Sound & Vision

IT’S AUGUST, and things sure are heating up in the AV world. No news sparked as much discussion as the announcement of Apple’s forthcoming Vision Pro mixed reality headset, which promises to do many cool things but was met with some skepticism from t

PART 2–A NON-OBIT The announcement by Netflix that it would stop mailing out DVDs changed my behavior. I now regularly race to a street mailbox before its 9am pickup to return a disc I received the previous day. The sooner the company gets it back, t

Classical music has a problem. A tiny company, and the world’s largest technology company, both think they have the answer. They are strapping on their powdered wigs and stepping onto the podium. May the best baton win. If you want to listen to Adele

When you think of “entertaining” with your AV system, chances are the first thing that comes to mind is your home theater or media room. And while having friends over for dinner and a movie is a great use of your system, it’s really just the tip of t

After scoring big last year with his stellar Atmos mix of The Beatles’ seminal August 1966 album Revolver, producer Giles Martin was more recently tasked with giving the Atmos treatment to The Beach Boys’ benchmark May 1966 release, Pet Sounds, which

Move over Sonos One—there’s a new kid on the block and its time has come. The Era 100 is one of two new products from Sonos, the other being the larger, pricier Era 300. The Era 100 boasts an array of features that address many complaints from earlie

I RECENTLY upgraded from traditional box speakers to in-wall speakers after delving into the world of in-walls with my recent review of the SVS 3000 In-Wall Subwoofer, which I installed in my den. My wife never liked the aesthetics of the entertainme

MARTINLOGAN, you know the name. They’ve been around since 1983 so pretty much everyone has heard of them. Renowned for its statement electrostatic speakers, the company also offers a full line of traditional cabinet speakers, subwoofers, wireless sys

Q Dear S&V team, I hope you are well. First of all, thank you for the quality of your reviews and articles, I live in France and I read your website at least twice a week. I am writing to you as I have a follow up question to a previous question of o

BACK IN 2020 I reviewed the then-new Sonos Arc soundbar for Sound & Vision, and it never left my family room. It’s been swapped out multiple times while I reviewed other Atmos-compliant soundbars, and some of these were mighty impressive. But none co

THE SONOS Era 300 is the latest in a new generation of Atmos-compliant ‘spatial audio’ speakers that bring a more immersive listening experience without the hardware and installation grief inherent with discrete surround systems. At $449 (in black or

THE 1961 system from Arendal is one of the company’s three speaker series, the other two being the 1723 and 1723 S. 1961 is more compact and more affordable, but is otherwise consistent with Arendal’s design philosophy and aesthetics. This isn’t what

BEAR WAS NOT HAPPY. As the 1970s began to unfurl, live engineer Owsley “Bear” Stanley was increasingly frustrated with the quality of the live sound he was in charge of mixing night after night for San Francisco’s multi-genre jam stalwarts the Gratef

ROB HAHN is an American film director of photography and a name you should be familiar with if you love movies. He worked as cinematographer for acclaimed director Frank Oz on The Stepford Wives, The Score, and In & Out. Working as a camera operator

FOR AT least two decades now, designers have been managing to deliver more and more features, power, and audio/video finesse, for fewer and fewer dollars—or at least, no more—with every passing model year. Denon’s latest lineup ably illustrates the t

A Are we officially in the post-originality era of film? Is everything now based on, inspired by or an homage to something else? When Avatar premiered in 2009, critics sussed it as a sci-fi riff on Dances with Wolves, an observation which writer/dire

THE SAMSUNG OLED G95SC is a genuine “world’s first” for a gaming monitor with its 240 Hz, 49-inch QD-OLED screen. Its ultra-thin profile and light weight, despite its epic dimensions, make it surprisingly easy to assemble and adjust. The $2,200 MSRP

JOHN WICK: CHAPTER 4 is the latest installment in the popular action film series starring Keanu Reeves in the titular role. This story picks up with John on his way to uncovering a path to finally defeat The High Table, to whom he is beholden for his

THE SUPER MARIO BROS. MOVIE is based on the popular ‘90s video game series and tells the story of a pair of Brooklyn plumbers who also happen to be brothers: brave Mario and the more reserved Luigi. When we meet them, Mario and Luigi are trying to fi

SOME SPORTS movies are simply about baseball, boxing, hockey or whatever, while others manage to be about something else, and maybe even something more. Such is the case with The Longest Yard, which adds layer upon layer of subtext to the game of foo

WHILE SOME marvel at Showgirls’ “density of failure” and the poor decision-making that led to a none-too-shabby eight Razzie Awards, others see deeper meaning and mythic overtones (which may or may not actually be present), even viewing it as a moder

FUNNY HOW some movies debut to great negativity; either due to controversy or harsh criticism, possibly both; and yet possess that certain something that enables them to transcend over time. Water world is a fine example, plagued by countless product

TIME BANDITS is a time traveling adventure set in an off-kilter world that is director Terry Gilliam’s signature. A frenetic story that skips through various vignettes, it follows a young boy drawn into a journey with a group of renegade dwarves who

TO GENERATIONS of fans the world over, Christopher Reeve simply was Superman. His look, his manner, his commitment to the dual role of lovable oaf Clark Kent of Smallville and Kal-El of Krypton defined the character and set the bar, perhaps impossibl