Ruth Laredo: 1937–2005
Ruth Laredo, a classical pianist whose style combined passionate ferocity with refined elegance, died May 25 of ovarian cancer, which she had battled for four years. Her last performance was May 6 at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, in one of her long-running performance/lecture sessions known as "Concertos with Commentary," a format that was so popular that she had begun to offer it in other venues around the world.
Rutherford Audio named TADL’s consumer distributor for Canada and the US
Technical Audio Devices Laboratories, Inc. (TADL) has appointed Rutherford Audio Inc. as distributor for its hi-fi consumer products in Canada and the US.
SACD and Video?
The music industry is clearly redoubling its efforts to market DVD-Audio, with the proposed">http://www.stereophile.com/news/080904dualdisc/">proposed launch of the DualDisc format. Adding either video content or high-rez audio or both to a standard CD looks to be the new strategy for adding value—an acknowledgement that just offering non–CD-compatible high-rez audio is not enough.
SACD Deluxe Live
What's a home-entertainment show without an assortment of state-of-the-art audio demonstrations? EgglestonWorkshttp://www.egglestonworks.com">EgglestonWorks; has announced that its next generation Andra II speaker will be featured as part of what it calls an "unprecedented" demonstration of multichannel Super Audio CD (SACD) to be conducted during the upcoming Home">http://www.homeentertainment-expo.com">Home Entertainment 2002 Show May 30 through June 2 at the New York Hilton.
SACD Software Boost
It's hard enough for established record labels both big and small these days. With the high-resolution audio formats SACD and DVD-Audio still fighting each other and struggling to launch, picking sides is an even bigger gamble for a brand-new record label's first releases.
SACD Surround Systems on the Horizon
Last week at the Audio Engineering Society Convention in New York City, Sonic">http://www.sonic.com">Sonic Solutions announced that it plans to introduce what it says is the world's first digital audio workstation based on Sony's new Direct Stream Digital (DSD) technology. Sonic says that the new system, SonicStudio HD-DSD, is being developed in cooperation with Sony">http://www.sony.com">Sony Corporation and will provide the recording industry with a mastering tool for the new Super Audio CD (SACD) format.
SACD, Multichannel Audio Get Big Boost at AES
An unusual tropical rain welcomed the Audio">http://www.aes.org/">Audio Engineering Society to its 109th gathering, held at the Los Angeles Convention Center September 22–25. Audiophiles may breathe a collective sigh of relief to learn that the Super Audio Compact Disc is getting a big push, not only from corporate parents Sony/Philips but from studio-equipment makers, consumer-electronics companies, and—perhaps most important—music labels.
Safer Music?
Those who spurn audio discs with built-in restriction technologies should take note: SunnComm">http://www.sunncomm.com">SunnComm Technologies announced last week that its MediaMax CD-3 technology has been utilized to restrict the content on Ike and Tina Turner's new compilation CD entitled The Early Sessions.
Sales of Audio Products Remain Hot through the Summer
According to the latest figures from the Consumer">http://www.ce.org">Consumer Electronics Association (CEA), the month of August showed positive gains in the overall factory sales of audio products to dealers. The CEA reports that sales for the month rose six percent compared to the same period last year, resulting in year-to-date sales of $5.3 billion, an 11.2% rise over last year.
Salon Son et Image #25 Starts Friday
The magic numbers, for Salon Son et Image, are 25, 100, and 10,000. Canada's first and largest high-end audio show, whose 25th-anniversary show arrives March 2325 (press day March 22) in downtown Montreal's Hilton Bonaventure, expects to set a new attendance record as up to 10,000 visitors explore 100 exhibit rooms.