Next, Wes Phillips bolts the Naim ARO tonearm and Armageddon turntable power supply to his trusty Linn turntable, asking, "What about someone else's vision of the perfect Linn LP12? What about Naim's power supply, the Armageddon? And just to make it even more interesting, what about upgrading the tonearm to Naim's ARO?"
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The Library of Congress takes this impending crisis seriously enough to have entered…
The new amplifiers are based on Sharp's one-bit technology, introduced two years ago, and include two high-end designs: the SM-SX1 ($4500), and the DX-SX1 ($3000), both available now. Two one-bit compact systems, the SD-NX10 and the SD-SG11, each priced at around $1800, will appear in September.
Announced July 24, the digital amplifiers are similar to the top-of-the-line $16,000 SD-SX100, reviewed by Michael Fremer in the July 2000 issue of Stereophile. As…
The bill codifies rates already agreed to by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) and the Voice of the Webcasters (VOW) organization, and was unanimously approved by the US House of Representatives on October 7. Its future is now in doubt after North Carolina Senator Jesse Helms placed a "hold" on it October 17, effective until after the Senate reconvenes on November 12, after elections. A hold is an informal delay.
Helms was the third…
Broadcasts will cover Japan and are expected to be mostly music; they will feature performers from music labels and countries from around the world. Unique video programs are also planned for development.
According to a Sony statement: "The new company will utilize the know-how regarding the music and visual software…
Ladies' Day
It's Ladies' Day on Sunday, June 4, and XM Satellite Radio—Oprah's digital radio home is inviting all ladies to attend the Show for free! Each woman who attends the show and is accompanied by another adult who has purchased a ticket—will receive free admittance to the Show!. Sunday,…
Company founder Richard Shahinian (who will stay on as chief designer) explained that the recapitalization, from private sources, has enabled the company, which he founded in 1974, to move to larger premises nearby and, for the first time, to bring its cabinetmaking operations under the same roof as…
In a brief statement, group publisher Tony Catalano hinted that the magazine's demise was actually a result of problems in the high-end sector of the audio business. Catalano comments that, "faced with ongoing difficulties in the market sector now served by Audio, we have had to reconsider publication of a magazine dedicated only to high-…