store (Updated)

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Bose and Beats put down the gloves, agree to settle patent lawsuit privately

While the two headphone brands continue to battle it out in the headlines, Bose and Apple's Beats agreed to settle their current patent dispute privately.
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The best noise cancellers in the biz get better with Bose’s new QC25

The QC25 are the first new noise canceling headphone from Bose in over five years. What makes these different? Much better sound quality.
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Colin Kaepernick fined $10K for wearing Beats headphones at NFL press conference

After signing an exclusive deal with Bose, the NFL fined QB Colin Kaepernick $10K for wearing Beats headphones to a press conference.
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Trickle-down tech gives SVS’ Prime series speakers, PC-2000 sub more boom for the buck

SVS has unveiled its second full home theater speaker line in the new more affordable Prime Series.
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This iPhone case plays the music you want to hear, the way your ears want to hear it

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Your next LG TV will sound sharper thanks to DTS-HD decoders in every LG product

LG and DTS have formed a worldwide strategic alliance that will see DTS' audio technology integrated into LG's complete line of home entertainment products.
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Denon joins the sound platform wars with new DHT-T110

Denon enters the crowded genre of sound platforms with its new DHT-T110.
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Digital? Nah. For Coves, the perfect sound is somewhere in a black drain pipe

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Samsung forecasts massive drop in profits

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Monster taps Best Buy to launch its Soundstage multi-room speakers [Update]

Monster has exclusively enlisted Best Buy to spearhead the initial U.S. launch for its SoundStage line of Qualcomm AllPlay-equipped wireless speakers.
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Beats, Bose battle over brand exposure on NFL broadcasts

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How 3D printing makes UE Pro’s bespoke in-ear monitors faster, smarter, better

UE Pro talks with us about how its new 3D printed in-ear monitors are an industry-changing development.
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Check out our hands-on video of the Yamaha YSP-2500 Sound Projector

Check out our hands-on video with Yamaha's latest sound projector, the feature-packed YSP-2500.
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Scientists ‘sonify’ Higgs boson data into gorgeous piece of chamber music

CERN posted a video with scientists and engineers performing music based on the sonification of data obtained during the 2010-2013 Large Hadron Collider run.
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Can Apple use its clout to break the $10 per month streaming service barrier?

Apple has initiated talks with major record labels to be able to sell its Beats Music streaming service for less than the $10-per-month industry standard.
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Thom Yorke’s album cruises past 1M downloads via BitTorrent’s new format [Update]

Thom Yorke's new solo album, "Tomorrow's Modern Boxes" will be the first album offered under BitTorrent's new paygate Bundles system, available now for $6.
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Shure debuts three new headphone models under $50, adds mic to its excellent SE112

Shure aims high by going low, adding three new models to its value tier for under $50, as well as incorporating a mic piece in its SE112 in-ear headphones.
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After pioneering synthpop with Depeche Mode, Vince Clarke just kept innovating

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Meet TreVolo: the first ever electrostatic Bluetooth speaker

BenQ's new TreVolo electrostatic Bluetooth speaker offers a chic aesthetic, and a promise of accuracy and precision above anything in its class.
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Sennheiser Urbanite on-ear review

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Up close and personal with Sol Republic’s water resistant Punk Bluetooth speaker

Take a spin with Sol Republic's latest Bluetooth speaker, the palm-sized, water resistant Punk.
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Sennheiser’s Urbanite headphones deliver big bass with style and finesse (hands on)

Sennheiser's Urbanite headphones do what no headphone before them has done so successfully: deliver huge bass without destroying the rest of the sound.
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Take a listen to the first ever concert using only 3D-printed instruments

The instruments were designed and printed by Olaf Diegel, a 3D-printing maestro and professor at Lund University in Sweden.
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Pink Floyd to release new-ish album ‘The Endless River’ Nov. 10

The album will be the 15th full-length recording released by the band since its first, 'The Piper at the Gates of Dawn,' was released almost 50 years ago.
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Billy Corgan on his 107-track Smashing Pumpkins reissue, and what’s ahead

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Sol Republic’s Punk promises powerful sound in the palm of your hand

The latest portable speaker from Sol Republic, the Punk, promises powerful sound in a pint-sized frame.
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Audiofly’s new AF180 will cost you, but the sound makes it all worthwhile

Australia's latest in-ear monitors are pretty pricey, but they offer a gorgeous, balanced sound, with all the accuracy you'll need.
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Marantz unveils its sexy new HD-DAC1 premium headphone amp

Marantz unloads another piece of premium gear with its new HD-DAC1 headphone amp.
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Leave your iPhone at home when you run; Apple Watch will play music without it

In an interview with Charlie Rose, Tim Cook revealed that the Apple Watch will play music over Bluetooth without the need for a tethered iPhone.
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Hate the free U2 album? Watch Team Coco’s hilarious take on the U2 backlash

Once you get the free new U2 album off your phone, is that enough? Team Coco shows how far Apple would have to go to make iTunes users happy.
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Apple, U2 collaborating on secretive new ‘digital music format’

U2 frontman and songwriter Bono revealed this week that he and his band are collaborating with Apple on "a new digital music format," according to Time.