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…
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…
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,…
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…
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…
Recording engineer Kirk Francis used the Nagra-D to capture sound for L.A. Confidential, and has also been nominated for Best Location Sound Mixer by the Cinema…
Within a few days of each other, Amazon.com and Best Buy Company announced that they were entering the Internet's music-retailing market. Amazon.com is reputed to be the world's largest bookseller. Electronics retailer Best Buy operates 284 discount outlets, primarily in the eastern part of the United States.
Reuters news service reported Feb. 24 that Amazon has made a formal commitment to online music sales. No specific date was announced for the debut, but it is expected this year. "The company…
Next, a topic that can aways get the audiophile blood boiling: George Reisch discovers that, "Yes, meter-carrying objectivists and wide-eyed subjectivists can carry on worse than Republicans and Democrats in Congress." As he writes in…
On November 19, CompUSA announced that it would be making room for home entertainment products in 181 of its 227 stores. Reflecting "the convergence of technology and entertainment," in the words of a company press release, the effort will put flat-panel televisions, A/V…
Just a month after launching a 42" plasma television at a $3000 breakthrough price, Gateway announced a partnership with music subscription service pressplay that will enable legal downloads to consumers' computers.
Purchasers of new Gateway computers can also receive a pre-loaded 8.5-gigabyte music library—the so-called Gateway Music Vault by pressplay—and pre-installed pressplay software. The 8.5GB Music Vault includes approximately 2000 popular songs, according to a December 5 announcement. Older…