Internet: Only Hope for Classical Music?
Record stores are devoting a diminishing amount of space to classical music, to the dismay of music lovers. Online distribution may offer hope for the genre, according to an in-depth">http://www.nytimes.com/2001/10/21/arts/music/21TOMM.html">in-depth report by Anthony Tommasini in the October 21 edition of the New York Times.
Introducing Audio Element of Pasadena
The long-anticipated opening of Brian Berdan’s high-performance audio store, Audio Element, took place on November 1 and 2 in Pasadena, CA. The store’s prime location in the heart of Pasadena’s retail- and restaurant-rich Oldtown helped sweeten the unveiling of America’s newest high-end emporium.
iPod Lifts Apple
The iPod is being very good to Apple Computer.
iPod Makes Apple Shine
The iPod is making sweet music for Apple Computer, Inc.
iPod Mania Causes Shortage
Once upon a time, holiday shoppers fought over Cabbage Patch Dolls and Beanie Babies.
iPod: Threat or Menace?
In an article published in The Wall Street Journal on March">http://online.wsj.com/public/article/SB114117951081886103.html?mod=toda… 1, Ethan Smith suggested that consumer electronics companies need to recapture music lovers who have sacrificed audio quality in search of convenience by embracing portable devices such as the iPod.
iPods & Hearing Loss
Apple Computer, faced with research, complaints, and litigation claiming that the iPodhttp://www.stereophile.com/mediaservers/934">iPod; can cause hearing loss, issued a new software update on March 29 that limits the personal maximum volume level of the iPod Nano and iPod models with video-playback capabilities. The free download, available at www.apple.com/ipod/downloadhttp://www.apple.com/ipod/download">www.apple.com/ipod/download;, prevents the player from outputting its potentially damaging maximum volume of 115dB. Parents can also use the feature to set volume limits on their child's iPod, and lock settings with coded combinations.
Irving M. Fried: 1920–2005
Just look at the dates and you'll see a legacy that essentially spans the entire history of electrical music reproduction. That's fitting. In his career—or more properly, many careers—Irving M. ("Bud") Fried all but embodied that era.
Is Fair Use In Peril?
When we awoke on December 30, we found our in-boxes full of emails linking to The Washington Post's "Download">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/12/28/AR20071… Uproar: Record Industry Goes After Personal Use", which reported that the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) were charging that Jeffrey and Pamela Howell's transfer of 2000 legally purchased recordings to his computer as MP3 files represented "unauthorized copies" of copyrighted recordings.
Is High-Rez coming to Apple Music? Probably Not.
A recent post on Roon's forums drew my attention to an apparently new category at Apple Music, Apple's streaming service. The post pointed to an Apple Music page listing music curated by the ECM music label. After ECM "Playlists," "New and Noteworthy," and "Recent Releases" is a section labeled "High-Resolution Masters."