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Klaus Heymann of Naxos

Jason Victor Serinus Aug 25, 2010 First Published: Aug 25, 2010 0 comments

Klaus Heymann has some surprising news. During an in-person chat in the lobby of San Francisco's Mandarin Oriental Hotel, the founder of the label that turned the classical-music recording industry on its ear revealed that, in the US, classical-music sales for the labels that Naxos distributes are stable.

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B&W Heads to Magnoliaville

Jason Victor Serinus Jul 28, 2010 First Published: Jul 28, 2010 0 comments

Reflecting dramatic changes in the high-end industry, British loudspeaker manufacturer Bowers & Wilkins has developed for its products a new US retail outlet. Beginning in October, audio shoppers will be able to audition and buy the company's loudspeakers in Best Buy's chain of Magnolia stores.

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California Audio Show Next Weekend

Jason Victor Serinus Jul 22, 2010 First Published: Jul 22, 2010 0 comments

After a gap of far too many years, Northern California again has a high-end audio show. Sponsored by Constantine Soo's DaGoGo.com, the fledgling California">http://www.caaudioshow.com/">California Audio Show will take place July 30 –August 1 at the Hilton Garden Inn in Emeryville. That location —next to Interstate 80, just across the bridge from San Francisco, midway between Oakland and Berkeley, and a free (albeit time-sensitive) shuttle">http://emerygoround.com/schedule.php">shuttle ride from the BART (Bay Area Rapid Transit) MacArthur line—is expected to draw a good cross-section of audiophiles from throughout the Bay Area.

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Rosen Bach Cello Suites Available Again

John Marks Jul 09, 2010 First Published: Jul 09, 2010 0 comments

Arkivmusic.comhttp://www.arkivmusic.com">Arkivmusic.com; is an Internet retailer of classical media (CDs, SACDs, and DVDs), including its own licensed CD reissues of out-of-print classical titles from labels major, minor, and micro. ArkivCDs are bit-for-bit copies of the original masters, burned on demand to CD-R and shipped to the customer with on-demand printed booklets and liner notes, as Wes Phillips wrotehttp://www.stereophile.com/news/120406heaven">wrote; in December 2006.

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T+A and Wharfedale Find New US Distribution

Jason Victor Serinus Jul 07, 2010 First Published: Jul 07, 2010 0 comments

Two highly respected product lines, one founded 32 years ago, and another whose pedigree dates from 1932, have returned to the North American market. Theory">http://www.ta-hifi.com">Theory & Application Elektroakustic (T+A) products, from Germany, has returned to the US and Canada thanks to Dynaudio North America, and the venerable line of Wharfedale">http://www.wharfedale.co.uk">Wharfedale loudspeakers will once again reach the US from the UK, thanks to the dedication of Sound Import, LLC, of Hopedale, Massachusetts.

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Hot Classical & Jazz Downloads

Jason Victor Serinus May 19, 2010 First Published: May 19, 2010 0 comments

The long-awaited US launch of Passionato.comhttp://www.passionato.com">Passionato.com;, intended as the World Wide Web's "premier destination for classical music connoisseurs," has finally happened. Passionato, which has no membership fee, offers the largest collection of classical-music downloads in CD-quality, DRM-free FLAC and 320kbps MP3 formats yet assembled online.

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Dynaudio to Auction Last Pair of Sapphires

Jason Victor Serinus Apr 28, 2010 First Published: Apr 28, 2010 0 comments

Three years after Dynaudio released its highly coveted 30th Anniversary Sapphire loudspeaker in a limited run of 2000 units, the final pair will be sold online by Danish auctioneer Lauritzhttp://www.lauritz.com">Lauritz;. All proceeds from the auction, which begins Wednesday, May 12, and ends at 2pm MEST on Saturday, May 22, will benefit Doctors Without Borders.

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Montreal Audio Show Starts Friday

Jason Victor Serinus Mar 21, 2010 First Published: Mar 21, 2010 0 comments

The 23rd Salon">http://www.salonsonimage.com">Salon Son & Image high-fidelity show, cosponsored by Stereophile, takes place in Montreal's Hilton Bonaventure March 26–28. (An additional day, March 25, is reserved for the trade and press.) With 10,000 to 12,000 attendees expected, including a sizable American contingent and several thousand Canadians from outside Quebec province, who will take advantage of bilingual presentations and literature and the anticipated absence of snow, SSI remains the largest North America audio show that is open to the public.

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BluePort Jazz and Hyperion in Lossless FLAC

Jason Victor Serinus Mar 14, 2010 First Published: Mar 14, 2010 0 comments

BluePort Jazz's catalog of 15 titles, recorded in jazz clubs and studios by Jim Merod, is now downloadable in lossless FLAC format from the House">http://www.houseoflinn.com">House of Linn website. Merod—a PhD professor, an author of numerous books, a music critic for Enjoy the Music.com, and an equipment reviewer for Positive Feedback Online—is known for recording with as few microphones as possible and mixing everything live to two tracks in high-resolution (24-bit/96kHz) PCM format.

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Axpona Approaches

Jason Victor Serinus Feb 27, 2010 First Published: Feb 27, 2010 0 comments

Axponahttp://www.axpona.com">Axpona;, the Audio Expo of North America, is geared up for its premiere next Friday in Jacksonville, Florida. The new Show runs March 5–7 at the 350-room Wyndham Riverwalk Hotel, which overlooks the St. Johns River and is just 15 minutes from the Atlantic Ocean. Sponsored by Stereophile, which will blog live from the show, Axpona is already looking like a winner. Impressive figures for advance Internet registration (discounted through March 1) indicate that Axpona might meet or even surpass attendance at last year's Rocky Mountain Audio Fest, in Denver.