"We intend to have several rooms at HI-FI '98 dedicated to demonstrations of DVD-Audio and HDTV," noted Larry Archibald, Chairman of Stereophile, Inc., HI-FI '98's sponsor. "The DVD demonstrations will expose customers to direct comparisons of Compact Disc, long-playing record, and the new 24-bit/96kHz DVD-based audio formats that will…
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Just about a month away, HI-FI '98, The Home Theater & Specialty Audio Show, will interest thousands of audio enthusiasts when it visits The Westin Los Angeles Airport Hotel in Los Angeles, California from Wednesday, June 10 to Sunday, June 14, 1998.
Used-equipment junkies take note: eBay will bring its popular roving university to New York City for the Home Entertainment 2002 Show (HES 2002), May 30–June 2, 2002. Since its inception, eBay University has instructed thousands of eBay users on the ins and outs of buying and selling on eBay. The special seminar from eBay at HE 2002 will provide specific tips for attendees on buying and selling consumer electronic products.
During the three-day home entertainment extravaganza, eBay will exhibit in booth # 2320 and also host Primedia's consumer electronics charity auction to raise money…
In the race for technological superiority, audio electronics companies in the United Kingdom, with a few notable exceptions, haven't often been first out of the gate. Arcam, however, may have already lapped the field with its Alpha 10 DRT (Digital Radio Tuner).
The £800 device goes on sale Monday, March 15, at approximately 100 dealers within range of the British Broadcasting Company's digital transmitters. The UK is the first nation on earth to have a fully operational digital radio system, with over 60% of its territory now receiving the signals---provided, of course, that citizens…
Providing another boost to the nascent DVD-Audio market, Zoran Corporation, a provider of integrated circuits (ICs) and software for digital video and audio applications, announced last week the availability of a new DVD decoder IC chip, the Vaddis IV. Zoran says the chip is optimized for fourth-generation DVD players and will include integrated DVD-Audio decoding. According to the company, the new Vaddis IV decoder enables the design of flexible and advanced---yet affordable---new DVD players.
The DVD-Video market is expanding rapidly, as players become more affordable and DVD titles are…
Manufacturers and retailers don't expect an upswing in electronics sales next year. That's the consensus of members polled by the Consumer Electronics Association, published in mid-October.
The CEA is predicting slow growth in 2004, with projected total revenue at $97.3 billion, a 3% rise over the $95 billion expected for fiscal 2003. The industry has seen back-to-back years of incremental growth. For 2002, the CEA reported total sales of $93.9 billion. Results for 2003 should come in just over 1% above that mark, and significantly under the $98 billion predicted by the Arlington, VA–…
It is with regret that we announce to Stereophile's readers the closing of Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab, on November 19, 1999. Known to audiophiles since its inception in 1977, the company provided serious listeners with hundreds of remastered LPs, cassettes, and CDs.
Audiophile companies often live a precarious existence, and, with the demise of a key distributor, MoFi was dealt a fatal blow. A press release from the company says that in "September of 1999, the closure of M.S. Distributing's music division resulted in a substantial percentage of uncollectible receivables for MFSL, plus the…
Both Sonic Frontiers Inc. and The Lenbrook Group of Ontario, Canada stated June 5th that they will not be proceeding with a deal announced earlier.
According to Sonic Frontiers' Chis Johnson, "We mutually agreed that it would be in the best interest of both parties not to complete the transaction. Everyone came to realize the deal would not make a perfect fit."
In a statement, Sonic Frontiers said: "Notwithstanding this event, Sonic Frontiers remains focused upon allying itself with a strategic partner, and remains committed to its product and marketing strategies. Sonic Frontiers'…
Whether listeners like it or not, record labels, including major players like BMG and Arista Records, are now making moves to rein in how their CDs are played and used. Unfettered CDs have been on the shelves for almost two decades, and some industry observers note that changing how they work at this late stage could be a recipe for trouble with consumers.
Recognizing that the flash point for much of this trouble will be at the record counter—imagine the scenario when angry customers bring back new discs that won't rip to their iPods—the National Association of Record Merchandisers (NARM)…
First, a prediction: some day we'll buy the nearly complete music library and the player will be free. Imagine getting a player pre-loaded with most songs in your favorite genre already installed, with room left over to add more and a subscription service for instant updates. Imagine even being able to buy the high-resolution library.
But for the next couple of years, the majority of consumers, and even audiophiles who rip their music at he-man lossless bit-rates, will find that as the storage capacity on a music player increases, the problem will be finding enough free time to fill it up.…
From the October issue, John Atkinson gets acquainted with the Morel Octwin 5.2M loudspeaker, noting, "Once you become accustomed to its admittedly weird looks, it is actually visually appealing and has a small footprint in the listening room." But there's something about the Morel's sound that causes JA to raise an eyebrow.
In Listening #10, Art Dudley explains, "Merely because of the way it looks, I didn't think I'd like the Simaudio Moon i-3 integrated amplifier." Then he heard it. AD also takes a jab at the wacky marketing of classical music.
Finally, the most recent installment…