Meet the new boss: Tannoy has announced the promotion of sales and marketing director Andrzej Sosna to managing director of the Scotland-based loudspeaker manufacturer. The company's former managing director, Anders Fauerskov, will now assume the title of CEO of Tannoy's parent, TC Group, which bought the TGI group of companies, including Tannoy, in 2002. Sosna, in his role of product development director, has been called "the driving force behind Tannoy’s recent product successes."TI gets a Pass: Pass Labs announced April 10 that it has sold a non-exclusive license to US patent #5,376,899 to Texas Instruments. That's the amplifier topology Pass markets as "SuperSymmetry" and which produces high performance with balanced symmetric feedback and minimal gain stages.Pass has marketed SuperSymmetry amplifiers since the 1998 introduction of the X-1000, a 100Wpc amplifier that employed only two gain stages: differential input transistors driving complementary power output transistors.
"The beauty of the design lies in the combination of power and simplicity," said Nelson Pass. "We believe that the highest quality sound is achieved with a simple gain path."Asked what TI wanted to do with the technology, Pass took a pass, commenting, "There's not a hell of a lot more information I can impart, as I cannot speak for TI's plans." In other words, stay tuned—TI might have some very interesting announcements coming down the pike.Are you experienced? Hifi House is opening a national showcase for home electronics and custom design in Wilmington, Delaware on April 26. Called the Home Entertainment Experience, it will feature what the company called "the world's most advanced home entertainment technology," including a complete store Crestron smart home system that controls over 30 video feeds, two sophisticated high-end custom theaters, an audio listening room with Krell's top-of-the-line Evolution Series sound system, and the world's largest LCD television (a 65" Sharp). Also included will be a one-of-a-kind Seura television/mirror, which resembles a decorative framed mirror until the television is turned on, at which time it becomes a flat-screen LCD television.
"No detail has been overlooked in creating this new experience, " said Jon Robbins, chief operating officer of Hifi House. "Even the $50,000 cork floors were chosen specifically for their acoustic enhancement."Industry luminaries also sing the Home Entertainment Experience's praises. "Hifi House has built the world's most perfect venue to showcase the world's most precise home audio system," said Dan D'Agostino, Krell's CEO. "Jon Robbins and Ken Adelberg have broken new boundaries in the industry by creating an environment that educates, excites, and prepares consumers for all that's possible in the future of home entertainment," said Noel Lee, CEO of Monster Cable. The Home Entertainment Experience also features two projection video systems—Sony's Qualia projector and Sharp's most advanced model—in addition to a $20,000 hard-drive–based DVD management system that can store 400 movies.
For more information about the Home Entertainment Experience, contact: Kathryn O'Connor, Gregory FCA, 27 West Athens Ave., Ardmore, PA 19003. Tel: (610) 642-8253. Email: Kathrhyn@GregoryFCA.com.
