WebNoize Brought Music Industry Suits and Internet Geeks Together
The WebNoizehttp://www.webnoize.com">WebNoize; three-day conference took place last week in Los Angeles, mixing record-company executives with Internet geeks, all trying to find profitable ways to distribute music online. Tom Roli, publisher of the Webnoize website, set the tone for the event, stating that "the industry is facing great change and uncertainty due to emerging technologies, shifting global markets, and media revolutions."
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Weiss DAC501/502 MK2: Now Available in the U.S. and Canada
Bluebird Music, a distributor of high-performance audio products, has announced the release of the Weiss DAC501 MK2 and DAC502 MK2 for the U.S. and Canadian markets. Both models are built by Weiss Engineering and represent the latest in the company’s nearly four-decade pursuit of high-fidelity sound reproduction.
Welcome to Audio Advice Live 2026!
Ken Micallef talks with Scott Newnam about what we can expect to see and hear at Audio Advice Live 2026.
Welcome to Montreal Audiofest 2026!
Robert Schryer and Ken Micallef welcome one and all to our upcoming in-depth Montreal Audiofest 2026 coverage. Besides the teaser Reels we've already been posting, Rob and Ken will be conducting show interviews and showing us lots of great new gear from the show in the days ahead, so stay tuned!
Welcome to SouthWest Audio Fest 2026!
Ken Micallef talks with Gary Gill about what we can expect to see and hear at SouthWest Audio Fest 2026.
Welcome, Intervention Records
There's a new audiophile-quality vinyl reissue endeavor on the scene: Intervention Records (IR). Dedicated to reissuing recordings that are "entirely new to the vinyl reissue market, particularly titles that never saw a vinyl release at all or only saw very limited release," Intervention Records' titles are sourced from the best available sources, primarily analog master tapes, and are mastered in the analog domain by Kevin Gray at Cohearent Audio.
Well Pleased AV, Norse, Merason, and QLN at AXPONA 2026
At AXPONA 2026, Ken Micallef speaks with Well Pleased AV's Mark Sossa about the gear shown in the company's room at the show, including a pair of Norse X1 amplifiers, a Merason DAC 2 DAC, and QLN Prestige Five Gen 2 speakers.
Were Reports of Classical's Death Premature?
Over the last several weeks, one newspaper after another has made note of Nielsen Soundscan's 2006 point-of-purchase data, which showed classical record sales up 22.5%, making it the "fastest growing" category for the year. Hip-hop was down (-20.7%), R&B was down (-18.4%), alternative was down (-9.2%), jazz was down (-8.3%)—soundtracks were up (+19%), but everybody dismissed that, attributing it to the dominance of a single title, High School Musical.
Wes Phillips resigns from Stereophile to join the world of PR.
It is with regret that I announce that Wes Phillips has resigned from Stereophile in order to take a position, beginning January 1, 1999, with PR company J.B. Stanton Communications, Inc. Wes and his wife, Joan, will be relocating to Connecticut. I wonder how Wes's unreconstructed Virginia ancestors will take to his becoming a Yankee!