New Satellite Radio Products
If the new satellite radio products are any indication, the format has a bright future. During the first week of September, Kenwood and Antex Electronics announced new Siriushttp://www.sirius.com">Sirius; satellite receivers, and XM Radio has already dropped the price on its recently introduced "XM PCR," a controller that lets you listen to XM via your computer.
New Sony and Philips Players Break Price/Performance Barrier
The enduring audiophile dilemma about whether to optimize a home-entertainment system for music or movies may no longer be relevant, thanks to new disc players from Sony">http://www.sony.com/sel/">Sony Corporation and Philips">http://www.philips.com/">Philips Electronics NV. The machines were introduced at CEDIA">http://www.cedia.org/expo/">CEDIA Expo 2000, the annual home-theater and custom-installation trade show held in Indianapolis.
New TDK CD-RW Drive Promises High-Speed Audio Copies
How would you like to make a full 650Mb compilation CD of your favorite music in less than 10 minutes? That's what TDKhttp://www.tdk.com/">TDK; is promising with its new veloCD ReWriter drive, to be shipped to dealers later this fall.
New US Distributors for Quad and EMM Labs
More changes coming to The">http://www.internationalaudiogroup.com/">The International Audio Group as it continues to sort its product lines and distribution plans. Starting February 1, 2006, IAG has assigned sole US distribution of its Quad branded products to newly formed Taiga LLC.
New Website!
It's been a while since the Stereophile website was freshened up. Probably too long. So this time we decided to start from scratch and combine the stack of reader suggestions we've received with the thousands of articles and other features already online to create something that we hope scratches your audiophile itch better than ever.
New York Goes Avantgarde
There may be thousands of audio manufacturers around the world, but there are only a handful of ways for them to sell their products. These include your traditional bricks-and-mortar dealer network (everything from small audio boutiques to mass-market chains), the online or mail order retailer, direct sales via the Web or catalog, or direct sales via a company store.
New York Show Starts Friday 4/13
"New York, New York, It's an Audio Town!" After far too many years without a large-scale audio show, New York City is about to get a taste of what regularly enriches the lives of audiophiles in other major centers around the world. The first, hopefully annual New York Audio and AV Show, brought to you by the same Chester Group that mounts audio shows in the UK, Australia, and Sweden, and by T.H.E. Show USA, takes place in Park Avenue's grand Waldorf=Astoria Hotel at 301 Park Avenue on Friday April 13Sunday, April 15.
New York Technics Events Thursday & Saturday
Thursday, March 3, 6:30pm8:30pm, Adirondack Audio & Video (340 East 57th Street, Suite 1D, New York City) and Saturday, March 5, 2pm5pm, Value Electronics (35 Popham Road, Scarsdale) will be hosting the first public demonstrations of Technics' highly-anticipated SL-1200GAE turntable.
New York's Audio Show Opens Friday
Just one week after Capital Audio Fest, the three-day New York Audio Show opens on Friday, November 10, in Manhattan's Park Lane Hotel. With two live references close bythe great outdoors of Central Park is just one block away, and Carnegie Hall is just one block farther in the other directionthe three-day show promises 25 or 26 active listening rooms and up to 100 brands.
Newly Merged AOL Time Warner Will Promote Music
A billion-dollar loss for the parent company may be a big gain for performers under contract to Warner">http://www.wmg.com/">Warner Music Group, who will benefit from cross-promotional efforts aimed at millions of America">http://www.aol.com/">America Online subscribers beginning this month.