Video Hot, Audio Not
During the recent, successful Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas, the Consumer">http://www.CE.org">Consumer Electronics Association (CEA) predicted that manufacturer-to-dealer sales of consumer electronics products will total a record $101 billion in 2004—a 5% increase over 2003.
Vienna Sound Fest 2026, featuring Vinnie Rossi, AudioNostrum, and many other manufacturers, will take place June 4–7
Vinnie Rossi, AudioNostrum, and other key manufacturers will be participating in Vienna Sound Fest 2026, an exclusive international high-end audio event taking place at Tech Gate Vienna from June 4–7, 2026. Vienna Sound Fest is just a 3-minute walk from Austria Center Vienna, the official venue of High End Vienna 2026.
Viiv Is Coming
Using a personal computer as an audio component has certainly gained ground with gearheads in the last several years, and many new products, such as media servers, blur the line between a traditional component and a PC. At the same time, the general public is still resisting the idea of booting up their stereos or TVs.
Vinyl Daze
This last week has generated more mainstream coverage of the vinyl world than we've seen in, say, the last 20 years.
Vinyl Event in Santa Rosa Saturday
Saturday, April 29, from 15pm, Lavish Hi-Fi (1044 4th Street, Santa Rosa, CA 95404) is holding a vinyl lover's dream day, featuring The Last Record Store, and Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab.
Vinyl is Everywhere, even in Port Townsend!
How do you know that the vinyl revival is universal? When Port Townsend, WA, a little arts community with under 9500 inhabitants that is situated NW of Seattle, on the Quimper Peninsula at the gateway to the larger, breathtakingly beautiful Olympic Peninsula, is having a record show of its ownThe Port Townsend Record Show is taking place Saturday, March 5, 11:00am5:00pm in the American Legion Hall at 209 Monroe Street facing Port Townsend Bay.
Vinyl Lovers Rejoice
Stereophile readers with a hunger for licorice pizza may wish to turn their attention to the Phonogram mailing list---an online, noncommercial discussion forum for those interested in vinyl and related topics. According to Phonogram's material, "the group is an open, informative, interesting, and just plain fun place for people to share their enthusiasm for, knowledge of, and opinions on music on shiny black discs. Although the focus is primarily on 33 1/3rpm vinyl LPs, comments and questions on 45s, 78s, open-reel tapes, or other media (even CeeDees) are welcome. Discussion of hardware supporting record playback (e.g., turntables, tonearms, cartridges, phono stages, and accessories) is fair game as well."
Vinyl Record Day
"The vinyl record should be commemorated, not forgotten, for its unique contribution to our society. Therefore the County of San Luis Obispo, in the state of California, proclaims a celebration of the memories of music. 'Vinyl">http://www.vinylrecordday.com/">Vinyl Record Day' will be celebrated to acknowledge vinyl records' influence on individuals and cultures worldwide. The date is August 12th, the date of the invention of the phonograph by Thomas Edison in 1877."
Vinyl Record Day 2003
Vinyl junkies again converged on San Luis Obispo, California on Saturday, August 16 for the second annual Vinyl">http://www.vinylrecordday.org">Vinyl Record Day celebration. Vinyl is clearly red hot among audiophiles and music collectors, and VRD organizer Gary Freiberg commented that momentum for the event continues to grow, with this year's turnout easily bigger than last">http://www.stereophile.com/news/11417/">last year's.
Vinyl Record Day Returns
Vinyl junkies who missed the first">http://www.stereophile.com/news/11417/">first official Vinyl Record Day celebration last summer should mark their calendars for Saturday, August 16. On that date, the faithful will again converge in San Luis Obispo, CA's Mission Plaza to gawk at LPs, memorabilia, vintage gear, and to meet classic album cover notables.