Higdon's recognition marks the first time in their five-year history that the annual OutMusic Awards, which celebrate excellence in lesbian, gay,…
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Telarc's stunning hybrid multichannel SACD of Jennifer Higdon's City Scape and Concerto for Orchestra has received the 2005 OutMusic Award for Outstanding New Instrumental Recording. The disc has also received the 2005 Grammy for Best Engineered Classical Recording (well-deserved by Jack Renner) and 2005 Grammy nomination for Best Orchestral Performance (equally well-deserved by Higdon champion Robert Spano and the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra).
American radio stations which stream music programming over the Internet may be facing substantial outlays in royalty fees paid to record companies, under a December 8 ruling by the US Copyright Office, a division of the Library of Congress. After months of legal wrangling, the office decided that radio stations are just as liable for such fees as other music sites. "Transmissions of a broadcast signal over a digital communications network such as the Internet are not exempt from copyright liability," the ruling states.
Disagreement over royalties has pitted the National Association of…
The Home Entertainment 2006 Show, June 1–4, 2006 in Los Angeles at the Sheraton Gateway Hotel, has announced a special benefit concert to support the Elf Foundation, a non-profit charity that creates Rooms of Magic—private entertainment theaters in children's hospitals that bring the enchantment of uplifting music and film to seriously ill children around the country. A portion of the concert admission will go to the Elf Foundation to support its wonderful work.
The benefit concert will feature Dr. John—pianist, singer, and songwriter whose music, which defines and often combines the blues…
The Wiz may not be long for this world. On Monday, February 10, Cablevision Systems Corporation announced that it would sell or close its remaining 17 consumer electronics stores, all in the New York metro area, New Jersey, and Connecticut. The announcement came only a few days after Circuit City announced major cutbacks of its workforce and the elimination of sales commissions.
Cablevision, the New York-based telecommunications giant, had closed 26 Wiz stores last fall in an effort to stem losses in its retail division. Cablevision lost a whopping $500 million on The Wiz during the five…
April 24: On Saturday, April 22, the audio forum Head-Fi staged its first national meet at the Adria Ramada Inn and Conference Center in Bayside, NY. The meet, organized by Aaron Kovics (Head-Fi tag: immtbiker), occupied over 3300 square feet of floor space, most of which was divided into manufacturers' display tables and forum members' demonstration areas. Yep, you read that right—unlike ordinary hi-fi shows, the Head-Fi meets are opportunities for the attendees to show off their systems, sample and compare professionally manufactured components, and demonstrate their DIY projects. In fact,…
Grokster, Ltd. plans to expand its Internet file-sharing services to include leveraging users' computers as sources for music streaming, according to news reports from Silicon Valley on Monday, November 15.
Grokster Radio will launch in late November in partnership with Mercora, Inc. of Sunnyvale, whose technology allows users to stream music from other computers on the Grokster network, but is claimed to block permanent downloads, thereby serving music fans searching for new music, as well as the recording industry that needs to sell it to them. As in the original Napster model, users can…
In a brief statement, The International Audio Group (IAG) announced on June 28 that it has purchased the Mission business from the Administrators of Symphonix. In a separate transaction, IAG reports that it has also purchased the Mission brandname from NXT.
According to Tim Harris, Managing Director of IAG UK, "The Mission product portfolio is exceptionally strong and selling well. However, the company has suffered severe, and well-documented, financing issues during the past 12 months. This new deal puts Mission on a very strong financial footing, allowing its many successful product…
Melville, NY–based manufacturer Joseph Audio announced September 1 that the company was "pleased to accept the 'Best Sound at Show' award as determined by the votes of attendees" at the Home Entertainment 2001 event held in May at the NY Hilton. "We're deeply grateful that so many at the show felt that our RM33si Signature at $7500/pair was worthy of such an honor," said company president Jeff Joseph.
Joseph Audio won 8.2% of the vote, with second place picking up 5.4%. That award went to a system consisting of components from Burmester Audiosysteme, Nordost, Vacuum Tube Logic, Wisdom…
Last week, Burr-Brown Corporation announced the PCM1737, a 24-bit, 192kHz-sampling delta-sigma digital-to-analog converter (DAC) that the company says is designed for consumer audio applications. According to a press release, Burr-Brown states that "the PCM1737's excellent price and performance is specifically targeted toward consumer audio applications such as DVD/CD players, A/V receivers, HDTV systems, and car audio applications."
Mike Centorino, audio product marketing manager at Burr-Brown, explains that "the PCM1737 is our first 192kHz delta-sigma audio DAC. The price/performance of…
Time does fly when you're having fun, and it's hard to believe that the Stereophile website is two years old—so it's time for a party and some presents!
First we unwrap Stereophile's 1999 Products of the Year. Not only is this an important resource for readers, but Stereophile editor John Atkinson decided to post this oft-requested article on our online archives in the same month the original appears in the paper edition.
And while we're releasing articles from the current issue, next is this month's "As We See It": "Dynamics & Dynamic Range." JA gets a little grumpy when he…