At the PSW site, readers will find a selection of some of the world's most famous recording studios---including L.A.'s Record Plant, New York's Hit Factory, and London's Town House---along with behind-the-scenes interviews and background information…
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Stereophile readers tend to exhibit above-average interest in the art and science of reproducing music in the home. Those whose interest extends back up the recording chain and into the recording studio may want to take a look at the Prestige Studios of the World website, developed by an Internet company looking to show off its digital wares.
The listing for the Rogue Audio M-120 monoblock power amplifier in the current issue's "Recommended Components" includes the comment, "Specified output power is 120W; JA measured just 100W into 8 ohms at clipping," which seems to suggest that Rogue Audio is overstating the amplifier's output power. This is not the case. The M-120 can be operated in both ultralinear pentode mode, in which it delivers the specified 120W, and in triode mode, in which it is specified at 60W. Our measurements were performed in triode mode; thus the 100W clipping power does, in fact, exceed the M-120's claimed…
XMas in August: XM Satellite Radio held its annual "XMas in August" new product show in Jazz at Lincoln Center's Frederick P. Rose Hall on August 9. Trumpeting the XM-related products that will be available for the 2005 holiday shopping season, the satellite radio provider announced strategic relationships with Altec Lansing and Belkin Corporation, as well as newer, smaller receivers from longtime partners Audiovox and Delphi. A Samsung-sourced MP3-enabled receiver with Napster capabilities was also announced.
Altec Lansing will develop and market two powered speaker systems for XM2go…
It's widely acknowledged that the American economy is in a downturn, but some economic indicators point otherwise.
The confusing numbers: The US Commerce Department recently reported a 1.3% decline for the last quarter in Gross Domestic Production, a measure of the value of all goods and services produced in the country. The retreat was the first in eight years and the most pronounced since a 2% drop in GDP in the second quarter of 1991. Corporate profits for the quarter declined by 6.8% on an after-tax basis, following a 1.7% decline in the second quarter. Profits overall were down 18.5…
In a move sure to startle a few record retailers, English recording artists Massive Attack will make their much-anticipated new album, Mezzanine, available in its entirety on the Internet weeks before the May 12 in-store release date. The album will appear in stages over the course of two weeks via a special page on Virgin Records America's web site.
The online exclusive starts on Friday, March 20 with a 45-second clip of "Teardrop," the first single to be released from the album, plus artwork from the Mezzanine sleeve. Three days later, the full-length version of "Teardrop" will be able…
DVD-Audio will soon bring high-resolution multichannel sound to music lovers, but they may be dismayed by the format's several varieties and the semi-compatible hardware that will be needed to play them. That was the impression left by a lecture the last week of June at Dolby Laboratories' Presentation Studio in San Francisco.
Gene Radzik, a Dolby audio application engineer for music and broadcast applications, brought a group of journalists and Audio Engineering Society members up to date on both the history and the state of the DVD-Audio art. The easygoing and well-spoken Radzik…
The iPod is making sweet music for Apple Computer, Inc.
The Cupertino, CA company reported that sales of the portable music player lifted revenue 29% and more than tripled profits for the fiscal second quarter ended March 27. Apple posted net income of $46 million compared with $14 million for the same period a year earlier. The investment community responded by pushing up the value of Apple stock by 10%, to $29.16/share as of Wednesday, April 14.
The most recent quarter marks the first time that Apple has sold more iPods than computers—807,000 music players vs 749,000 computers (…
In some ways, entrepreneurs resemble the folks who fix your roof: When they see a hole somewhere, their job is to find a way to fill it. Long-time high-end audio veterans Mel and Howard Schilling and Doug Goldberg say they have spotted a hole in the audio market and are getting ready to launch a new company to fill it.
The Schillings are well-known to audiophiles as the owners of Camelot Technology, and Doug Goldberg has designed equipment for Camelot Technology, PS Audio, Genesis, and Audio Alchemy. Together they have started a new company, xHiFi, which they claim "re-defines the notion…
A key benefit of working with Stereophile is enjoying the expertise of fellow audio nerds. After the HI-FI Show just held in Los Angeles, Jonathan Scull and Kathleen Benveniste spent a week riding up the California Coast and paid us each a visit.
On the face of it, most hard-core audiophiles would likely kill for a chance to get a visit from the notorious J-10. After all, he might even come in and comb your carpet free of charge. Just think what your fellow neighborhood audiophiles would say when you regaled them with tales of how he tipped your speakers this way and that.
But…
Twenty years ago, the introduction of the compact disc put the music world on a new path. Not long after its debut, Meridian Audio Ltd. launched the world's first audiophile CD player, the MCD. That player and others that followed drew audiophiles into the digital age.
The Huntingdon, UK–based technology company has pursued a program of constant improvement ever since. On August 20, Meridian marked the 20th anniversary of the MCD with the release of the 808, the newest CD player in its flagship 800 Reference Series, and "the best-sounding player we have ever made," in the words of Meridian…