HE 2001: "Analog Ballroom" Will Feature Display and Auction
Analog playback equipment, the high art of 20th century audio, will be the theme of the "Analog Ballroom" in the Regent Parlor on the 2nd Floor of the New York Hilton during Home">http://www.homeentertainment-expo.com/">Home Entertainment 2001.
HE 2001: Many Paths to Sonic Bliss
The packed house that was Home Entertainment Expo 2001 on Saturday thinned to a manageable level on Sunday the 13th, allowing most of the Stereophile crew ample opportunity to visit all the displays they had missed the previous two days. Toward the 6 o'clock closing time folks were still wandering the halls, and talking amicably and enthusiastically with friends they see once or twice a year. There is always a great deal of continuity in these shows, not only in the products, but also in the people.
HE 2002 Live
Home">http://www.homeentertainment-expo.com">Home Entertainment 2002 is set to open to the public as planned, May 31–June 2, 2002, at the Hilton New York & Towers Hotel in New York City. Show attendees will be treated to numerous free educational seminars and musical performances from a dozen popular jazz, classical, and contemporary recording artists.
HE 2002: Day One
HE 2002's first day was filled with press conferences, but none was more widely anticipated than Sony's. The pre-conference chatter was filled with insiders insisting they positively knew for a fact that Sony was confirming last week's rumor that Universal and Sony were discontinuing CD manufacture in favor of dual-layer SACDs—and also by insiders who insisted it was simply a rumor.
HE 2002: Day Three
If you think the name Viola Audio Laboratories sounds familiar, wait 'til you hear the names behind it: Tom Colangelo, Paul Jayson, and Tony DiSalvo—all former officers at Cello. Viola, working out of Cello's former New Haven facilities, is now producing a complete line of electronics, from the $18,000 modular Spiritu preamp to the $12,000 Bravo Double Set monoblock amplifier. The company also manufactures audio cables and a modular loudspeaker, the $18,000/pair Allegro, as well as an $18,000 subwoofer, the Basso. The system certainly is elegant-looking, and it sounded impressively coherent in a small hotel room—and that was with both the Allegro's bass module and subwoofer disconnected!
HE 2002: Day Two
Wandering around the show, we were struck by how good most of the speakers we were hearing were. Not just the cost-no-logic designs, but pretty much all of them. Are we audiophiles lucky or what?
HE 2004 East Takes Manhattan!
The Home Entertainment 2004 East Show, held in New York City, May 20–23, at the New York Hilton & Towers, gave Show attendees a memorable weekend filled with live music, educational seminars, a special movie night, and a grand concert—all included with the price of admission to the Show.
HE 2004 Music Notes
Renowned Canadian pianist Robert Silverman will be signing copies of his
Stereophile CDs at noon on Saturday May 22 at Home Entertainment
2004. Recorded in audiophile sound quality by Stereophile editor
John Atkinson, Robert's recordings include HREF="Concerthttp://www.stereophile.com/musicrecordings/315">Concert;,
live performances of works by Bach, Chopin, Schumann, and Schubert; HREF="Sonatahttp://www.stereophile.com/musicrecordings/131">Sonata;,
featuring Frans Liszt's heroic B-minor Sonata; and the HREF="complete">http://www.stereophile.com/musicrecordings/298">complete Beethoven
Sonatas.
Stereophile CDs at noon on Saturday May 22 at Home Entertainment
2004. Recorded in audiophile sound quality by Stereophile editor
John Atkinson, Robert's recordings include HREF="Concerthttp://www.stereophile.com/musicrecordings/315">Concert;,
live performances of works by Bach, Chopin, Schumann, and Schubert; HREF="Sonatahttp://www.stereophile.com/musicrecordings/131">Sonata;,
featuring Frans Liszt's heroic B-minor Sonata; and the HREF="complete">http://www.stereophile.com/musicrecordings/298">complete Beethoven
Sonatas.
HE 2004 Offers Free Live Music
Live music from popular recording artists is on tap for attendees at the Home Entertainment Show coming to NYC May 20—23, 2004 at the Hilton New York Hotel. And best of all—all performances are FREE to all Show attendees!
HE 2004 West Cancelled
New York, NY—The Home Entertainment 2004 Show, scheduled to take place on November 4-7, 2004 at the Westin-St. Francis Hotel, has been cancelled due to the hotel labor issue in San Francisco.