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We've reported many times on the mass lawsuits filed by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) against individuals or institutions that it alleges are illegally participating in peer-to-peer file-sharing activities, so we felt it only fair to report on a lawsuit where the trade group is being sued. Actually, the RIAA's attorneys are being sued by James and Angela Nelson, who were themselves the target of Motown v. Nelson, which alleged that the couple had allowed an employee of Ms. Nelson's home-run daycare center to access P2P websites from their computer.
The music industry's anti-piracy war took a new turn August 16, when a coalition of major record labels filed suit against several large Internet service providers in the hope of blocking access to an offshore free music site.
The copyright infringement suit filed in Manhattan federal court seeks an injunction that would require defendants AT&T Broadband Corporation, Cable & Wireless USA, Sprint Corporation, Advanced Network Services, and UUNET Technologies to prevent their subscribers from logging onto Listen4ever.com, a site based in mainland China that purportedly runs servers…
Last week, Primedia announced the next in a series of editorial upgrades to its Home Technology & Photography specialty group. The group is redesigning its Stereophile Guide to Home Theater magazine to become Stereophile Ultimate AV (new URL: www.ultimateavmag.com) starting with the June 2004 issue. Hitting newsstands May 11, the redesigned magazine will feature 16 pages of new and expanded editorial content for high-end audio/video enthusiasts, more advertisers, and an enhanced consumer-friendly design.
The upgrade to Stereophile Ultimate AV comes on the heels of recent Primedia…
In a move that could save exhibitors a considerable amount of money, the 2001 International Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas is being rescheduled for a day earlier than previously announced. Originally planned to run from Sunday, January 7 through Wednesday, January 10, 2001, the show will now begin on Saturday, January 6 and run through Tuesday, January 9.
The Consumer Electronics Association (CEA) made the announcement February 25. A primary reason for the change is that beginning the show on Sunday would require weekend and overtime construction on displays and booths, and run up…
Writer Chip Stern has regarded the form-over-function products from "lifestyle" companies, such as Bose and B&O, for years now with great amusement. But can audiophiles find a product that looks as good as it sounds? Stern calls the Linn Classik CD receiver a "sleek, unobtrusive, uncomplicated design that does double duty as a lifestyle system and—for those who don't want the hassle of separate components—a true high-end performer." Too good to be true? Stern expounds.
Jonathan Scull simply cannot resist a cheap but effective tweak. In Fine Tunes #31, J-10 discusses a handful of sure-…
Editor's Note: This is Part Two of a six-part series from reader Hervé Delétraz of Switzerland, who is chronicling the development of his DIY (do-it-yourself) audio amplifier. (Part One is here.)
As I mentioned in my last article, I decided to concentrate on an analog approach to my amplifier project. Digital had many advantages, but amplifer design is not like designing computer chips. Sound quality was my final goal, and only a few digital amps are of high-end class, even in the year 2000. The main reason I (briefly) gave up the digital way was a money problem. The simulation…
Advances in technology almost always debut at the high-end and gradually filter down to mass-market products. Sharp Corporation's 1-bit digital amplification technology is no exception.
First introduced to Stereophile readers by senior contributing editor Michael Fremer in his July 2000 review of the $15,000 SM-SX100 amplifier, the technology will soon be adapted for portable audio players costing less than $300, according to a September 1 report from Tokyo.
The 1-bit technology involves an extremely high digital audio sampling rate, either the 2.8MHz rate of SACD, or its double, 5.…
Last week, Cirrus Logic unveiled what it is calling the world's highest-performance six- and eight-channel D/A converters, which the company says will give consumers the ability to decode high-resolution multichannel surround content at home or in the car. The converters are the latest addition to Cirrus Logic's Total-E platform group of products.
Cirrus says the CS4362 and CS4382 support both high-resolution audio formats, DVD-Audio (up to 192kHz sample rates) and Super Audio CD (Direct Stream Digital or DSD), making them the "ideal solutions for multichannel audio products such as DVD…
Outboarders---it has a certain dark ring to it, conjuring the image of futuristic outlaws from a William Gibson sci-fi novel, or perhaps a renegade hacker cult living off-planet somewhere.
Okay, so I'm being a tad dramatic: what it really sounds like is slang for motorboats with engines hanging off their rears. But high-end audio folk know it as a term ever more frequently applied to trade-show renegades who bolt the official halls and hotels for cheaper venues during a convention.
The annual Consumer Electronics Show, long considered the key event for audio companies marketing their…
Editor's Note: This is Part Four of a six-part series from reader Hervé Delétraz of Switzerland, who is chronicling the development of his DIY (do-it-yourself) audio amplifier. Part One is here, Part Two is here, and Part Three is here.
The prototype board was built in November 1999. I assembled all of the parts on a 6mm-thick aluminum plate and plugged it into the wall. Some buzzing noises for a while, then Waoum! Four devices in Heaven!
Well, the simulation was obviously working better than the real thing! I spent a few more nights—and transistors—and found some things that…