Rooms of Magic
eBay and Primedia have announced an industry-wide onlinehttp://www.ebay.com/hes/">online; charity event, which will culminate during the Home">http://www.homeentertainment-expo.com/">Home Entertainment 2002 Show (HE 2002), May 31–June 2, 2002. The charity event will bring the latest and greatest in home-theater and audio products to enthusiasts around the world, while benefiting The Elf Foundation, a charity created and supported by the consumer electronics industry.
Roon Debuts Version 1.6 Playback Software
Roon, one of the major brands of audiophile-quality high-resolution music playback software, has just released its v.1.6 upgrade. Roon 1.6 finally includes a portal for hi-rez streaming Qobuz, whose US launch is rumored for sometime next month. In addition to pairing Roon's rich metadata with the entire Qobuz and Tidal catalogs, the upgrade also offers major new features.
Rosen Bach Cello Suites Available Again
Arkivmusic.comhttp://www.arkivmusic.com">Arkivmusic.com; is an Internet retailer of classical media (CDs, SACDs, and DVDs), including its own licensed CD reissues of out-of-print classical titles from labels major, minor, and micro. ArkivCDs are bit-for-bit copies of the original masters, burned on demand to CD-R and shipped to the customer with on-demand printed booklets and liner notes, as Wes Phillips wrotehttp://www.stereophile.com/news/120406heaven">wrote; in December 2006.
Rosen Leaving RIAA
Hilary Rosen's 17-year tenure with the Recording">http://www.riaa.com">Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) will come to an end this year.
Rotel Debuts DVD-A Player, Yamaha Announces High Capacity CD Recorder
Analog and digital audio technologies should complement rather than oppose each other. That's http://www.rotel.com/"> Rotel's philosophy with its new RDV-1080 DVD-Audio player. Combining the best of Rotel's expertise in both realms, the RDV-1080 offers "stunning audio quality," according to Rotel general manager Michael Bartlett. "The RDV-1080 is Rotel's answer to those who have asked for a DVD-A player that focuses our Balanced Design engineering approach on the unique challenges of this exciting new format," Bartlett said. "Even though it handles the most advanced format today, DVD-A, the RDV-1080 is nonetheless a direct descendant of our world-class CD players." Bartlett says his company is "using everything we've learned to identify and solve problems unique to digital technologies."
Rounder Records Signs Net Deal with Liquid Audio
The Rounder">http://www.rounder.com/">Rounder Records Group, one of the largest independent record labels in the US, has signed on with Liquid">http://www.liquidaudio.com/">Liquid Audio for digital music distribution on the Internet. As of April 28, Rounder will offer a substantial portion of its catalog for sale by digital download.
Roxio Pouring All into Napster
Received wisdom has it that putting all your eggs in one basket isn't a good business plan, but that's exactly what Roxio, Inc. intends to do with its Napster online music service.
Royal Academy Honors Dolby
Dolby">http://www.dolby.com">Dolby Laboratories founder and chairman Ray Dolby has been formally inducted into Britain's Royal Academy of Engineering.
Royalty Rates Set for Webcasters
Some Webcasters were given a stay of execution in late June, when the Librarian of Congress announced that they would be required to pay royalties at half the rate proposed by an arbitration panel last winter.
Rudi Gassner, New President of BMG Entertainment, Dies at 58
Music industry veteran Rudi Gassner died Saturday, December 23 at his vacation home in the Bavarian town of Samerberg. Recently appointed as president and chief executive of BMG">http://www.bmg.com">BMG Entertainment, Gassner had yet to assume the helm at the record label. The cause of death was a heart attack, according to a statement issued by his family. Gassner was 58.