05 / 09 / 08
Van
den Hul has announced their Tide Hybrid (pictured) and The Wave
cables. The TIDE Hybrid is a balanced high quality interconnect, based on silver coated O.F.C. conductors and a combined screening made of our patented Linear Structured Carbon and a dense metal braid. The extremely thick jacket, made of our own plasticizer and Halogen free insulation material, Hulliflex warrants a very strong mechanical and chemical protection. The high flexibility and ruggedness makes this interconnect also extremely suitable as a musical instruments cable.
The WAVE is produced as a tribute to 20 years of van den Hul GreenCare. It has a solid core coaxial built with optimal screening protection against RF and HF spurious signals. Despite this it still is reasonably flexible. The exact 75 Ohm impedance also makes it ideal for A.V. and SPDIF applications.
It comes in a olive green Hulliflex jacket and is available in all our standard
lengths.
The Consumer Electronics Association (CEA)
has announced that audio pioneer Prof. Dr. Fritz Sennheiser
is to be inducted into its CE Hall of Fame. The 95-year-old founder of Sennheiser electronic GmbH & Co. KG is one of 12 honorees to be inducted in 2008, and has been chosen by the expert jury in the category Founders and Inventors. "We are as excited about this announcement as is Prof. Dr. Fritz Sennheiser himself," said Volker Bartels, speaker of the Sennheiser executive team. "Fritz Sennheiser still takes a keen interest in the company he founded, and feels very honored by this recognition from the American consumer electronics industry."
05 / 08 / 08
Enjoy the Music.com now offers our first of three
Audio Karma Festival 2008 (AK Fest) show reports.
Audiophiles should know that Audio Karma is an impressive discussion board and Luther Ward provides excellent coverage spanning two pages with nearly 60 great
photos! This 2008 event was held at the Embassy Suites in Livonia, with each
passing year the AK Fest has grown to the point that this year marked a very impressive 50 listening
rooms! There was also live music, door prizes, plenty of fun and of course great music reproduction systems
that were enjoyed. See Luther Ward's AK Fest 2008 coverage by
clicking here.
05 / 07 / 08
Wavecor, a manufacturer of high quality dynamic drivers located in China for loudspeakers, now offer many
new products. Their TW030WA05, TW030WA06, TW030WA07, and TW030WA08 tweeters feature large ferrite magnet, silk dome, three in-ternal chambers, copper clad alu VC wire, 450Hz res. freq., very low distortion, 4 and 8 ohm available, with or without ferrofluid. The new WF118WA (shown) 85mm ferrite magnet, steel frame, 1.25" voice coil, progressive Conex spider, black glass fiber bobbin, paper cone, 4 and 8 ohm available. The new WF118WA is a 4.5" midrange/woofers driver with an 85mm ferrite magnet, steel frame, 1.25" voice coil, progressive Conex spider, black glass fiber bobbin, paper cone, 4 and 8 ohm available. The larger WF146WA is a 5.75" midrange/woofer with 90mm ferrite magnet, steel frame, 1.25" voice coil, progressive Conex spider, black glass fiber bobbin, paper cone, 4 and 8 ohm available. Lastly, the new WF168WA is a 6.5" midrange/woofer with 90mm ferrite magnet, steel frame, 1.25" voice coil, progressive Conex spider, black glass fiber bobbin, paper cone, 4 and 8 ohm
available.
Hagerman Audio
Labs' designer Jim Hagerman has re-introduced and upgraded his award-winning Trumpet ($2899) vacuum tube phonostage with better components and a new two-box
chassis. It is part of the new "heritage" line of products, which includes a hot-rodded Cornet ($1499) and the new variable equalization Flugelhorn phonostage ($1499). For use with MC cartridges, he offer the Piccolo ($449) active MC headamp or the StepUp ($649) MC transformer in matching chassis. A new transformer isolated and balanced AC LineFilter ($499) accommodates 240Vac operation. Available in either red or silver finishes. The re-introduced Trumpet has a gain of 44dB and input Impedance of 47k ohms. Overall frequency
response is extremely wide, rated from 5Hz to 250kHz with only 0.03% distortion. The vacuum tube
compliment is four12AX7 and four 12AU7.
05 / 06 / 08
Enjoy the Music.com
now offers a world's first look at the June / July edition of The
Absolute Sound (Issue 182) with complete table of contents and
editorial! This edition marks the magazine's prestigious 2008 Golden Ear
Awards for both equipment and music! This is a must-see issue! Within Robert
Harley's editorial, titled Getting To Know You, he states, "I'd like to thank the more than 1400 readers who returned the survey card included in Issue 177. That number of responses alone says a lot about you and the passion you have for music and high-end audio. But the details in the data say even more about your interests and hi-h systems, and what you think of
The Absolute Sound.
About a third of you have audio systems with retail prices of $50,000 or more. Although that's a high dollar figure, many TAS readers have been involved in high-end audio for decades, and these readers' systems reflect years and years of upgrades. A "sweet spot" for a complete system seems to be between $6000 and $15,000, a range that describes nearly a quarter of your audio systems."
You can see the table of contents and read the complete editorial by clicking
here.
The
House Ear Institute (HEI), a non-profit organization dedicated to advancing hearing science through research and education to improve quality of life, is working with audio manufacturer sponsor
Sennheiser for their Sound Partners Teen Hearing Conservation Initiative - It's How You Listen that
Counts. Teens are a consumer group at particularly high risk for hearing damage from noise. "With hearing loss on the rise, the House Ear Institute feels it is imperative to educate teens and young adults on the importance of smart listening habits so they know how to protect their hearing from damage over the long term," says Marilee Potthoff, program director, House Ear Institute. "We are happy to again have Sennheiser's support." The initiative is focused on strategically reaching teens online and in the schools. It's educational video spot featuring Ear Bud and teens is posted on YouTube.com, and a profile of Ear Bud has attracted a network of friends on MySpace.com including the Rolling Stones, Beyoncé, John Mayer and other music celebrities. An Ear Bud profile launched on MyYearbook.com in October 2007 has already drawn almost 50,000 new friends.
05 / 05 / 08
Vacuum
Tube Valley magazine will be holding a collector vintage tube audio & musical equipment sale & auction on June 1 at the Lodge at Blue Lakes at Upper Lake, California. The legendary and huge personal vintage tube hi-fi collection of Charlie Kittleson, editor of
Vacuum Tube Valley magazine, will for sale. This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to see and purchase rare, museum and collector quality vintage tube hi-fi amplifiers, integrateds, preamplifiers, loudspeakers, rare audio books, various parts and much more! Visit
their website for the list of equipment for sale. See our show coverage of Vacuum
Tube Valley's Expo NJ / NYC 2006 by clicking
here.
The now completed High End 2008 in Munich show
was bigger and better than ever before! This year, by adding Atrium 4, they were able to use two of the popular indoor courtyards, as well as the halls below them. The exhibition space
was expanded from 15,500 m² to 18,373 m², an increase of 19 percent. A total of 231 exhibitors from 25 countries were present at the fair. The percentage of exhibitors from abroad rose
again by 4 percent. At the end of the fair, members of the High End Society interviewed many of them to find out what they thought of it. Nearly all of them judged the commercial results and the benefit to their companies of their presence at the fair as good to excellent. By the end of the fair, the total number of visitors had increased by 7.7 percent compared to the previous year. The turnout from international trade visitors as foreign guests came from 57 countries and accounted for half of the total trade visitors. The total number of journalists was 407, with a visitor count not including press or exhibitors
having increased to 13,895. See Enjoy the Music.com's report of the High End 2008 event by
clicking here.
Enjoy
the Music.com now offers awesome swag! From hats to t-shirts... beer stein and tote bag, a wide variety of cool products to show your support for the high-end community. As a bonus, if one of our
representatives or Secret Agents catches you wearing our swag at an audio show you may receive some free audiophile
products! You could receive free music, or tubes... could be cables or excellent tweak devices.
Come join us and show your joy of music to the world and perhaps win some cool stuff for your home audio system!
To get your share of great products we offer plus have a chance for free
audiophile goodies at shows click
here.
05 / 01 / 08
Enjoy the Music.com's May
issue of both Superior Audio
and Review Magazine are now
online! Superior Audio showcases the Sanders Sound Systems ESL
Amplifier and step back and once again learn about the excellent ModWright
Denon 3910 universal player and Aural Acoustics' Model B loudspeaker. The Review
Magazine celebrates tweaking and DIY projects including A One-Tube
Regulator, the AV8 DIY tube amplifier, DIY anti-vibration platform, a very
impressive DIY record cleaning machine plus various DIY record cleaning
formulas! For vinyl junkies we have setting your VTA with a non-technical
explanation. Audio equipment manufacturer Axiom Audio shows us how room
treatments can make a profound difference to the way your systems performs
within a listening room. See the May
issue of our Review Magazine by clicking
here and Superior Audio by clicking
here.
04 / 30 / 08
Rick Becker's extensive FSI
2008 Montreal show coverage in now online! With well over 10,000 words
filling an impressive eight web pages, we have many exclusive photos that must be
seen! This is among the very best Montreal audiophile show coverage for
both those who did and did not attend this event. Sit back, relax, and read
about the world premiere product launches and people who make this event a joy
to attend. To read Rick's report click
here.
04 / 24 to 04 / 27
Enjoy
the Music.com will be offering our exclusive daily updates to the
must-attend show of the spring! Munich's High End Society is presenting their
High End 2008 show takes place at Munich's M.O.C. A staggering 18,373 m²
(60,278 ft²) of floor space will be filled with everything from vinyl albums
to the upper echelons of ultra high-end audio gear. Over 225 confirmed
registrations from 24 countries will be represented. A grand total of around
700 brands from Germany and abroad will be seen during this event.
Location: M,O,C, Munich, Lilienthalallee 40
Duration: April 24th through 27th
Trade Day: Thursday, April 24th (only by pre-registration)
Open: From 10am through 6pm
Entrance fee:
Trade visitors: 20€ with pre-registration for all days
Public: 10€ per day or 20€ for family ticket (for 2 adults and up
to 3 children)
Kindergarten on site free of charge
Enjoy the Music.com's show coverage can
be seen by clicking here.
04 / 23 / 08
Enjoy the Music.com has posted the
April/May 2008 edition of The $ensible Sound
magazine. This issue features auditions of the Acoustisoft MP-B-USB Kit and Audio-Technica ATH-A700
plus reviews of the SVS SCS-01 satellite speakers & SB12-Plus subwoofer, KEF Reference
205/2, Onkyo TXSR 705 & TXSR 805 AV receivers and the NHT Classic Four loudspeakers.
Within editor David A. Rich's editorial titled Red Faced Rich Again, he says,
"This review of the Oppo DV-980H in the January 2008 issue of Stereophile, Kalman Robinson identified some AV receivers as incompatible when playing SACD discs over the HDM link because the subwoofer (0.1) channel is inactive. I did not check for activity in the subwoofer channel and missed the problem. The fix, a response to Dr. Robinson's discovery, is on the Oppo web site where you need to navigate to the Do-It-Yourself Firmware Update Instructions for the Oppo DV-980H, release date of October 9, 2007 or
later..." To see this issues entire table of contents and read the
complete editorial click here.
Ampphion will be having a world first preview of their new Krypton2 (12,800€) full range loudspeaker at the
High End 2008 event in Munich. The Krypton2 utilizes a cardioid dispersion pattern to decrease unwanted room reflections and allow one to hear less of the room and more of the loudspeaker. Cardioid dispersion is achieved via large tweeter waveguide and placing the two 8” midranges in their separate flow controlled chambers. The cardioid chambers reduce the energy to the side by 5dB and 20dB to the rear, and allow to midranges to work in nearly open-air conditions. Newly developed midrange drivers made by SEAS utilize a new wood and plant
fiber membrane. A newly designed titanium tweeter, also made by SEAS, is housed in a proprietary waveguide. Overall
frequency response is from 19Hz to 30kHz with a sensitivity of 87dB/W/m and impedance of 4 Ohms. Driver compliment is a single tweeter, pair of 8-inch ribbed wood and plant
fiber cones by Seas and 10-inch Nomex woofers by Peerless. Box dimensions are 1370 x 240 x 470 (HxWxD in
mm).
A smaller brother to the Amphion Krypton2 is the new Prio 620, with the drivers placed vertically in a WTW format
in accordance with their Amphion Time Accurate Point Source (TAPS) system. The Prio 620 is based on 6.5-inch woofer and a new Seas sourced tweeter and it is available in white, black and birch. Also of note is the Prio 510 two-way bookshelf based on the new 5.25 Peerless Nomex driver and 25 mm titanium tweeter. Lastly, Amphion's new
Argon2 Anniversary (1680€ in white) is a celebration of their 10th year Anniversary. A newly developed Titanium tweeter, which was developed for the Krypton project, is employed for the uppermost frequencies. It has a slightly modified crossover design as well as Gold plated WBT binding posts. Argon2 Anniversary is available in white, black, birch and
cherry.
Holfi
will have a world premier of their new Batt2riia (2150€) next generation battery powered
MM/MC phono preamplifier at the
High End 2008 show in Munich. The Batt2riia
combines unique features including battery power and current amplification. This combination is said to achieve extraordinary low noise level and audiophile sound quality far beyond it's price tag. This second generation Batt2riaa is a further development of the original, now with a larger and more refined power supply and larger batteries. It also contains the WBT
Nextgen RCA connectors. Normally, phonostages are voltage amplification designs, and at Holfi they work with the fact that transistors are by nature a current amplifying device (unlike tubes or FETs). According to the company, using them in accordance with their nature gives several advantages: The transistor produces much less distortion and less noise. Because of their low internal impedance MC cartridges deliver a quite potent current signal, much higher than a typical MM cartridge. As all other
Holfi electronics the Batt2riaa is a single ended design and totally without global feedback.
Overall frequency range is a super wide 2Hz to 1.3MHz with an RIAA accuracy of +/- 0.2 dB.
04 / 22 / 08
Linn
has once again put forth their vinyl expertise as the company's new Majik LP12
($3750) turntable combines decades of analog engineering! Combining the legendary 35 year old LP12 performance at lower entry fee, the
Majik LP12 consists of an internal Majik LP12 power supply, solid base board, Adikt MM cartridge and Pro-Ject 9cc tonearm. Like the original LP12, the
Magik LP12 performance can be further improved over time by upgrading the turntable with any one of Linn's range of turntable accessories, such as a Lingo external power supply, Keel sub-chassis and armboard, Akito tonearm, Klyde cartridge, and Trampolin base board. "The
Magik LP12 lets even more music lovers access Sondek performance from their cherished vinyl; it's also fully upgradeable and can improve any Hi-Fi system."
said Ivor Tiefenbrun MBE, Founder and Chairman of Linn Products. "It's fantastic that after thirty five years, not only is our first product still going strong, but more people than ever are continuing, resuming or just starting an enduring love affair with the LP format."
The Magik LP12 is available in various woo and solid colors.
05/2004 Linn
has done it again with a successful partnership with critically acclaimed
automobile manufacturer Aston Martin to offer audio systems within their
vehicles. First came the Linn entertainment system within the V12 Vanquish
approximately a year ago, and today they extend their products to be offered
as standard within Aston Martin's new DB9.
The
Aston Martin DB9 does produce a mere 450bhp from their 6-liter V12 engine.
Fitted as standard in the DB9 includes Linn's 128W Audio System that consists
of a 5-channel stereo amplification and loudspeaker solution. Four 22 wpc.
amplifiers, developed from Linn's latest ultra-linear CHAKRA technology, drive
two loudspeakers situated in stereo configuration in the vehicle's doors. Each
of these active loudspeakers contains a 4-inch mid-range drive unit and a
1-inch tweeter. An additional 40-watt amplifier drives the 8-inch bass
reinforcement loudspeaker which is situated between the rear seats. The Linn
260W Audio System is the mid-level option in the range, offering greater power
and the addition of Limbik-powered surround sound, delivering superior sound
and tuneful performance that is simply totally involving. Surround sound
processing in the Linn 260W System is handled by Linn's proprietary Limbik
software algorithm which converts a normal stereo signal into 6 discrete
channels of pitch-accurate sound, immersing the driver in the performance.
Those seeking the best package available will opt for Linn's 950W Audio System
with reference quality Chakra amplification powered by Linn's proprietary
Switch Mode Power Supply technology resulting in substantially greater power
output and improved sound quality with ten channels of 75W driving the active
full-range loudspeakers and an additional 200W driving the active bass
reinforcement loudspeaker. This system also has servo-controlled bass
reinforcement loudspeakers using an accelerometer to provide the correct
feedback required for pitch accurate performance down to the lowest
frequencies. On an updated side note, Aston Martin now chooses Band &
Olufson for their in-car audio system.
Tonian
Labs now offers the ultimate decoupling resonators, the UCDR ($495 for set of three), which are are designed to work under CD-players, amplifiers, preamplifiers and loudspeakers. The company claims that energy is transferred to a single point, this way the whole system will resonate on a single point in one frequency and that way there will be more focus for the reproduced music. Basically, the way they work is by taking the vibration energy to a single point, which is more like putting your equipment on top of a needle. Each unit is made with a combination of bronze, brass, and
wood.
Electrocompaniet, a Norwegian manufacturer who recently acquired
Nordic Tone, will be introducing their new Prelude Maestro high-end home entertainment
center at Munich's High End 2008 event.
This all-in-one system from Electrocompaniet includes amplifiers, tuner, CD, SACD and DVD player integrated into one unit that fits easily into any modern interior. The Class AB amplifiers produces three channels of 120 watts, while the DVD player includes upscaling to 1080P and has HDMI output. The new DAB radio system and a selection of functions can be installed in the available expansion slot. As an option, users can add wireless rear amplification
consisting of two channels at 75 watts each. This allows for full 5 channel surround sound. A pair of self-powered subwoofers can be connected to the Prelude Maestro. As for, Nordic Tone, the company has been acquired by Electrocompaniet including all patents, products and rights to the Norwegian loudspeaker projects.
04 / 21 / 08
Internationally
acclaimed and leading Internet specialty audio and music review Web site
Enjoy the Music.com
has launched their MusicGiants Concierge Collection
Contest! In the past
three years well over $135,000 in prizes have
been offered; with each one creating a huge buzz throughout the
audiophile community. In concert with MusicGiants,
Enjoy the Music.com
will be awarding $250 worth of DRM-free music to an opt-in Mailing List
member residing within the United States of America.
"Right on the heels of ending the over $41,000
equipment contest, it brings me joy to announce this special gift of
music to a lucky member of our readership. As the only online audiophile magazine with the resources and
support to have the opportunity to offer over $135,000 in prizes in the
past three years, it brings me great pleasure to give away
a wonderful collection of music specially chosen for the contest winner." said Steven R. Rochlin, editor of Enjoy the
Music.com.
"Our relationship with MusicGiants strongly shows how consumers
desire high-resolution music versus the lower quality compressed music
files offered by other online music vendors. Our critical readership
expects no less than acquiring the very best, and this is precisely why Enjoy
the Music.com is working with MusicGiants." The contest begins April 21, 2008 and
will end May 31, 2008 with the winner being notified via e-mail.
MusicGiants' online store for Enjoy the Music.com can be seen at this
link. To learn more about the contest and enter to win click
here.
In November 2007
Enjoy the Music.com launched their third annual Equipment Contest with thousands of dollars in audiophile products to be given
away! This contest marks a combined total of over $135,000 in prizes having been
offered by Enjoy the Music.com. With the first round of winners chosen in early April, and
a subsequent second round on April 15th, lucky Mailing List members who have been awarded a
prize appear below. A third round of deciding new winners from the remaining unclaimed
prizes will be chosen in a few weeks. To learn more about this most recent equipment contest
click here. If you are not already a
member of the Enjoy the Music.com Mailing list and want to enter our contests,
click
here.
Dave Falco: Gemme Audio Tanto VFlex loudspeakers $5,495
Rich A. McCormack: Furutech's Power Reference III-N1 cable
is $1100 and two meter Speaker Reference III-N1 cable is $1200, for a total
prize package of $2300
Phil Kaufman, Christian Veluz, and Mike Taylor:
Environmental Potentials North America EP-2450 and EP-2050 are $750 each while
the EP-2750 is $600 for a total of $2,100
William Showalter: Empirical Audio Pace-Car reclocker for
AirPort Express, including the AirPort Express. $1600
Richard Lewis: Role Audio Windjammer loudspeakers. $1,495
Jeff Merth: Axiom Audio Epicenter EP500 subwoofer. $1,230
Connie Tucker: Opera Consonance Cyber-10 multifunctional 12
wpc stereo tube amplifier. $1195
Walter Johnson The Music Cable two (qty) 1.5-meter pairs of
XLR/XLR Truly Balanced interconnects. MSRP is $533 per meter/pair, total value
of prize is $1066
Dan Skogen: Janton's Operetta AP2140A stereo amplifier $1000
Howard Kneller: Orb Audio MOD1 system $999
Nancy Vroman: Aperion Audio critically acclaimed Intimus
533-T Tower Speaker. $750/pair
P. Ashley Dean: AAA-Audio.com's Dussun DS99 integrated
stereo amplifier. $600
John Lui Boston Audio (two sets) of their TuneBlock SE
devices, two sets will be sent to one winner for a total prize $598
Pamela Schmidt: Audience aR1p power conditioner. $495
Barry Paulson: HiFi-Tuning "suite" of products
including their RFI and EMI "Noise Destroyer" (MSRP $249.95), and
their choice of three HiFi-Tuning Silver/Gold upgrade fuses (MSRP $29.95 to
$39.95 each). Prize package worth up to 369.80 depending on fuse choice.
Robert Meyer: Ultra Systems will be sending a set of four
Cathedral Sound Acoustic Panels for room tuning. $359
04 / 18 / 08
Baidu, the leading Chinese language Internet search provider, faces a potential multi-billion dollar liability for breaching music copyrights according to the
International Federation of the Phonographic Industry
(IFPI). The IFPI, an organization that promotes the international recording industry worldwide with membership including over 1400 companies in more than 70 countries, claims that a Chinese court has agreed to hear damages claims
totaling $9 million USD from three record companies. The claim is the tip of the iceberg in a copyright infringement test-case that could expose the Chinese internet giant to a multi-billion dollar liability. According to the IFPI press release,
"Baidu's music delivery services, which are quite separate from its general search engine, "deep link" users directly to hundreds of thousands of copyright infringing music tracks. They generate substantial advertising revenue for Baidu while causing massive damage to the music industry... The record
companies' infringement claims against Baidu are based on 127 of their own music tracks, which are just a small representative sample of the wider infringement. They seek the maximum statutory compensation under Chinese law of RMB 500,000
($71,000 USD) per track. This creates total claims of RMB 63,500,000 ($9m USD) but the ultimate exposure could be much greater." To date, China's Internet companies have chosen not partnered with the recording industry and instead are facilitating mass-scale piracy on their networks. While China has a huge potential as a legitimate digital music market, with more broadband connections than the United States plus huge music-buying demographic, over 99 per cent of all music online in China infringes
copyright.
Channel D has released Pure Vinyl 2.2
a free update to their suite of audio applications designed especially for the high quality digital playback and transcription of vinyl LP
records. Pure Vinyl 2.2 ($229 for the Mac OS X 10.4 and up) is a suite of audio applications designed especially for high-resolution digital playback, editing, and archival of vinyl records. It includes real-time playback monitoring, recording of dry or equalized audio at sample rates up to 192 kHz (with simultaneous save of CD format audio), adjustable sample rate conversion, and many other features. Pure Vinyl uniquely combines a fun "scratch" style grab-and-spin editor with realistic "virtual vinyl" platter images, rendered from the audio. The editor's automatic gain riding and looping insures accurate track editing, even in the presence of vinyl background noise. A high quality resampling feature simultaneously saves CD format audio while monitoring and recording raw or equalized audio at sample rates up to 192 kHz. Editing operations are nondestructive, and real-time, 64-bit vinyl correction (choose from dozens of customizable curves for antique recordings, or a highly optimized, extremely accurate standard RIAA curve) is included. This free update includes improvements to the editor and recorder plus updated documentation.
04 / 17 / 08
Atlas
Cables, a Scottish specialist in cable manufacturing with design developed by John
Carrick, offers many lines from their Atlas Basic interconnect all the way up to the Atlas Ascent 3.50 loudspeaker cable (priced at £35 to £95 per meter respectively. The
Atlas Basic features asymmetrical / unbalanced double shielded multi-stranded wire that is 99.9997 percent pure OFC copper. The outer shield provides 100 percent coverage to
avoid unwanted RFI. Special low loss foamed polyethylene dielectric is also part of this design as is soft PVC jacketing. Atlas Cable's Ascend 3.50 loudspeaker cable features 3.51 sq mm rope lay 99.9997 percent pure OCC copper multi-stranded conductors. They are arranged in a twisted fashion to avoid the adverse effects of EMI and give increased resistance from proximity effect. Very low loss Teflon dielectric and a bed of cotton yarn cuts out microphony of this 9.8 mm diameter soft PVC sleeve
cable.
Karan Acoustics,
a Serbian brand distributed within North America by Westside Music and Cinema, has introduced the KA L linestage and KA M 650 monoblock amplifiers ($8490 and $32,000/pr. respectively). The KA L is a one box linestage with extraordinary attention to detail that includes a fully balanced, dual-mono architecture, remote control, feedback reducing feet, and 3 separate power supplies. Inputs include a balanced XLR connection, as well three single-ended RCA types which are translated into fully balanced circuits. Outputs include both single-ended and balanced connections.
The KA M 650 monoblock amplifiers feature fully differential DC coupled and zero feedback circuitry with balanced or single-ended inputs. In each 50 kg unit, a pair of 960 VA toroidal transformers and 132000
mF of ultra-fast reservoir capacitance feed a sophisticated ring emitter bipolar output to produce a total of 650 watts into 8 Ohms, and 900 watts into 4
Ohms. Frequency response is from DC to 300kHz with a S/N ratio better than -120dB
and damping factor better than 10,000 into 8 Ohms.
04 / 16 / 08
Custom Electronic Design & Installation Association (CEDIA), an international trade association of companies that specialize in designing and installing electronic systems for the home with more than 3,500 member companies worldwide, seeks a new Chief Executive Officer (CEO) a handful of months after they mentioned and then cancelled
aspirations of adding a second industry show to their schedule. The new role also comes after CEDIA claims they are self-managed and
independent of Raybourn Group International. The current staff, including Don Gilpin as the executive director, will continue in their present roles and will implement strategic initiatives and events for CEDIA members and the industry. "Just as the electronic systems industry is experiencing explosive growth, so too is CEDIA as the premiere organization representing it," said Don Gilpin. "This expansion of our team will be of great benefit so that I can focus on the internal tasks of running the association, while the CEO can drive the external affairs of
CEDIA."
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Germany's audiophile recording label
TACET has released Vivaldi's Four Seasons [CD No. 163] and the Welte-Mignon Mystery Vol. IX [CD no. 159]. Antonio Vivaldi the Four Seasons recording also includes Concerto RV 317 in G minor and Concerto RV 257 in E flat major as performed by the Polish Chamber Philharmonic Orchestra. With Daniel Gaede on violin, the label proclaims "technical perfection" and a very promising overall performance. The Welte-Mignon Mystery Vol. IX with Camille Saint-Saëns includes all his 1905 interpretations. Selected works by Saint-Saëns, Beethoven, Schumann and Chopin highlight this release. This
historic recording is a must-have for those seeking to complete the collection and musical knowledge.
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