Sound & Vision Magazine - February - March 2021

In this issue

NAD MASTERS SERIES M28 SEVEN-CHANNEL AMPLIFIER.

THE CONNECTED LIFE
Buy Once, Cry Once, Part 2: scrimp suggestions for systems.

Fractured Fairy Tales

Okay, children! Time for a bedtime story! Once upon a time, there was a little girl named Goldilocks. While walking through the forest, she came upon a quaint little village. In that village, there were three ways to watch movies.

3 mins

Qello Hooray

Qello seeks to corner the market on streaming concerts and music documentaries. Do they have enough diverse material in their coffers to satisfy our consumptive hunger for content?

4 mins

Home electronics – Buy Once, Cry Once

PART 2. In my previous column (Buy Once, Cry Once), I considered areas in your A/V budget where you should consider splurging when building a system. The categories I listed—projection screens, amplifiers, speakers—are ones that can provide years of enjoyment, but don’t see regular or major upgrades. I also covered categories like subwoofers that have a real impact on a system’s overall performance, and ones like pre-wiring that can strongly affect a system’s future serviceability.

4 mins

Wireless Speakers

Wireless Speakers

1 min

Subwoofers

Subwoofers

1 min

Headphones

Headphones

1 min

Extras

Extras

1 min

The World Of Raised By Wolves

A behind-the-scenes look at director Ridley’s Scott’s HBO Max sci-fi series

10+ mins

Supersized TV

Remember the rear-projection TV (RPTV)? RPTVs were big, boxy contraptions housing a projector that beamed an image at the rear of a screen mounted on the set’s front surface.

10+ mins

The Next Generation

The big car companies refresh their lineups on a pretty regular schedule. Honda, for example, brings out all-new versions of its models every four to five years, and it makes smaller upgrades and improvements in the years between the big changes.

9 mins

Class-D-elightful

Whether you fall into the “all well-designed amps sound the same when used within their limits” camp or the “amp selection is critical” army of true believers, it’s arguable that prior to the turn of the millennium amps designed for high-performance audio had fallen into a rut.

9 mins

New Bronze Age

BRITAIN-BASED Monitor Audio offers a wide range of loudspeakers at prices spanning from the bargain basement up to the penthouse that are cleverly named for a variety of metals: Platinum, Gold, Silver, Bronze.

10+ mins

The Sound of Silver

THERE ARE quite literally hundreds of small, two-way loudspeakers you can buy priced from under $100 to well north of $10,000 per pair.

6 mins

The Rolling Stones: Goats Head Soup Super Deluxe Edition

Show of hands, please—how many of you rate August 1973’s Goats Head Soup as your favorite Rolling Stones album? Anyone? No? Can’t say I blame you.

3 mins

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Sound & Vision Magazine Description:

Sound & Vision is a monthly magazine published by AVTech Media Americas Inc. It was first published in 1980 and is one of the most popular magazines for audiophiles and home theater enthusiasts.

The magazine reviews a wide range of audio and video equipment, including speakers, amplifiers, turntables, TVs, projectors, and Blu-ray players. It also publishes articles on a variety of other topics related to audio and video, such as listening room acoustics, recording techniques, and home theater design.

Sound & Vision is aimed at a wide audience of audiophiles and home theater enthusiasts, from casual listeners to serious enthusiasts. It is a popular resource for anyone who wants to learn more about audio and video equipment and how to get the best sound and picture possible.

Here are some of the things you can expect to find in Sound & Vision Magazine:

* Reviews of the latest audio and video equipment
* Articles on audio and video technology and techniques
* Interviews with audio engineers and filmmakers
* Features on audio and video history and culture
* Tips and advice on how to get the best sound and picture possible

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