Several organizations are working to establish standards for electronic security. An umbrella organization, the Copy Protection Technical Working Group, consisting of technical representatives from film studios, the recording industry, and…
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As digital distribution grows, the protection of copyrighted material---music, film, video, photographic images, paintings, drawings, and text---becomes ever more important. Tied to this are widespread concerns about maintaining security during online transactions---keeping credit-card numbers and customers' identities hidden from would-be thieves.
Last week, www.stereophile.com posted an article concerning Pollara, Inc.'s Canadian Recording Industry Association–commissioned 144-page report on the downloading habits of Canadian music consumers. We reported that the University of Ottawa's Dr. Michael Geist interpreted the Pollara data differently than the polling group did, in particular noting his conclusion that people who had downloaded music had legally purchased more music than their counterparts who had never done so.
On Wednesday, March 22, John Atkinson received—and forwarded to me—an email from Duncan McKie, president of…
Larry Greenhill writes: "I can't resist reading about a company's flagship loudspeaker—the price-no-object product that embodies the most advanced ideas from a company's research and design department . . . The cost? Don't ask." Six years in development, the Dynaudio Evidence loudspeaker is just such a cutting-edge product. So, Greenhill explains, "when the opportunity arose to review the Evidence, the flagship speaker from Danish company Dynaudio, I eagerly agreed." His verdict awaits.
Next we've got Robert Deutsch's review of the Avantgarde Acoustic Uno Series Two loudspeaker from the…
San Francisco, CA—May 2003—The Home Entertainment 2003 Show and Primedia are giving away a full home theater system valued at $15,000!
The contest will take place during the Home Entertainment Show June 6-8, 2003 at the Westin St. Francis Hotel in San Francisco. Entry forms will be available on the Mezzanine level and ballot boxes will be placed throughout the exhibit floors.
One lucky winner will receive the following components:
Mitsubishi
Platinum Series WS-5551
55" rear projection HDTV
(retail value $3299)
NHT
Evolution T6 Tower
…
Madrigal's Proceed line of high-end audio products will be phased out some time later this year, according to an April 3 press release.
The company has decided to combine its top-tier products under the Mark Levinson brand name, with Proceed's best and most successful products—including the AVP2+6, CVP2, HPA2 and HPA3—to be redesigned for a closer cosmetic fit with the Mark Levinson line. "There will be no effort to hide the fact that the new models wore the Proceed badge in their previous lives," the announcement stated. "They have always been Mark Levinson at heart . . . their…
From the January 1996 issue, Jonathan Scull listens closely to the Wavelength Audio Cardinal XS monoblock amplifier. Single-ended tube designs such as the Wavelength can inspire controversy within audiophile ranks, so Scull carefully sorts the plusses and minuses.
We couple Scull's review of the Wavelength amp with his interview with its designer: Gordon Rankin, Wavelength's Single-Ended Man. Everything audio about the man and his amplifier are revealed, including which tubes he prefers and why.
Next, from January 1994, Dick Olsher gets hold of the MACH 1 Acoustics DM-10 Signature…
News recently coming out of Cambridge, England promises yet another new revolutionary loudspeaker technology following in the footsteps of NXT's flat-panel speakers and ATC's HyperSonic Sound and Stratified Field Technology. Engineering consultant Tony Hooley heads up a team of researchers who have created what they hope will be a breakthrough in small, lightweight, highly accurate-sounding arrays of digitally driven pressure transducers.
According to a story in the July 27th EE Times, Hooley believes that his group is the first to demonstrate "proof-of-principle" for a completely digital…
Angus McKenzie was a wholly remarkable individual. One of British hi-fi’s legends, he was the country's leading equipment reviewer for more than a decade, but that was only one of several careers and passions he pursued with repeated and conspicuous success, despite losing his sight completely at the age of 26.
He studied electronics and acoustics, and at the same time his passions for music and radio, both amateur and FM, developed. It was early days in the professional recording business, and his first business venture was to start up the famous Olympic Studios—Led Zeppelin, The Who,…
Audiophiles have had little reason to follow the high-definition video DVD format conflict. Until now.
For those who haven't been keeping tabs on the HD video struggles, two competing formats for storing HD video on disc have emerged: Blu-ray and HD DVD. The Blu-ray Disc Association, a 13-member group, which includes Sony, Philips, Panasonic, and Pioneer, claims that Blu-ray DVD players could be available by midyear 2005. High-Definition Digital Versatile Disc or HD DVD is a different and non-compatible technology using blue lasers, which is backed by Japanese electronics firms Toshiba and…
Québec Audio & Video, Canada's premier home entertainment magazine, is hosting its fourth annual contest held in conjunction with the Home Entertainment 2004 Show, scheduled to take place May 20–23, 2004 in New York City.
The Grand Prize winner and his or her guest will receive a trip for two to New York City to attend Home Entertainment 2004. Accommodations will be at the Hilton New York Hotel & Towers, the location of the event, courtesy of the Show's co-sponsors—Primedia Publishing's home-technology magazines: Home Theater, Stereophile, Stereophile's Ultimate AV(Formerly…