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This 1970s audio system sounds better than what you’re listening to today

I’ve sometimes wondered how today’s audiophile gear compares with its vintage counterparts. The best of today’s high-end audio is spectacular, but how much progress really has been made? To find out I tapped SkyFi Audio — it buys, tests and sells used audio, and I asked the folks there to put together a vintage high-end system. The 1970s seemed like the …

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The biggest 5G breakthrough may be this harmless, little plastic strip

5G is going to change your life. But first, it actually needs to get to you.  Though 5G networks are starting to go live, the deployments remain limited. That’s because many of the carriers, including Verizon and AT&T, are employing super high-frequency airwaves through something called millimeter wave spectrum, which offers a fat data pipe for insane speeds but has …

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