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Many small businesses that are open to the public may want to play music to entertain their customers and employees. A business owner with a large collection of digital music can stream their iTunes ...

New seven-channel receivers from JVC include the company’s first with wired and wireless connections to a PC and the company’s first with HD-upscaling HDMI output. All feature digital amplification to ...

The Sonos Port can be hooked up to your receiver and will turn your stereo into full-fledged wireless Sonos streaming system. Like the Connect, the Port is a wireless streamer with a built-in DAC. It ...

Spotify’s new Connect service was launched this week and audio device makers used the IFA electronics show to launch the first wave of products that tie into it. I tried it out with the Yamaha RX-A830 ...

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