August 20, 2009 Aesthesis Carbon Fiber Gramophone Loudspeaker for $85,000 Source: CyberTheater So far, various manufacturers have come up with speakers of various shapes and sizes, available in different price tags. If the $2million Ne Plus Ultra speakers is beyond your reach and if you are not impressed with the $40,000 woody speakers, then...
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August 19, 2009 New Mark Levinson N˚500H Series Power Amplifiers Embody Powerful, Sensitive Type Source: Press Release Elkhart, Indiana - Mark Levinson, manufacturer of the world’s finest audio and video systems and a division of the Harman Performance AV Group, today unveiled the company’s new N˚500H series of audiophile power amplifiers. The N˚500H array...
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August 19, 2009h Red Wine Audio Unveils Industry’s First Audiophile-class Battery-powered Headphone Amp/DAC Combo! Source: Press Release Meriden, CT • Red Wine Audio, manufacture of battery-powered purest hi-fi components, unveils the Isabellina HPA integrated Headphone Amplifier and Digital-to-Analog Converter — combining their highly-acclaimed Isabellina DAC with the headphone stage originally developed for their award-winning...
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August 19, 2009 McIntosh Adds Universal Blu-ray Player and Room Correction Source: Press Release Binghamton, N.Y. - Sister D&M brands McIntosh and Snell updated pricing and ship dates of previously announced products while announcing plans for McIntosh’s first Blu-ray player and a McIntosh-branded two-channel room-correction system. All of the products, including a new tower...
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August 19, 2009 Dynaudio Consequence Ultimate Edition Source: Home Entertainment The new Consequence Ultimate Edition from Dynaudio is what the company calls "one of the most fascinating models in the history of high-end loudspeakers". Exclusively featuring the latest Dynaudio transducer technology, select real-wood finishes and precious gold or chrome plated solid driver rings, the...
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August 19, 2009 PMC Launch the DB1S-A II and TB2S-A II Monitor Speakers Source: PMC Newsletter PMC, the world’s premier manufacturer of studio reference monitors, is proud to announce the launch of the DB1S-A II and TB2S-A II compact monitors. These upgraded and improved versions of the highly successful DB1S-A and TB2S-A activated models...
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August 18, 2009 McIntosh Announced Its First All-in-One System Source: Sound&Vision McIntosh has been making audio equipment for 60 years. It’s become well-known for its amps, pre-amps, and other components. However, it’s only ever made individual parts for home audio systems; it’s never made a complete, listen-out-of-the-box package until now. The audio company has...
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August 18, 2009 September 9, 2009 Could Be a Beatles Perfect Storm Source: CNET What is it with the Beatles and nines? As my colleague Caroline McCarthy pointed out in March when the launch date (September 9, 2009) for The Beatles: Rock Band was announced, the band’s song "Revolution 9" ends with the words,...
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August 18, 2009 iTunes Sells 25% of All Music in the US Source: Ars Technica Music sold through the iTunes Store makes up a full quarter of all music sold in the US, according to a new report from the NPD Group. The market research firm noted that paid digital music downloads have continued...
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August 18, 2009 Furutech Unveils GT2 USB 2.0 and GT3 USB 3.0 Cables at CEDIA Source: Press Release Tokyo, Japan - Furutech Co., Ltd., manufacturer of ultra refined analog, digital, video cable and accessories, debuts the GT2, a beautifully engineered and built USB 2.0 cable, and the GT3 USB 3.0 cable at CEDIA, designed...
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August 18, 2009 Windows 7 Adds Dolby Digital Plus Source: TWICE Microsoft’s upcoming Windows 7 operating system will support Dolby Digital Plus multichannel audio, Dolby Laboratories announced. The compressed-audio format will be available in the Home Premium, Professional, Enterprise and Ultimate editions of Windows 7. Dolby Digital Plus supports up to 7.1 channels and...
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August 18, 2009 Primal Snippets, on Vinyl Source: NY Times A few months ago a peculiar item called “Favorite Recorded Scream” began to trickle into New York City record stores. Pressed on 12-inch vinyl in an edition of 500, it has little on its red cover except a list of 74 songs, each linked...
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August 18, 2009 Understanding the Kaleidescape, RealDVD Cases Source: CEPro What are the RealDVD and Kaleidescape lawsuits really about? Who is suing them for their DVD ripping products? And what will the cases mean once they have finally been settled? There has been much confusion about these lawsuits. Here, we try to clarify them....
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August 8, 2009 Lutron Sues Crestron, 3 Dealers for Patent Infringement on Lighting Controls Source: CEPro Lutron Electronics Co., Inc., has sued Crestron Electronics, Inc., and three Crestron dealers for allegedly infringing on three lighting-control patents. Lutron is one of the largest manufacturers of lighting controls in the country. Crestron is arguably the largest...
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August 17, 2009 Stewart Filmscreen to Feature StudioTek 100 at CEDIA Source: HiddenWires Stewart Filmscreen Corporation®, the industry leader in precision projection screen technologies for the commercial and residential markets, announced that its StudioTek 100 recently received an Editor’s Choice Award from ProjectorCentral.com and praise from Sound & Vision magazine. Stewart Filmscreen develops each...
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August 17, 2009 Runco Launches Preeminent DHD Video Processor (DHD 3) Source: Press Release Beaverton, OR – Runco, the leading brand in luxury video solutions, today introduces its Digital High-Definition (DHD 3) external video processor controller. The Installer Dependent™ high-performance Runco DHD 3 combines the industry’s most advanced 1080p scaling and processing capabilities with...
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August 14, 2009 Man Disguises Oven Door as HDTV; Tries to Sell It Source: Tom’s Guide There are always scams going on for people trying to cheat others out of money. And sometimes these scams are entertaining. Such is the story of a man in San Leandro, Calif. who tried to sell an oven...
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August 14, 2009 Kaleidescape: ‘Systems Remain 100% Licensed, Legal’ Source: CEPro Despite a court ruling that might force Kaleidescape to stop making its movie servers that rip and store DVDs on hard drives, Kaleidescape says its systems "remain 100% licensed and legal." A California appeals court ruled that Kaleidescape’s servers violate copyright laws and...
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August 13, 2009 Guitar Legend-Inventor Les Paul Dies at Age 94 Source: Associated Press WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. — Les Paul, who pioneered the solid-body electric guitar later wielded by a legion of rock ‘n’ roll greats, died Thursday of complications from pneumonia. He was 94. According to Gibson Guitar, Paul died at White Plains...
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August 13, 2009 MIT’s New Generation 3 2C3D Speaker Cables and Interconnects Source: Press Release Rocklin California - Music Interface Technologies: MIT Cables has introduced a fresh new line of A/V interfaces sold exclusively on the World Wide Web. Through a select group of Authorized Online Distributors, MIT plans to forge ahead in a...
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