Peavey Electronics Licenses Digital Harmony Pro, Opening Door for 1394-Based Pro Systems

Peavey Electronics Licenses Digital Harmony Pro, Opening Door for 1394-Based Pro Systems

Last week, <A HREF="http://www.peavey.com">Peavey Electronics</A> and <A HREF="http://www.digitalharmony.com">Digital Harmony</A> announced a licensing agreement that they say aims to revolutionize audio production, music publishing, and distribution. By licensing Digital Harmony Pro technology, Peavey says it plans to create the pro-audio industry's first non-proprietary 1394-equipped digital audio products and systems.

Marantz Goes Virtual

Marantz Goes Virtual

One of the challenges facing audio equipment manufacturers as we enter the Internet age is how to handle online retailing of products to consumers. A manufacturer that has so far shunned mail-order in favor of bricks-and-mortar retailing runs the risk of alienating its established distribution base by jumping online ("mail order with a web address"), where traditional territorial sales boundaries are often rendered meaningless.

MP3 Portable Deluge Coming Soon

MP3 Portable Deluge Coming Soon

MP3 players are going to hit the market in waves this fall, and manufacturers will be trying hard to make their products stand out from the pack. Several companies are bringing out combi MP3/CD portables, including consumer-electronics newcomer <A HREF="http://www.pineusa.com/">Pine Technology USA</A>, of Fremont, California. Pine has long experience in the manufacture of motherboards, modems, and other computer components. The company is now shipping its $189 D'Music SM-320V MP3 portable. Its $219 model SM-320 includes an FM tuner. Both players have 32Mb of embedded solid-state memory and will accept a 32Mb SmartMedia card. Pine's players operate on two AAA batteries, and can double as voice recorders with up to 4.5 hours of recording capacity. Retailers include Fry's Electronics and Office Depot.

New TDK CD-RW Drive Promises High-Speed Audio Copies

New TDK CD-RW Drive Promises High-Speed Audio Copies

How would you like to make a full 650Mb compilation CD of your favorite music in less than 10 minutes? That's what <A HREF="http://www.tdk.com/">TDK</A&gt; is promising with its new veloCD ReWriter drive, to be shipped to dealers later this fall.

Added to the Archives This Week

Added to the Archives This Week

In his review of the <A HREF="http://www.stereophile.com//amplificationreviews/152/">VTL MB750 monoblock power amplifier</A>, Brian Damkroger asks: "How much power do you really need? What does it do for you, anyway?" His answer may surprise you. Also added to the Archives this week is Damkroger's in-depth history lesson and interview with the man behind the company, "<A HREF="http://www.stereophile.com//interviews/153/">Making Tubes User-Friendly: Luke Manley of VTL</A>."

Linn Klimax 500 Solo monoblock power amplifier Measurements part 3

Linn Klimax 500 Solo monoblock power amplifier Measurements part 3

Recently I found myself on the phone with Linn's chief design engineer, Bill Miller, talking about switch-mode power supplies. Affable Mr. Miller was ensconced in Linn HQ in Glasgow, Scotland. After a bit I inquired if Head Man Ivor Tiefenbrun was about the manse, and was quickly handed over. "You're such a cheeky guy. Why'd you call it the Klimax?"

Linn
Floors Road
Waterfoot, Glasgow G76 0EP
Scotland, UK
(888) 671-LINN (US only)
www.Linninc.com

Linn Klimax 500 Solo monoblock power amplifier Measurements part 2

Linn Klimax 500 Solo monoblock power amplifier Measurements part 2

Recently I found myself on the phone with Linn's chief design engineer, Bill Miller, talking about switch-mode power supplies. Affable Mr. Miller was ensconced in Linn HQ in Glasgow, Scotland. After a bit I inquired if Head Man Ivor Tiefenbrun was about the manse, and was quickly handed over. "You're such a cheeky guy. Why'd you call it the Klimax?"

Linn
Floors Road
Waterfoot, Glasgow G76 0EP
Scotland, UK
(888) 671-LINN (US only)
www.Linninc.com

Linn Klimax 500 Solo monoblock power amplifier Measurements

Linn Klimax 500 Solo monoblock power amplifier Measurements

Recently I found myself on the phone with Linn's chief design engineer, Bill Miller, talking about switch-mode power supplies. Affable Mr. Miller was ensconced in Linn HQ in Glasgow, Scotland. After a bit I inquired if Head Man Ivor Tiefenbrun was about the manse, and was quickly handed over. "You're such a cheeky guy. Why'd you call it the Klimax?"

Linn
Floors Road
Waterfoot, Glasgow G76 0EP
Scotland, UK
(888) 671-LINN (US only)
www.Linninc.com

Linn Klimax 500 Solo monoblock power amplifier Associated Equipment

Linn Klimax 500 Solo monoblock power amplifier Associated Equipment

Recently I found myself on the phone with Linn's chief design engineer, Bill Miller, talking about switch-mode power supplies. Affable Mr. Miller was ensconced in Linn HQ in Glasgow, Scotland. After a bit I inquired if Head Man Ivor Tiefenbrun was about the manse, and was quickly handed over. "You're such a cheeky guy. Why'd you call it the Klimax?"

Linn
Floors Road
Waterfoot, Glasgow G76 0EP
Scotland, UK
(888) 671-LINN (US only)
www.Linninc.com
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