"Jack's razor-sharp, analytic reviewing style and insightful commentary are enjoyed by audiophiles worldwide. He will focus on the ultimate in high-end audio equipment," Astor said in a press release. "Jack has made many contributions to the industry, most notably helping formalize the language of audio reviewing."
Jack English has a long personal history with high-end audio journalism. He was one of the founders of…
Upon announcing the agreement to acquire Stereophile, Neal Vitale, President and COO of Petersen Publishing, said, "This acquisition continues Petersen Companies' focus in enthusiast markets. The acquisition of Stereophile Magazine and Stereophile Guide to Home…
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From the 1988 archives, John Atkinson lends an ear to the Celestion SL700 loudspeaker. Having used the company's SL600 as a small speaker reference for five years, JA set out to determine whether the SL700 could take its place.
Next we have a recent follow-up by Jonathan Scull on the Wadia 27ix & 270, first…
Both BMG and EMI are dominant players in the music business. United, they would control more than 25% of the global market, more than Vivendi's Universal Music, Sony Corporation's Sony Music…
Representatives for webcasters, musicians, and music publishers have agreed to a deal that will allow nonsubscription webcasters their choice of payment schedules—0.0762¢ ($0.000762) per performance, on a per-performance, 1.17¢ per aggregate tuning hour, or 10.9% of gross revenues. These rates are for commercial Internet broadcasters, and don't apply to noncommercial enterprises, to radio stations that offer Internet simulcasts, or to small webcasters, who last year agreed to a separate rate schedule under the…
CDnow has registered 432,000 customers since it went online in 1994. 135,000 of those have been added since January 1 of this year. Costs, however, seem to track revenue: the company reported operating expenses of $10.7 million in the same period, and $7.6…
A Night At The Opera missed its 2001 DVD-A release date, but it has been rescheduled to appear later this month with revised 5.1 remixes created by Elliot Scheiner, along with Queen's original producer, Roy Thomas Baker, and…
According to the company, its new PCM1804 is a differential input 24-bit ADC with a 192kHz maximum sampling rate, a dynamic range of 112dB, and THD+N at -102dB. TI says, "Previously, audio ADCs have required delta-sigma modulators with a 2-bit or greater digital-to-analog converter in a…
In August, electronics industry stalwarts such as Hitachi, Toshiba, and Kenwood all announced massive cutbacks in their workforces. Slowing demand for computers, integrated circuits, and consumer electronics in general has forced the companies to make deep slashes in order to stay afloat.
Hitachi announced that it would post a loss in excess of one billion dollars for the year, and stated that it…