Sound & Vision

Keep those discs coming. Streaming: nay and yea. Home Theater nostalgia. TV size matters.

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Please do not curtail your excellent reviews of 4K Blu-ray discs since they are one of the only reasons that I still subscribe to your print magazine. My subscripti­on goes way back to the Home Theater magazine days. Unfortunat­ely, I believe you have almost ruined the current mag with reviews of zillions of headphones and other similar equipment. While all that is okay, I suppose, there are thousands of new-to-hometheate­r folks who will never get the opportunit­y to learn about setting up gear, subwoofers, etc. The old Home Theater magazine provided articles on those subjects.

David K. Johnson / Florissant, CO

While we appreciate— and share—your enthusiasm for home theater-related content, times have changed since the heyday of magazines like Home Theater that focused exclusivel­y on that specific segment of the A/ V market. Stereo systems, fueled to a large degree by high-res streaming and the vinyl revival, have made a comeback (though many would argue that enthusiasm for stereo never went anywhere), with the audio industry seeing strong consumer interest in affordable gear for music- only playback. Part of that trend includes wireless all-in- one speakers and, yes, headphones, though it’s not at all true that Sound & Vision reviews “zillions” of those (if anything, we’ve recently scaled back our coverage of headphones). As for instructio­nal articles, please see our subwoofer setup primer on page 30.

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