Minnesota Orchestra Streams Concerts on Demand
The Minnesota Orchestra has become one of the first symphony orchestras in the US to archive selected broadcasts for online streamed listening on demand. Through an arrangement with Minnesota Public Radio (MPR), which has broadcast virtually every Minnesota Orchestra concert since 1974, the performances are now available for up to a year's time at www.mpr.org/minnesotaorchestrahttp://www.mpr.org/minnesotaorchestra">www.mpr.org/minnesotaorchestra;.
Miracle At Merkin
On Saturday, February 10, collaborative improvisation band Attention Screen gave its debut at Manhattan's Merkin Hall at Kaufmann Center to a packed house. The event was recorded by John Atkinson for release in May as a Stereophile CD, possibly followed by a limited-edition DVD-A.
Mission in Management Buyout
It's been no secret that leading British speaker brand Mission was up for sale—the situation had been spelled out last fall in the Annual Report of parent company NXT plc. NXT is busy pioneering its new flat-panel speaker technology, and shareholder interests were clearly not being well served by "carrying" for any length of time a box-speaker brand whose recent financial reports had been mostly in the red.
Mission to the US
British loudspeaker manufacturer Missionhttp://www.mission.co.uk">Mission; has announced a major marketing push into North America with the launch of its new distribution arm, Mission">http://www.mission-usa.com">Mission U.S.A. The company, founded in 1977 and noted for using one of the first polypropylene-cone drivers in 1978, had been distributing its products in the US through Denon Canada.
Mixed Results for Tweeter Group
The sales picture has improved for Tweeter Home Entertainment Group, but not the bottom line. The Canton, MA–based retailer reported a 4% increase in sales for the second quarter ended March 31, with comparable store results up 3%. The increase lifted Tweeter's total revenue to $189.3 million, but the company reported an operating loss of $4.6 million, almost twice the $2.5 million loss posted in the same period the previous year.
MLP Lossless For HD DVD
Audiophiles have had little reason to follow the high-definition video DVD format conflict. Until now.
Mobile DVD-A
At the recently concluded SAE-CEA Digital Car Conference in Detroit, representatives of the recording industry joined Panasonichttp://www.panasonic.com">Panasonic; for a DVD-Audio love-fest hailing the format as the "in-car music delivery system of the future." Panasonic's automotive electronics division used the conference and exhibition to introduce and demonstrate its first mobile DVD-Audio systems for OEM distribution. The company also hosted seminars exploring how it imagines DVD-Audio will specifically apply to and benefit the automobile industry.
Mobile Fidelity Returns
Slow beginnings are sometimes the most successful. Months after its acquisitionhttp://www.stereophile.com/news/11033/">acquisition; by Chicago-based Music">http://www.amusicdirect.com">Music Direct, legendary audiophile record label Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab plans to release Super Audio Compact Discs this winter.
MoFi, Isotek Event in Falls Church, Virginia
On Saturday, August 24th, Command Performance AV will be hosting an open house event in collaboration with MoFi Distribution. Also in attendance will be IsoTek's "headmaster," Keith Martin, visiting from the U.K.
Monster Park
There's a certain commercial symbiosis between audio companies and public performance spaces. Tokyo has its Yamaha">http://www.yamaha-hall.co.jp/">Yamaha Hall; New York has its Avery Fisher Hall (1http://www.bluffton.edu/~sullivanm/abram/abram.html">1;, 2http://www.lincolncenter.org/visitor/halldescriptions_afh.asp?ws=">2;), named for the hi-fi pioneer whose products were among the best available in the early 1960s.