PC Audio Gets Another Boost
Some long-time Stereophile readers were outraged when the magazine put a photo of a computer soundcard on its cover in September of 2000 http://www.stereophile.com//digitalsourcereviews/280/">(click here for the review and controversy). And then, John Atkinson added insult to injury by doing another soundcard">http://www.stereophile.com//digitalsourcereviews/299/">soundcard review last November. Some readers may have been scratching their heads about why we did it, but at least one manufacturer is getting the message.
PC Or CE?
Maybe it's only fair: Consumer electronics giants like Sony have been selling personal computers lately, so computer manufacturer Compaqhttp://www.compaq.com/ipaqaudio">Compaq; announced last week that it will begin selling audio products. Joining Intel in making the transition from the computer industry to consumer electronics, Compaq has now redefined itself as "a global enterprise technology and solutions company."
PC, Communications, and Consumer Electronics Companies Unite to Establish Wireless Spec for the Home
Several companies spanning the personal computer, communications, and consumer electronics industries announced March 4th the formation of a working group that will develop a specification for wireless communications in the home. This specification will allow PCs, peripherals, cordless telephones, and consumer electronic devices to communicate and interoperate with one another.
Peace, Love, and Marketing
It's been 30 years since hordes of wild-eyed music lovers converged on White Lake, a small town just north of New York City, for an event that would soon become an icon for a generation. Could anyone back then have imagined that, three decades later, Woodstock would cost $150/ticket and evolve into a marketing opportunity and website?
Peachtree 2.0
No second acts in American lives?
Peak Consult Enters the US
Denmark's Peak Consult is well known in the European market as a loudspeaker brand, but the company has received scant notice elsewhere. To remedy its low profile Stateside, Peak Consult reports that it has signed with Stereovox to distribute its products in the US.
Peavey Electronics Licenses Digital Harmony Pro, Opening Door for 1394-Based Pro Systems
Last week, Peavey">http://www.peavey.com">Peavey Electronics and Digital">http://www.digitalharmony.com">Digital Harmony announced a licensing agreement that they say aims to revolutionize audio production, music publishing, and distribution. By licensing Digital Harmony Pro technology, Peavey says it plans to create the pro-audio industry's first non-proprietary 1394-equipped digital audio products and systems.
Peer to Peer's Promise
The music industry has been telling us for years that peer-to-peer (P2P) file sharing is a bad thing. But a New York company has decided the record labels had it wrong and that it merely needed to harness P2P's power.
Penaudio Arrives
One of the visual highlights of the 2003 Consumer Electronics Show and HE 2003 in San Francisco was the Penaudiohttp://www.penaudio.fi">Penaudio; speakers, sporting a unique sliced-wood veneer wrapped around diminutive two-way designs. While the speakers were easy on the eyes, it wasn't so easy to find a pair to audition in the US.
Pepsi Did It!
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.