Emotiva LXR-11 and LXP-16 Include the Full Dirac Live Suite
The $5,999 receiver and $4,799 processor pair 9.4.6-channel processing and four independent subwoofer outputs with Dirac Live Bass Control and ART—without a post-purchase software bill.
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Sean Olive’s Next Act Is Hear3D, a Spatial-Audio Startup for OEMs
Sean Olive and Todd Welti have joined a new Hong Kong spatial-audio venture selling algorithms, integration and validation to manufacturers. The team is formidable, while public proof remains scarce.
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Monitor Audio Silver 8G Lands With Seven New Speakers Including One Very Serious Stand-Mount
Monitor Audio’s eighth-generation Silver range arrives in September with seven new speakers. Most U.S. prices hold steady, while the Silver 100 becomes a serious three-way stand-mount.
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Marantz CINEMA Series 2 Adds New DACs, Dirac Support and Smarter Dolby Atmos
Marantz refreshes the CINEMA 50, CINEMA 60 and slimline CINEMA 70s with upgraded DACs, modern gaming and diagnostic tools, wider Dirac Live compatibility and several flagship-only home-theater features. The channel counts stay put, while U.S. prices rise by $200.
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Klipsch Reference Premiere III Debuts With a Wider Sweet Spot and Leaner Lineup
Klipsch’s nine-model Reference Premiere III range adds a flush-mounted BMC Tractrix horn, knife-edge cabinets, metal outriggers and a more focused path from two-channel stereo to Dolby Atmos home theater. Here is what changed—and how the line got here.
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KEF LS LUXE: Wireless Hi-Fi Has Run Out of Excuses
Lossless streaming and modern network audio can deliver the whole recording without a sonic haircut. KEF’s $4,000 active speaker system puts the burden where it belongs: on the speaker.
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SVS Teaches the 3000 Micro R|Evolution to Read the Room
SVS app version 1.3.106 brings free Auto EQ room correction to the compact 3000 Micro R|Evolution—using a phone, a few measurements, and no new hardware.
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Apple Music Costs More. Sonos Rediscovers Tabs.
Apple Music now costs $11.99 a month, while Sonos is reintroducing the navigation tabs it removed in 2024. One raises the bill; the other lowers the friction.
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QUAD ELEGAN 1 and 2: Kevlar Drivers, Real Walnut, and Prices That Stay Sane
QUAD’s $995 ELEGAN 1 and $1,995 ELEGAN 2 revive the woven-Kevlar logic of the early-2000s L Series with waveguides, Linkwitz-Riley crossovers, and sensible passive-speaker engineering.
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Arendal Sound 1610 Bookshelf 8 Review: The Superpower Is Invisibility
The Arendal Sound 1610 Bookshelf 8 is a large Norwegian three-way stand-mount whose coherence, stable imaging, and subwoofer-defying bass made it disappear into the room. Measurements reveal how sealed operation, room gain, and ARC Genesis shaped the result.
