When I reviewed <A HREF="http://www.stereophile.com/loudspeakerreviews/404infinity">Infinity's Primus 150</A> loudspeaker in the April 2004 <I>Stereophile</I>, I was very impressed with its overall performance. To this day, I continue to be amazed at the level of realism this $198/pair loudspeaker can reproduce, and I've kept the review pair to serve as a benchmark for an entry-level audiophile speaker. When I'd completed that review, my first thought was: <I>Now&mdash;what can Infinity do within the affordable Primus series for more money?</I> So I requested a review sample of the Primus series' flagship, the three-way Primus 360 floorstanding speaker. After all, how could I resist listening to a speaker that claims 38Hz bass extension for only $658/pair?

When I reviewed <A HREF="http://www.stereophile.com/loudspeakerreviews/404infinity">Infinity's Primus 150</A> loudspeaker in the April 2004 <I>Stereophile</I>, I was very impressed with its overall performance. To this day, I continue to be amazed at the level of realism this $198/pair loudspeaker can reproduce, and I've kept the review pair to serve as a benchmark for an entry-level audiophile speaker. When I'd completed that review, my first thought was: <I>Now&mdash;what can Infinity do within the affordable Primus series for more money?</I> So I requested a review sample of the Primus series' flagship, the three-way Primus 360 floorstanding speaker. After all, how could I resist listening to a speaker that claims 38Hz bass extension for only $658/pair?

On Monday, June 6, at Apple's World Wide Developers Conference in San Francisco, Steve Jobs revealed that Apple would switch from its IBM-sourced PowerPC chip to Intel's Pentium D processor beginning in the latter half of 2006. Industry analysts began dissecting this move several days before the announcement in a series of "will they/won't they" articles every bit as breathless as those announcing the splits between Ben Affleck and J-Lo or Brad and Jennifer.

We were walking back from lunch the other day with a fellow audiophile who announced that he was selling his audio-component&ndash;quality hard-disk&ndash;based recorder without ever having used it.

More consolidation in the audio biz: <A HREF="http://www.dm-holdings.com">D&M Holdings</A>, owner of Denon, Marantz, McIntosh Laboratory, ReplayTV, Rio, and Escient, took another big gulp last week and made a move to acquire <A HREF="http://www.bostonacoustics.com">Boston Acoustics</A>.

Let's face it. Despite the vinyl resurgence amongst the young and not so, the days when <I>analogus collecticus</I> could spend hours scouring record bins, holding product in hand, and reading album notes, are mostly behind us. In response to market evolution, at least three competing computer-based technologies have emerged to steer consumers toward music they will likely enjoy. Each uses a different approach, with one claiming "objectivity."

<I>Death to the fascist insect that preys upon the life of the people.&mdash;an old SLA slogan</I>

<I>Death to the fascist insect that preys upon the life of the people.&mdash;an old SLA slogan</I>

<I>Death to the fascist insect that preys upon the life of the people.&mdash;an old SLA slogan</I>