Berry and partner Dean Torrance recorded a string of pop hits in the early-to-mid-1960s, including "Dead Man's Curve," "Drag City," "Honolulu Lulu," "New Girl in School," "The Little Old Lady From Pasadena," and "Surf City." Their most productive years were 1963 and 1964, in which Jan and Dean enjoyed five Top 10 hits.
Sounding similar to the Beach Boys, with whom they recorded and performed, the pair sold more than 10 million…
Over 40 audio manufacturers, including many tube component and speaker companies, are scheduled to exhibit their wares, including several who have donated products to be given away as door prizes. There will also be vendor tables available for the sale of tubes, vintage hi-fi equipment, and other audiophile merchandise.…
WP: I was wondering about David Birch, the computer journalist who stood up at a DRM conference in Barcelona and asked, "Why don't you tell the content owners to just…
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Michael Gerzon, who died in 1996, is widely regarded as one of the most important thinkers and writers on audio of recent times. In the 1970s, for example, Gerzon established the mathematical basis for surround-sound reproduction, leading to the launch of Ambisonics as a means of re-creating a true soundfield at the listener's ear. In more recent years, he was a co-developer of the MLP lossless…
Milwaukee thus becomes the first American orchestra to distribute online performances previously unavailable for purchase. The initial deal, which gives the iTunes Music Store exclusive distribution rights for the first 90 days, includes…
That would seem to allow fair use, so why is it cause for alarm? The EFF's Fred von Lohmann has a crushingly simple response, "Had that been the law in 1970, there would never have been a VCR. Had it been the law in 1990, no TiVo. In 2000, no iPod." Von Lohmann…
On October 25, Sony reported a net loss of ¥13 billion ($107 million) for the quarter ended September 30, with electronics sales down 4.9% compared to the same period a year earlier ($1 equals ¥122.86). The company's games and movie divisions were profitable, but not sufficiently so to offset losses in the electronics arena…
Clearly, moving in stereo no longer cuts it, and we can…
Before the day even got underway, Apple's MacWorld announcement of the iPod Mini—a $249 4GB chip off the iPod block—had eclipsed…