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…
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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.
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…
Large companies may be chopping jobs by the thousands, but there are signs elsewhere that the economy is still booming. Recent figures from electronics retailers Best Buy and the Tweeter Home Entertainment Group and from Sony Electronics indicate only a partial slowdown in spending for quality audio/video gear.
Canton, MA–based Tweeter Group reported April 4 that its second-quarter revenue increased 36.8%, with same-store sales up 3.6%. The company has been expanding consistently for the past three years, acquiring successful upscale regional retailers in the mid-Atlantic states, the…
The Walkman is 20 years old. As part of its celebration of one of the most successful audio products in history, Sony has introduced its first personal music player with the capability of downloading music from the Internet. The new Walkman employs Sony's "memory stick" technology to store audio files as large as 32 megabytes. The latest Walkman, which was unveiled last week in Japan and New York, is expected to retail at approximately $400 and should appear in stores in January.
Prior to Sony's entry, the market for portable digital music players was predicted to grow to 6.67 million…
Traditional music radio has been taking a beating since the mid '80s, when declining audience numbers entered a ratings freefall. Reader Bard-Alan Finlan argued in his Soapbox a few weeks back that perhaps digital radio could cure the market's over-the-air terrestrial broadcast ills, if only it were implemented with adequate bandwidth and marketed correctly.
"Without a doubt, radio's future is digital," concurs Dale Mowry of Harris Broadcast. In an effort to move In-Band On-Channel (IBOC) digital radio forward, equipment manufacturer and IBOC promoter Harris says it will be launching the…