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Sony’s noise

Audiophiliac readers might have noticed I don’t cover Bluetooth headphones, mostly because I feel the sound compromises, compared with similarly priced wired headphones, are too great. Sure, I’ve heard a few passable BT headphones, but the appeal of wireless audio is lost on me. So while the wireless headphone market is booming I haven’t been tempted to review a BT …

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How many speakers are in your home theater?

It’s starting to feel like the bulk of home-theater buyers have determined the optimum number of speakers is one: a single sound bar. The classic, five-speaker home-theater setup, with three front speakers — left, center, and right, plus two surround speakers, and a subwoofer — is fading fast. Yet most of the AV receivers on the market are 7.1-channel designs. …

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