Daniel Kumin News Today

Will you be giving the gift of AV this holiday season? Of course, you will — you read Sound & Vision! In addition to fielding alerts about holiday specials, we’ve been keeping an eye out for deals. Here’s the latest round… Get 40% Off the Popular Dragonfly Cobalt Portable DAC AudioQuest has announced a killer holiday deal on its popular DragonFly Cobalt USB DAC.

Spring has been kind to us. We’ve had the opportunity to evaluate and recommend a number of interesting products in recent weeks. Among them, a streaming speaker guaranteed to rock your house, luxury headphones from an iconic high-end brand known for its top-shelf electronics, two terrific TVs — one OLED, one mini-LED — a “spatial audio” speaker you can balance in the palm of your hand, and more.

If there is one dominant trend in 2023, it is the remarkable increase in brightness of TVs. Whether it’s OLED or mini-LED FALD (full-array local dimming) LCDs, the luminance improvements are substantial.

With component shortages and shipping delays largely behind us, the first three months of 2023 have produced a robust crop new home entertainment gear. Looking back over the period we find a dozen Top Picks worthy of consideration, whether you’re updating a long-cherished sound system or assembling your first hi-fi or surround setup.