MusicGiants' new iHome: On March 29, MusicGiants, the high-resolution music download service, announced a deal to provide MusicGiants Network as part of Audio Design Associates (ADA) iHome Multi-Center package. Consumers who purchase the iHome package will have"instant access" to the paid download service.
ADA is a leader in the custom installation sector, and the iHome Multi-Center is a comprehensive system that includes a Windows Media Center Edition PC, IP control…
In an effort to solve the size/heat/performance issue for mobile sound, Santa Clara, CA–based Tripath Technology has been developing its Digital Power Processing (DPP) "Class-T" 1-bit digital audio amplifiers and is ready to fire them up. The company announced last week that Matsushita Communication…
Next, Art Dudley fires up the Ayre AX-7 integrated amplifier, noting, "For the longest time, the AX-7 and I simply didn't click." But after spending many more musical hours with the amp, would AD eventually fall in love?
Also from the October issue, Jon Iverson…
In California, state senator Kevin Murray has made good on last year's promise to return to his battle for artists' rights. The Los Angeles Democrat has introduced four bills that will alter contract law for musicians and music labels. Murray claims that his legislation addresses longstanding resentment by artists about oppressive contracts and questionable accounting procedures.
Murray's bills would overturn a music industry–backed exemption to California's general seven-year limit on employment contracts that…
Songwriters Jackson Browne, J.D. Souther, and Jack Tempchin stand to collect as much as $10 million after winning a lawsuit brought against Warner-Chappell Music for royalties owed for songs included in The Eagles' Their Greatest Hits (1971–1975), one of the best-selling rock albums ever released. The plaintiffs, who penned monster hits like "Take it Easy" and "Peaceful Easy Feeling," had asserted that they were due compensation of…
On July 11, Rowland himself e-mailed Ultimate Audio publisher Myles Astor to straighten out the misinformation. Astor quickly alerted the high-end press of the problem.
The Rowland hoax is the latest in a series of such events that have plagued the high-end audio community. Stereophile equipment reports editor Jonathan Scull has been impersonated on the r.a.h-e discussion…
Meridian's newest and shiniest: Meridian announced an audacious new active analog in-wall loudspeaker, the $2185/each M420, which is based on the company's popular digital DSP420. The M420 utilizes a 25mm silk dome…
Earlier this month, a programmer calling himself "Beale Screamer" began circulating software on the Internet that removes copy-inhibit code from music files. Microsoft digital media executives scrambled to contain the damage, spending much of the day on the 19th conferring with their counterparts in the music industry, reassuring them that Microsoft's…
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