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Today's Top Stories #1 What's the best phone for music?   By Christopher Minasians, Tech Advisor   Some people choose a phone for its camera; others for its performance. Here we find out which is the best phone for music, and round up the thirteen best sounding phones you can buy in 2016. More» Why This Matters: This is out of the UK, but quite a few of the 13 phones are available here. The review is pretty comprehensive, evaluating how each performed on mids, highs, and lows, and well as loudness evaluations. Not surprisingly Marshall's London phone came out on top, followed by the Galaxy S6 and HTC 10. -Cynthia Wisehart #2 The easiest way to revolutionize your computer's audio   By Vlad Savov, The Verge   Recent times have seen a revival in audio appreciation, especially among phone manufacturers who are starting to put sincere effort into crafting great portable audio players. But if you buy a pair of high-end headphones to listen to, say, your HTC 10, that poses an additional challenge: what's to be done about the PC or Mac you already own that doesn't sound as good? The answer isn't free, but it's worth every cent: you buy a USB sound card. More» Why This Matters: While we're on the subject of less-than-ideal audio vehicles, The Verge looks at two USB DACs. - Cynthia Wisehart #3 Review: Linksys EA9500 AC5400 Tri-band Wi-Fi with MU-MIMO router   By Dong Ngo, CNET   if you have $400 to burn, the Linksys EA9500 Max-Stream AC5400 Tri-Band MU-MIMO is one of the fastest consumer routers on the planet, rivaling the speed champions Asus RT-AC5300 and Netgear R8500. More» Why This Matters: There are two key technologies in this buzz-getting router. AC5400 tri-band is the latest version of 802.11ac Wi-Fi, a combo of one 2.4Ghz channel and two 5Ghz channels to produce 5334Mbs over the air. MU-MIMO means "Multi-user multiple-input and multiple output," which creates full-bandwidth MIMO connections with up to four users at once. Anyway, it sounds fast. –Cynthia Wisehart 4. Apple and Samsung supplier Foxconn replaces 60,000 human workers with robots (Andrew Dalton, Engadget) 5. Major Macbook revamp could replace function keys with OLED touch bar (Sam Byford, The Verge) 6. Matrox Graphics demonstrates high-density 4K and 8K AV over IP ecosystem at InfoComm 2016 (TheWire@SVConline) 7. Webcast on Demand: Can you make money on user interface for Pro AV? (Geoffrey Harrison, Sound & Video Contractor) 8. Intel's quad-core "Skull Canyon" NUC is a workstation for the size-obsessed (Andrew Cunningham, Ars Technica) 9. Dubai unveils world's first 3D-printed office building (via CNET) 10. From the Wire@SVConline: Chief Kontour mounts now available in white For more, see the WHY THIS MATTERS archive. Thanks, Cynthia For daily AV industry headlines see #SVCWIRE archive AV Jobs SYMCO Inc –Network AV Sales Engineer sought by leading Independent Rep Firm in the Mid-Atlantic & New England Region… » Find Us Online Facebook Twitter LinkedIn RebelMouse Was this copy of Pro AV Today forwarded to you? Start your own subscription by clicking here. Pro AV Today Editorial Team SOUND & VIDEO CONTRACTOR CYNTHIA WISEHART, Editor Phone: (212) 378-0400 x526 | Send Email DIGITAL SIGNAGE DAVID KEENE, Executive Editor Phone: (512) 480-9473 | Send Email RENTAL AND STAGING SYSTEMS DAVID KEENE, Executive Editor Phone: (512) 480-9473 | Send Email

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