The company notes that its DVD+Audio format should not be confused with the already launched (at least three times by my count) DVD-Audio format. Instead, DVD+Audio is said to be compliant with the DVD-Video specification and will play on all DVD players.
According…
Not knowing that he caught my bright green stare blazing trails around the world's largest television screens, through tangerine-colored plastic walls, and over hundreds of bobbing heads just to get at the long legs of the booth girls, I have no idea of what he's talking about. I give him a look that expresses my confusion; my face is an innocent, little question mark.
"I'm sure they're not doing anything tonight," he answers.
Funny guy, this Jon Iverson, is. And perceptive, too. While Jon certainly doesn't approve of the use of long legs…
The Swedish-born Lars Fredell, who once told me that he aimed to be "the world's greatest audiophile," and probably was, died of an apparent heart attack on Friday, June 28, shortly after leaving a plane at Westchester County Airport. Medical personnel were unable to revive him. Lars was 58.
The incident bears an uncanny resemblance to the sudden death of Harvey Rosenberg last year. Harvey, too, collapsed and died following a flight. Harvey was 59.
Lars was my close friend and listening pal for nearly 15 years. He showed up on my doorstep one sunny Saturday…
But what would happen if all altered products, both software and hardware, were required to carry notification to consumers that the product they were buying had restrictions built in? Would music fans shun the restricted discs and players, or would they shrug their collective…
The press were shown Super Audio CD at London's Abbey Road Studios in late…
From August 1999, Robert J. Reina listens to the NAD 218 THX power amplifier and explains that he's "been impressed with the character and the consistency of the NAD sonic signature: a tuneful and dimensional sonic presentation with a…
The biggest difference between the two Rotel power conditioners is the RLC-1080's internal…
Every once in a while, however, an announcement appears to encourage hope that the computer audio experience will eventually transcend its typical limitations. Case in point: a recent press release from Dolby Labs and Intel Corporation about a cooperative effort to promote "Intel High Definition Audio," an improved PC audio experience based on Dolby surround-sound technologies.
The partners are launching a new "…
In spite of the gathering storm, Universal Music Group has announced its intention to add restricted-use technology to all of its releases by mid-2002, while other labels have been testing…