With the plethora of CD and DVD formats out there, it can be confusing figuring out what will work with what. Standards can help define specifications for a particular format, but often do little to guarantee compatibility between them.
<B>The Sessions: Wes Phillips</B>
With the single-ended triode resurgence of recent years causing much debate about tubes vs. transistors, what has been your experience?
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From the Show:
Audiophiles with budget restrictions (most of us, I imagine) could be forgiven for feeling we're afterthoughts to most manufacturers. Even though we probably keep many companies in business by buying their "entry-" or mid-level products, we're always hearing about products designed "without compromise." <I>Waiter, could you bring the reality check, please?</I>
On Wednesday evening, June 10, <A HREF="http://www.avacademy.com">The Academy Advancing High Performance Audio & Video</A> held its 1998 Golden Note Awards at the Marina Del Rey Ritz-Carlton. Following an address by John Hoskins of the Advantage Performance Group, a sales consulting firm, the amiable awards ceremony was MC'd by Paradigm's own stand-up comedian, Rob Sample. AAHPAV's ceaselessly energetic Chairperson Sue Regan assisted in the presentations, as did Academy President Joe Picirilli. And the hard-working winners (drum roll, please) are . . .
With the proposed DVD-Audio format comes the opportunity for multiple channels of high-quality sound. But would you even consider adding more speakers to your two-channel system?
Hundreds of manufacturers will be demonstrating state-of-the-art audio products at <A HREF="http://www.hifishow.com">HI-FI '98</A>---some of which have never before been seen by the public. Here is the last installment of announcements:
Both <A HREF="http://www.sonicfrontiers.com/">Sonic Frontiers Inc.</A> and The Lenbrook Group of Ontario, Canada stated June 5th that they will not be proceeding with a deal announced <A HREF="http://www.stereophile.com/news/10129/">earlier</A>.