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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 ...

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 ...

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 ...