Jazz World Mourns Joe Henderson
The jazz world mourns the passing of tenor saxophonist Joe Henderson, who died late Saturday June 30 in San Francisco. He was 64.
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Primedia To Acquire emap usa
On Monday, July 2, 2001, Primedia announced that it has agreed to acquire emap usa from Emap plc. This transaction, which will create the second largest magazine company in the United States, is currently under a customary regulatory review. It is expected to close during the third quarter of the calendar year.
Levinson Misattributed; New Cello Amp Due in Fall
Every month, we get dozens of press releases about new developments in the audio industry. Many of them, detailing minor changes in product design, company policy, or personnel, are less than newsworthy. A disturbing number are written in an odd variant of English—PR Speak—In Which Every Word Is Capitalized And Quotes Are Used "For Emphasis." Others clearly have been penned by folks not fully in command of the language: Many are thus improved features of great desire and will invite happiness to include in next model.
Jim Morrison Breaks on Through to Toyland
It may be true that baby-boomers yearn to relive their childhoods, but how many aging wanted-to-be rock stars and music lovers still like to play with dolls? McFarlane">http://www.spawn.com">McFarlane Toys, which made its mark creating and marketing Spawn merchandise, is hoping quite a few.
Profitless BMG May Lay Off Hundreds
A year without profits, a revolving door on the top floor, and potentially massive layoffs all spell trouble for BMG">http://www.bmg.com">BMG Entertainment.
Threshold Audio Announces New Amp, Preamp
Making good on a promise reportedhttp://www.stereophile.com/news/10923/">reported; back in December of last year, Threshold">http://www.threshold-audio.com">Threshold Audio has returned the Threshold brand to the market with a new stereo power amplifier.
Multi-Channel DSD On a Chip
Last week, Asahi">http://www.asahi-kasei.co.jp/akm/index.htm">Asahi Kasei Microsystems Semiconductor (AKM), which supplies audio ICs for professional and consumer products, announced its line of Direct Stream Digital (DSD) Digital-to-Analog converters capable of supporting both Super Audio CD (SACD) Direct-Stream Bigital and 24-bit/192kHz LPCM DVD-Audio formats.
Storms, Energy Crisis Threaten Electronics
Electronic equipment worth millions of dollars is damaged every year by lightning strikes and power outages caused by summer storms. These seasonal threats have been amplified by the possibility of rotating blackouts, as well as resulting recent policy changes by major utility companies.
Added to the Archives This Week
As John Atkinson puts it, Meridian usually does things "their way," putting amps and DACs inside of speakers in an all-out attempt at "re-creating the original soundfield, no matter how many speakers and channels it takes to do it right." But as Atkinson finds, the Meridian">http://www.stereophile.com//digitalsourcereviews/367/">Meridian 518 Digital Audio Processor might be the company's most perverse product: "The $1650 518 offers digital inputs and outputs only. It can digitally perform gain and source selection; it can change data with one digital word length to data with another; and it does all these things with 72-bit internal precision." So JA asks, "How does the 518 fit within a conventional high-end audio system?" Read along as he figures it all out.
B&W Redefines Its State of the Art
In 1991, British loudspeaker manufacturer B&Whttp://www.bwspeakers.com">B&W; celebrated its 25th birthday with the introduction of the John Bowers Silver Signature loudspeaker (see reviewhttp://www.stereophile.com//loudspeakerreviews/272/">review;). Not the largest or most expensive speaker on the company chart, the John Bowers Silver Signature, named after the company's late founder, still prompted John Atkinson to write that its performance was the best he'd heard for its modest size in his listening room.