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First DVD-Audio Single to be Released Soon
Barry Willis  |  May 10, 1998  |  0 comments
The worldÆs first DVD-Audio single will soon be out from the rock group Full on the Mouth. "People Mover" is a track from the groupÆs forthcoming album, Collide. "We felt a 5.1 surround-sound mix would be a great medium to showcase the capabilities and technology of DVD and the electronic elements of Full on the Mouth,'' said Charlie Lico, chief executive officer of the bandÆs label, Pioneer Music Group, which is a subsidiary of Pioneer Electronic Corporation.
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New Distribution for AES Standards
Stereophile Staff  |  May 10, 1998  |  0 comments
On May 5, Global Engineering Documents (Global) signed an exclusive worldwide agreement with the Audio Engineering Society (AES) to reproduce, market, distribute, and sell AES industry standards worldwide.
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HI-FI '98 Product Previews
Stereophile Staff  |  May 10, 1998  |  0 comments
Several manufacturers will be demonstrating state-of-the-art audio products at HI-FI '98---some of which have never been seen by the public before.
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Ailing Carver Gets Transfusion, Will Try Direct Sales
Barry Willis  |  May 10, 1998  |  0 comments
On Tuesday, May 5, beleaguered Carver announced that it had received a financial transfusion of almost $400,000 and that it would make a move into direct marketing in an attempt to bolster flagging sales. The Woodinville, Washingon-based company announced in a press release that it "had closed a sale of 3,000,000 shares of restricted Common Stock of the Company to one of its preferred shareholders, Renwick Special Situations Fund, L.P., for $375,000, or $0.125 per share."
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CDnow Tops Chart, Expands into Europe
Barry Willis  |  May 03, 1998  |  0 comments
The numbers are up for CDnow. The world's largest online music retailer reported April 30 that its first-quarter sales increased 288% over the same period in 1997. The company took in $10 million in revenue through the period ending March 31, an increase of 26.4% over the previous quarter, in which revenue totaled $7.9 million.
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Audio News Briefs: Niles and Carver
Stereophile Staff  |  May 03, 1998  |  0 comments
On May 1, Niles Audio Corporation, Inc., manufacturer of audio/video custom installation components, announced that it had "successfully defended its indoor/outdoor speaker line against would-be imitators."
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. . . While I Kiss the Sky. Rare Jimi Hendrix Audio Tapes Surface
Jon Iverson  |  May 03, 1998  |  0 comments
The Experience Music Project (EMP), a 130,000-square-foot interactive music museum opening in Seattle in 1999, announced on April 30 that it has acquired 19 recently discovered audio tapes of rare Jimi Hendrix recordings from 1969 and 1970.
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Three Days of Equipment, Music, and Advice Only Weeks Away
Stereophile Staff  |  May 03, 1998  |  0 comments
Just about a month away, HI-FI '98, The Home Theater & Specialty Audio Show, will interest thousands of audio enthusiasts when it visits The Westin Los Angeles Airport Hotel in Los Angeles, California from Wednesday, June 10 to Sunday, June 14, 1998.
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MyCD Latest Entry in Custom-disc Biz
Barry Willis  |  May 03, 1998  |  0 comments
Remember when you weren't too busy to make your own cassette tapes to play in the car? How you could link one song to the next by genre or theme or beat or musical key? Remember how much more satisfying it was to listen to those tapes than it was to listen to the radio? No commercials, no announcers, no filler---and you liked every tune.
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Yamaha, Liquid Audio Endorse New RealPlayer G2
Barry Willis  |  May 02, 1998  |  0 comments
The next generation of streaming media technology was unveiled last week at RealNetworks' Conference '98 in Burlingame, California. The star of the show? "Bandwidth-friendly" RealPlayer G2, which promises to make noisy audio and glitchy video a part of the Web's past.
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Online Database Aids Music Search
Barry Willis  |  Apr 26, 1998  |  0 comments
Questions for music lovers: 1) Have you been racking your brain trying to remember who recorded Ruby Vroom? 2) Do you know how many Tim Hardin recordings are available on CD? 3) Which album featured Head East's "Never Been Any Reason," considered by some connoisseurs the greatest rock song ever?
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Music Playback via PC is Increasing
Stereophile Staff  |  Apr 26, 1998  |  0 comments
Is it merely the tip of the iceberg, or a temporary diversion? Hard to say just yet, but a recent report from the Consumer Electronics Manufacturers Association (CEMA) suggests that increasing numbers of folks are using their PCs in place of, or in addition to, regular audio systems.
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More Audio Statistics Indicate Growing Markets
Barry Willis  |  Apr 26, 1998  |  0 comments
Specialty audio manufacturers did better than expected in 1997, with factory sales as high as $1.4 billion, as reported last week. More figures from the Consumer Electronics Manufacturers Association indicate that the High End's good fortune is part of a bigger trend.
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Music Business Targeted by California Assemblyman
Barry Willis  |  Apr 25, 1998  |  0 comments
Do offensive lyrics in pop music contribute to violent behavior and teen suicide? Some lawmakers believe so, and think public investment in the entertainment business is immoral.
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CEMA Sets First Audio Summit for May 29-31, 1998
Stereophile Staff  |  Apr 19, 1998  |  0 comments
Responding to continued softness in the audio market, the Consumer Electronics Manufacturers Association (CEMA) has finalized plans to hold its first annual Audio Industry Summit at the Westin Hotel O'Hare in Chicago, Illinois, May 29-31. CEMA audio company members will congregate in an effort to formulate strategies they believe will lead the category back to long-term prosperity and growth.
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