Henry Kloss, Dead at 72
Photo: © Steven Stone (used with permission)
Henry Kloss, whose prolific hi-fi design and manufacturing career spanned a half century, died of a subdural hematoma on January 31, three weeks before his 73rd birthday.Herb Papier Dead at 86
Stereophile was saddened to learn of the death of Herb Papier earlier this month. He was 86. A musician—he was an amateur trumpeter—music lover, and inventor, Papier was best known in the audiophile community as the designer and original manufacturer of the Wheaton Tri-Planar tonearm.
Hertsens On Portables
Tyll Hertsens is on a mission. He strives to transform the ugly duckling bleat of portable audio into music that sings to an audiophile's heart.
Hewlett Packard Will Pay GEMA for Piracy
In what may be the precursor to a deluge of lawsuits against electronics manufacturers, computer giant Hewlett-Packardhttp://www.hp.com/">Hewlett-Packard; has agreed to pay fees to German music licensing organization GEMAhttp://www.gema.de/eng/index.html">GEMA; for revenue supposedly lost to piracy. Hewlett-Packard was targeted by GEMA last May, because the Palo Alto, Calfornia-based company's CD burners dominate the German market, and was originally asked to pay 30 marks ($12.90) for each unit sold in Germany since February, 1998.
HI-FI '98 Coverage Continues
From the Show:
HI-FI '98 Product Previews
Several manufacturers will be demonstrating state-of-the-art audio products at HI-FI">http://www.hifishow.com">HI-FI '98---some of which have never been seen by the public before.
HI-FI '98 Product Previews, Part Five
Hundreds of manufacturers will be demonstrating state-of-the-art audio products at HI-FI">http://www.hifishow.com">HI-FI '98---some of which have never before been seen by the public. Here is the last installment of announcements:
HI-FI '98 Product Previews, Part Four
Hundreds of manufacturers will be demonstrating state-of-the-art audio products at HI-FI">http://www.hifishow.com">HI-FI '98---some of which have never before been seen by the public. We're running several announcements each week leading up to the Show to give you a taste of what to expect. Here's the fourth assortment:
HI-FI '98 Product Previews, Part Three
Hundreds of manufacturers will be demonstrating state-of-the-art audio products at HI-FI">http://www.hifishow.com">HI-FI '98---some of which have never before been seen by the public. We are running several announcements each week leading up to the Show to give you a taste of what to expect. Here's the third assortment:
HI-FI '98 Product Previews, Part Two
Hundreds of manufacturers will be demonstrating state-of-the-art audio products at HI-FI">http://www.hifishow.com">HI-FI '98---some of which have never before been seen by the public.