In the early 1930s a certain John Vincent Lawless Hogan, radio inventor, began an experimental television station. When he was not experimenting with TV he played classical music over his station. Eventually the TV experiments faded into history, but his classical music station, the first in the country to be devoted entirely to the format, prospered. In the late 1930s it was bought by the New York Times.
"XR" stood for…
•Hundreds Of Audio/Video Exhibitors Everyone from AAA Audio to ZVOX will be there with live demonstrations and company representatives. This is the biggest gathering of A/V products under one roof available to consumers anywhere.
•Live Audio/Video Seminars A wide variety of free seminars will be available, including: the infamous…
To our dismay, and sometimes, discredit, few scientific studies of this learning process have been conducted or published. By-the-book engineering types frequently dismiss audiophiles' assertions that they can hear minute differences that are imperceptible to most people, a situation that has fueled one of the most contentious and long-…
Geared toward industry professionals, "Five Technologies to Watch" provides a comprehensive analysis of each trend named and its impact on the consumer electronics market. Each of the five technology sections details the strategic issues, market forecasts, consumer perspectives, key…
Here in the States, there's, ATR Magnetics, a division of ATR Services, a company best known for refurbishing and updating studio-quality Ampex magnetic tape recorders. Actually, ATR Magnetics was created in response to the 2004 closing of the Munich BASF/AGFA manufacturing facility. The plan was to…
While more consumer choice is almost always a good thing, it does put more pressure on smaller dealers, many of whom barely sneak into profitability each year. Our polling also reveals that audiophiles are increasingly willing to go out on a sonic limb to find components, with a whopping 68% of respondents saying that they have…
The Blue Note's Bösendorfer Half Concert Grand Model 225 has been hailed as making the Blue Note "the best-sounding room in the world." The list of pianists who…
Jonathan Scull hangs with the Balanced Audio Technology VK-150SE monoblock power amplifier. He recounts, "The BAT's well-formed, fast, big, and luxurious tube-driven bass fundamentals got my attention and kept it!" J-10 then reports on how the BAT…
Comfort and Joy is a uniquely conceived Christmas project. The idea is to have each volume tell the Christmas story from a different perspective: Volume One focuses on the idea of Christmas comfort; Volume Two, to be released in September 2005, on Yuletide joy. Volume One features Gregorian chant, folksong arrangements, and…
Conductor Keith Lockhart wore a specially constructed "conductor's jacket" (more of a shirt, actually), equipped with sensors that measured his heart rate, muscle movements, and other physiological responses as he led the orchestra.…