Jon Iverson

First All-Digital Amplifier?
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Jon Iverson  |  Jan 08, 1998  |  0 comments
NAD has announced what they claim is the world's first true digital audio power amplifier directly linking a CD player to a loudspeaker. As explained by Peter Lyngdorf, chairman of NAD Electronics and TACT Audio, the Millennium "is not a conventional combination of D/A converter and analog amplification.
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CES '98 Opens: DVD-Audio gauntlet is thrown
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Jon Iverson  |  Jan 07, 1998  |  0 comments
The Academy Advancing High Performance Audio & Video (formerly the Academy for the Advancement of High End Audio) kicked off CES '98 with a pre-Show meeting. Meridian's Bob Stuart addressed the thorny issue of competing and (as yet) not fully defined standards for DVD-Audio.
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Consumer Electronics Show: January 8, 1998
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Jon Iverson  |  Jan 07, 1998  |  0 comments
A continuing proliferation of formats is as likely in the audio realm as it is in video. The analog cassette was one of the most successful formats in history, and the industry has yet to find a replacement for it. MiniDisc, a Sony-originated format, required several attempts to introduce it to the American market.
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Jitter in, jitter out...
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Jon Iverson  |  Jan 04, 1998  |  0 comments
For years, there has been concern in the high-end audio press about the effects of jitter on digital audio. Manufacturers spend countless design hours measuring jitter and trying to minimize its influence on the sound of their products.
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Binaural audio available on the internet
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Jon Iverson  |  Jan 02, 1998  |  0 comments
Operating at the fringes of the audio world, binaural recordings have continued to maintain a hardcore group of advocates. Creating a convincing three-dimensional surround effect using only a two-channel source, binaural technology is especially impressive with headphones.
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Camelot's Howard Schilling takes new position at Genesis Technologies
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Jon Iverson  |  Dec 13, 1997  |  0 comments
More high-end audio company musical chairs: Howard Schilling, co-founder and Vice President of Sales and Marketing of Camelot Technology, will now also join Genesis Technologies as National Sales Manager after having "quietly" worked with them in the past.
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Yamaha displays FireWire-endowed audio/video components at Comdex '97
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Jon Iverson  |  Nov 30, 1997  |  0 comments
Digital audio took another lurch forward at Comdex '97 with the display of Yamaha's FireWire-to-PCM converter technology.
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Stereophile hatches a website!
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Jon Iverson  |  Nov 30, 1997  |  0 comments
Welcome to the official Stereophile website!
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DVD players thrive at Comdex '97
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Jon Iverson  |  Nov 30, 1997  |  0 comments
When I first attended Comdex several years back, it was easy to feel like a fish out of water. My core interests were always high-end audio---and the computer biz at the time would get excited about anything that sounded as good as a telephone. But I was still curious about what all the brainiacs were up to.
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