| Today's Top Stories | | #1 | Making TVs Smart Part One: why most smart TVs still feel pretty dumb | | | by Janko Roettgers | | | Making TVs Smart is a three-part series that looks at why smart TVs have failed to take off — and what needs to happen for these devices to realize their vast potential. Look for parts two and three on Thursday and Friday. More»
Why This Matters: As we so often do in these pages, we point you to the gripes and developments in consumer products because they help define user expectations. With this in mind also check out AVAD's Samsung Smart-TV evolution kit. –Cynthia Wisehart |
| | #2 | Meyer Sound presents three technical papers on active acoustics | | | via AV Network | | | At the recent 21st International Congress on Acoustics (ICA) in Montreal, Meyer Sound led three technical paper presentations focusing on the latest advances and applications of active acoustics, a field that has garnered widespread interest amongst multipurpose venues and the acoustics community. More»
Why This Matters: The three papers are available for download including "Optimizing Acoustics for Spoken Word Using Active Acoustics", "Electronically Variable Room Acoustics—Motivations and Challenges", and a case study entitled "Active Acoustics and Sound Reinforcement at TUI Operettenhaus, Hamburg. –Cynthia Wisehart
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| | #3 | The new audio geeks | | | by Steven Kurutz, New York Times | | | In his bachelor days in the late '80s, Philip Elias lived in a town house in Pittsburgh wired for jaw-dropping sound. He owned a Bang & Olufsen Beocenter 9500 music system with three pairs of B&O Penta 3 tower speakers, each set up in a different room. Sometimes he would invite friends over and crack open a new album as if he were uncorking a great bottle of wine. More»
Why This Matters: This is just a fun New York Times feature story riffing (wishful thinking?) on the re-emergence of aspirational audio–people who think audio systems should be "furniture quality" in appearance, "like an Eames chair" and provide access to the pleasure of nuance in recordings of all kinds. Please let it be a trend. –Cynthia Wisehart |
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