Peavey Electronics Licenses Digital Harmony Pro, Opening Door for 1394-Based Pro Systems
Last week, Peavey">http://www.peavey.com">Peavey Electronics and Digital">http://www.digitalharmony.com">Digital Harmony announced a licensing agreement that they say aims to revolutionize audio production, music publishing, and distribution. By licensing Digital Harmony Pro technology, Peavey says it plans to create the pro-audio industry's first non-proprietary 1394-equipped digital audio products and systems.
Peer to Peer's Promise
The music industry has been telling us for years that peer-to-peer (P2P) file sharing is a bad thing. But a New York company has decided the record labels had it wrong and that it merely needed to harness P2P's power.
Penaudio Arrives
One of the visual highlights of the 2003 Consumer Electronics Show and HE 2003 in San Francisco was the Penaudiohttp://www.penaudio.fi">Penaudio; speakers, sporting a unique sliced-wood veneer wrapped around diminutive two-way designs. While the speakers were easy on the eyes, it wasn't so easy to find a pair to audition in the US.
Pepsi Did It!
The shoes are now dropping all over the place. We have previously reported that Warner Music Group had dropped DRM on its downloads, joininghttp://stereophile.com/news/123107warner/">joining; Amazon.com's Download store. Ten days ago, we also reported that Sony BMG had announced it was dropping">http://stereophile.com/news/010508sonybmg/">dropping DRM, although it declined to release any distribution details at the time.
Perlisten's s R7t
Two years ago, Dan Roemer founded Perlisten loudspeakers. Just one year later, when the company went public, their inventory already included 25 different speaker models. I don't know about you, but I find that an astounding achievement.
Perreaux Hooks Up With Sanibel
New Zealand's Perreaux">http://www.perreaux.com">Perreaux Industries began creating audio products 30 years ago, starting with the GS 2002 integrated transistor amplifier in 1974, and landed in the US in 1980 with the PMF 2150 amplifier. Dozenshttp://www.perreaux.com/backcat.php">Dozens; of new audio products have been developed since then, many of them groundbreaking, and the latest designs are again available in the American market.
Perreaux Redux
For any audio company to be successful, it needs to cover what my business school teachers used to call the "Four Ps": Product, Price, Promotion, and Place. In other words, success will follow if a company can slice up its resources to properly promote the right product at the right price and make it available in the right places.
Peter Belt, 1930-2017
On March 13, May Belt of PWB Electronics announced via e-mail that Peter W. Belt, the company's founder and her husband of many years, passed away on February 17. He was 87.
Peter J. Walker 1916–2003
I am saddened to report that Peter James Walker, the founder of quintessential English audio company Quad, passed away on December 10, after a long illness. He was 87. Peter Walker had been married twice; both his wives had died before him. He is survived by a daughter, Victoria, and a son, Ross, the latter having played a major role in managing Quad through the 1970s and '80s.
Peter McGrath at The Audio Salon in Santa Monica Saturday
On Saturday, April 27, Join Wilson Audio's Peter McGrath for an evening of music at The Audio Salon, 2525 Michigan Ave (Gallery F1) Santa Monica, California, from 1-8 PM. McGrath will be presenting the WAMM Master Chronosonic loudspeakers with the WAMM Master Subsonic subwoofers.