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Independent Jazz Gets a Shot in the Arm

Jon Iverson First Published: Jan 02, 2000

It's been a tough year for some of the audiophile record labels, as witnessed by the demise in late November of Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab (see previous">http://www.stereophile.com/news/10614/">previous story). The shock of MoFi's sudden departure even prompted Kimber Kable's Ray Kimber to fire off an e-mail to everyone within virtual reading range, urging them to buy a few audiophile CDs and LPs right now, before it's too late.

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Threshold Service to Debut Soon

Barry Willis First Published: Jan 02, 2000

Owners of Threshold electronics will soon have an expert service organization available for their amplifiers and preamps. Threshold Corporation national sales manager Chris">mailto:CE@thresholdservice.com">Chris English reports that he has assumed the presidency of a new company to be devoted solely to servicing Threshold equipment. Based in Texas, Threshold Service Company will employ factory-trained technicians and engineers, and will offer warranties on all their work.

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Denon and Onkyo Sign with Digital Harmony

Stereophile Staff First Published: Dec 26, 1999

FireWire's prospects got a little hotter last week, as equipment manufacturers Denon">http://www.denon.com">Denon Electronics and Onkyohttp://www.onkyous.com">Onkyo; announced new license agreements with Digital">http://www.digitalharmony.com">Digital Harmony Technologies. The companies say that they have selected Digital Harmony to add standards-based IEEE-1394 (aka FireWire or iLink) interfaces to their product lines, and both companies expect to release Digital Harmony-powered products in 2000, each certified for compatibility with a number of 1394-based products made by other Digital Harmony partners in the US and Europe.

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Canada Decides to Tax Blank Media

Jon Iverson First Published: Dec 26, 1999

In a move that is sure to enrage users of blank digital media, Canada's Copyright">http://www.cb-cda.gc.ca/">Copyright Board has finalized plans to add a levy of 5.2 Canadian cents on CD-Rs and CD-RWs, 23.3 cents on audio cassettes over 40 minutes in length, and 60.8 cents on MiniDiscs and recordable audio CDs. In a market in which blank CD-Rs used for computer backup typically cost less than C$1 each, this represents an increase of at least 5% per disc. Interestingly, DAT tapes are excluded from the tax, as they are not seen as a threat to the music business.

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Pioneer to Ignore Copy-Protection Issue, Will Launch DVD-A

Barry Willis First Published: Dec 26, 1999

Despite the recent defeat of DVD-Audio's copy-protection scheme (see previous">http://www.stereophile.com/news/10620/">previous story), Pioneer Electronics has decided to move forward with its plan to release two models of its high-resolution players in Japan. The announcement was made December 14 by company executives in Tokyo, who said that delaying the format's launch at this late stage could do irreparable damage to its acceptance by music fans. Super Audio Compact Disc, a competing format developed by the Sony/Philips alliance, is already beginning to win converts.

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Nova Audio's CES Display to Offer Rare Glimpse at Mastering Gear

Barry Willis First Published: Dec 19, 1999

Almost beaten to death in the past couple of years by salesfolk, pundits, and journalists, "convergence" has been applied to the coming-together of audio and video, analog and digital, hardware and software, information and entertainment, and Democrats and Republicans. Among all these merging trends, the audiophile community rarely hears about the convergence of pro audio with the High End.

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Added to the Archives This Week

Stereophile Staff First Published: Dec 19, 1999

A common question in the audio newsgroups these days is, "Have you tried the new PS Audio Power Plant, and what did you think?" Stereophile's Robert Deutsch takes a seasoned look at the new product in his review of the PS">http://www.stereophile.com//accessoryreviews/181/">PS Audio P300 Power Plant. Does it live up to all of the hype, and is it true that the P300 is "audaciously original in concept, yet makes so much sense that you wonder why no one ever thought of it before?" Mr. Deutsch explains.

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