Sennheiser Turns 60

Sennheiser Turns 60

Sep 12, 2005

Last June, Sennheiser, a multinational manufacturer of microphones, headphones, and wireless technology products, celebrated its 60th anniversary. The company was founded as Wennebostel Laboratories (Labor W) in 1945 by Dr. Fritz Sennheiser and seven other employees of the Institute for Radio Frequency Engineering and Electroacoustics at Hanover Technical University. At the time, as Dr. Sennheiser explained when I visited the company's Wennebostel facility 10 years ago, German radio engineers were prohibited by the occupying Allied forces from constructing communications equipment, so he and his crew needed to find something else they could do. In addition, supply shortages severely restricted the scope of what they might manufacture. Sennheiser determined that they could build test instruments such as millivolt meters from the parts they were able to recover from the Institute and the Allies. Seimens' Hanover branch bought the first samples and the startup company began to supply that firm with more and more complex products.

EFF's DRM Scorecard

EFF's DRM Scorecard

Sep 12, 2005

The Electronic Freedom Foundation (EFF) maintains a <A HREF="http://www.eff.org">website</A&gt; that we have found invaluable for keeping up with news about technological restrictions to information and fair use. Last week, we were directed to the EFF's new <A HREF="http://www.eff.org/IP/DRM/guide/">User's Guide to DRM in Online Music</A>, which we recommend to everyone still undecided about buying into one of the online providers.

I HATE Turntables !!!

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Submitted by Yiangos on

First,you have to find the music you want on vinyl.
Then,you have to keep the records in pristine condition.
Then,you have to go to the turnateble to change sides ( no remote control)
need i continue ?

Anyway,as i said,i hate turntable BUT can't live without one !

Actually i have 2 lol A kenwood(Trio)L-07D and a SME 20.2
Untill someone produces a format that will sound at least as-good-as-a- turntable,i'll stick with vinyl...unfortunately !

Please Keep Blind Test Discussions to Their Own Threads

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Submitted by Stephen Mejias on

The subject of blind testing is a hot one. We love the enthusiasm and passion the topic evokes, but let's keep discussions of blind testing to their own threads.

Any posting that demands proof for their opinions on sound quality, whether that proof be in the form of questions about blind testing or ABX testing, etc, is inappropriate and will be deleted. If anyone wishes to discuss blind tests then they are welcome to do so in specific threads about that subject.

New Rule: Please Keep Blind Test Discussions to Their Own Threads

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Submitted by John Atkinson on

Devilears wrote:
>One of the reasons I stopped bothering with RAO was the
>place was flooded with acrimonious posts on this topic...
>Relegating this topic to its own forum would permit those
>that so desire, to continue the endless debate, while the
>rest of us that really couldn't give a continental damn,
>would not have to wade through a gazillion posts.

Do blind audio tests settle any arguments about audio equipment? Or are they just a way to find out who has the best listening abilities?

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<I>Stereophile</I>'s Jon Iverson maintains that blind audio tests can only provide judgment on the listening acuity of those taking the test; not the relative merits of the equipment used in the process. But the subject is still a hot topic in our forums. What do you think?

Do you feel articles on DIY should be a part of Stereophile?

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Submitted by Kloss on

So many into DIY and the older mags back in the day used to run test on DIY kits .Why not now? Is it due to the fact that modern man cant do for themselfs? Or just no perceived interest. So many Kits and times are getting hard might be more folks willing to do some work to get better performance and save costs.I also feel that this would be good for Stereophile. There are many companies to get as advertisers and it might open up the mag to new folks.I have posted on this in the past on the asylum and I know theres a mag or 2 that does DIY.

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