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AXPONA Show Coverage of Hi-Fi Loudspeakers Our AXPONA 2016-2017 show coverage includes some of the latest in hi-fi speaker systems focusing on the truly stand out designs that may not have as much mainstream appeal but excel in sound quality.

Virtual Reality Home Theater: Whole Lotta Hype - For Now It’s still early days for VR, and 2016 can be seen as the market’s year zero. A wide variety of VR headsets went on sale last year after much hype, speculation and capital investment. But what's next?

Trump Rolls Back Online Privacy in Regulatory Shell Game President Donald Trump just signed a repeal for an FCC privacy regulation designed to protect consumers from Internet providers selling their data. Find out what this means to you the consumer.

Denon/Marantz Audyssey MultEQ Editor App Allows Full Customization of Sound Denon and Marantz have launched a new Audyssey MultEQ Editor app, giving home theater enthusiasts full control to refine and customize the set-up of their systems for even better surround sound.

Wikileaks: The CIA is Spying on All Your Electronics - And it's Getting Weird The latest round of Wikileaks is called Year Zero and includes over 8,000 pages of details about how the CIA is spying on just about anything with an Internet connection. Are you being watched?

ATSC 3.0: Cord Cutter’s Dream or Tiered Internet Nightmare? The FCC has approved the deployment of an innovation in digital broadcast television that could change everything you thought you knew about network TV and wireless. Get the facts about ATSC 3.0 here.

Sound United Acquires D&M Group (Denon,Marantz, Boston) Sound United announced it has completed the acquisition of the D+M Group, owner of the Denon, HEOS by Denon, Marantz, and Boston Acoustics brands. What does this mean for the future of the brands?

Control4 Acquires Triad Speakers Control4 Corporation, a leading global provider of smart home solutions, today announced the acquisition of Triad Speakers. What direction will this take the speaker company? Read on to find out.

Is Your TV Watching You? Vizio Busted for Spying on Customers On Feb 6th, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced that Vizio must pay out a settlement of $2.2 million for selling data collected on some 11-million consumers using the company’s smart TVs.

Super Bowl LI: Fox Sports Wins With a Cord Cutting Touchdown! Internet streaming is the preferred way of watching Super Bowl LI for those eschewed by outrageous monthly cable bills and haven’t bothered to hoist an antenna onto our roofs. We discuss how.