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It's Not All Gloom—News from the Classical Front

Jason Victor Serinus Feb 02, 2008 First Published: Feb 02, 2008

You thought the only new articles about CDs you'd be reading would be about further declines in sales? Well, it turns out that ArkivMusichttp://www.arkivmusic.com">ArkivMusic;, the country's leading website for new and formerly out-of-print classical recordings, posted, um, record sales last year.

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The Bite of the Apple

Wes Phillips Feb 01, 2008 First Published: Feb 01, 2008

Longtime Stereophile reader (and EFF senior staff attorney) Fred von Lohmann sent us a message pointing us to rumors that iPod Classics running v1.1 firmware were outputting DC through both their dock connection and headphone jack. He included a linkhttp://ilounge.com/index.php/news/comments/ipod-classic-11-line-out-vol…; to iLounge.com, which bills itself as "an independent provider of information about Apple Computer Inc.'s iPod and iPhone digital media players, accessories, and related software."

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NHT Acquires NHT!

Wes Phillips Jan 31, 2008 First Published: Jan 31, 2008

When last we heard business news from NHT, it had been acquired">http://stereophile.com/news/051506nht/">acquired by Vinci Labs in 2006. Today, NHT managing director Chris Byrne told Stereophile, "We are sitting down right now and signing the papers to purchase NHT, Inc. from Vinci Labs, creating NHT Audio, LLC."

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Audio Research Acquired by Quadrivio

Wes Phillips Jan 30, 2008 First Published: Jan 30, 2008

Audio Research, one of the companies that created the Silver Age of American high-end audio 38 years ago, was acquired by Italian private equity firm Quadrivio SGR on January 25. Quadrivio, which acquired Sonus Faber in 2007, intends to keep Audio Research's current management team in place.

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CEA Launches Digital Downtown

Wes Phillips Jan 29, 2008 First Published: Jan 29, 2008

The Consumer Electronics Association (CEA) announced that it will launch "a new consumer technology event," Digital Downtown (D2), 'to showcase the latest electronic lifestyle and workstyle products to residents and employees of Mahattan's Financial District." D2, which will be held from June 12–14 at the Winter Garden of the World Financial Center, will be open to the public, unlike the annual Consumer Electronics Show (CES).

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An Industry in Free Fall

Wes Phillips Jan 27, 2008 First Published: Jan 27, 2008

Physical sales of music plummetedhttp://www.ifpi.org/content/library/MUSIC-MARKET-DATA-2007.pdf">plummet…; at a rate that exceeded the sales growth of legal downloads in 2007, according to the IFPI. While global digital sales grew by 40% in 2007—representing about 10% of all music sold—IFPI figures suggest that CD sales in the US dropped by 19% (10.5% in the UK).

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It's a Bed! It's an iPod Accessory! It's Shiny!

Wes Phillips Jan 22, 2008 First Published: Jan 22, 2008

Stereophile gets press releases every day. Some days, they are for products that strike us as really great ideas, sometimes they make us go huh? And sometimes we think both.

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Emerson Radio Corp. and Adcom LLC Announce Joint Venture

Wes Phillips Jan 17, 2008 First Published: Jan 17, 2008

A few days ago, Stereophile reader Bill Taylor wrote, "I was just strolling down memory lane and took a look at the Adcom website...they just merged with Emerson."

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Pepsi Did It!

Wes Phillips Jan 14, 2008 First Published: Jan 14, 2008

The shoes are now dropping all over the place. We have previously reported that Warner Music Group had dropped DRM on its downloads, joininghttp://stereophile.com/news/123107warner/">joining; Amazon.com's Download store. Ten days ago, we also reported that Sony BMG had announced it was dropping">http://stereophile.com/news/010508sonybmg/">dropping DRM, although it declined to release any distribution details at the time.

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Sony BMG Drops DRM

Wes Phillips Jan 05, 2008 First Published: Jan 05, 2008

On January 4, BusinessWeek.com reportedhttp://www.businessweek.com/technology/content/jan2008/tc2008013_398775…; that Sony BMG Music Entertainment was dropping digital rights management (DRM) from "at least part of its collection." Sony BMG thus becomes the last of the big four music labels to do so—following Warner">http://stereophile.com/news/123107warner/">Warner Music Group's example by less than a week. EMI and Universal Music Group began the stampede earlier in the year, pioneering DRM-free downloads with Amazon.comhttp://www.stereophile.com/news/100107amazon/">Amazon.com;, among other partners.