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AudioBase Partners with Sony, etc. for Online Music Previews

Stereophile Staff Nov 14, 1999 First Published: Nov 14, 1999 0 comments

If all goes according to publicists' wishes, Web surfers will be able to access music previews beginning November 15 without the necessity of using a third-party software player, such as RealNetworks G2, to play downloaded audio files. Streaming-audio provider AudioBase.comhttp://www.audiobase.com/">AudioBase.com; has signed deals with several heavyweight corporate sponsors for the launch of its music previews. Participants include Sony Music, K-Tel, and Levi-Strauss. The deals are being announced in conjunction with Internet audio conference Webnoizehttp://www.webnoize.com/">Webnoize;.

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Sony and Sun Join Forces

Jon Iverson Nov 14, 1999 First Published: Nov 14, 1999 0 comments

Feeling the need to hook your audio system directly into a website for music files? Last week, Sony">http://www.sony.co.jp">Sony Corporation and Sun">http://www.sun.com">Sun Microsystems announced plans to further collaborate to provide digital consumer-electronics appliances with direct access to Internet-based content and services. The companies say that the first phase of this cooperation will involve the development of home gateway software, running on appliances such as set-top boxes (connected to a home entertainment system), that will support a combination of home networking and network server technologies.

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Company Introduces the first Artificial Intelligence Beatle

Jon Iverson Nov 14, 1999 First Published: Nov 14, 1999 0 comments

Need proof that baby boomers and their attendant interests are having an effect on the frontiers of computer research? Look no further than Triumph PC Online's announcement that it has introduced The">http://www.triumphpc.com/john-lennon">The John Lennon Artificial Intelligence Project (JLAIP), the first AI-based clone of the late Beatle. The project, initially titled The Plastic Digital Karma Project, has been under development for two years.

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CD Recorders Hot Commodity This Season

Barry Willis Nov 14, 1999 First Published: Nov 14, 1999 0 comments

People love to make their own compilation recordings. That fact helped make the cassette deck the most successful audio format of all time, and it is driving sales of CD recorders, a product category new to most consumers. As predictedhttp://www.stereophile.com/news/10533/">predicted; last summer, CD recorders have become one of the hottest niches in consumer audio, exceeding MiniDisc machines in total sales dollars. Sales are brisk despite the fact that CD recorders are among the priciest components on the market, ranging from $500 to $600. MiniDisc recorders for home use are priced at about $250 and up.

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Added to the Archives This Week

Stereophile Staff Nov 07, 1999 First Published: Nov 07, 1999 0 comments

In his review of the SimAudio">http://www.stereophile.com//amplificationreviews/167/">SimAudio Moon P-5 preamplifier and W-5 power amplifier, Kal Rubinson wrote, "something about their aesthetics appealed to me: Canadian ruggedness coupled with a decidedly French panache. I remember that those attributes also characterized the demo's sound, although I can't recall the speakers or the sources involved. At succeeding shows, it gradually dawned on me that the Moon components were the fixed elements in a succession of impressive demos."

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Burr-Brown Introduces 24-bit, 192kHz DAC

Stereophile Staff Nov 07, 1999 First Published: Nov 07, 1999 0 comments

Last week, Burr-Brown">http://www.burr-brown.com">Burr-Brown Corporation announced the PCM1737, a 24-bit, 192kHz-sampling delta-sigma digital-to-analog converter (DAC) that the company says is designed for consumer audio applications. According to a press release, Burr-Brown states that "the PCM1737's excellent price and performance is specifically targeted toward consumer audio applications such as DVD/CD players, A/V receivers, HDTV systems, and car audio applications."

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Sometimes Shorter is Better

Stereophile Staff Nov 07, 1999 First Published: Nov 07, 1999 0 comments

In a move that it says is designed to position it for "continued growth and leadership in the consumer electronics field," the Consumer Electronics Manufacturers Association (CEMA) unveiled last week its new incarnation: the Consumer">http://www.cemacity.org">Consumer Electronics Association (CEA). The announcement comes on the heels of a decision, made earlier this week by the Board of Governors of the Electronic Industries Alliance (EIA), to allow separate incorporation for its sector associations.

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EgglestonWorks Back in Action

Barry Willis Nov 07, 1999 First Published: Nov 07, 1999 0 comments

The Andra, Stereophile's 1997 Product of the Year, will soon be back. So will the Rosa, the Fontaine, the Isabel, and the Ivy Reference—in fact, the full line of EgglestonWorkshttp://www.egglestonworks.com/">EgglestonWorks; loudspeakers will be shipping soon to dealers, now that the company has been rescued from extinction. EgglestonWorks had been in legal limbo for most of the year as creditors wrangled over its future.

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FCC Gives Green Light to Digital Radio

Barry Willis Nov 07, 1999 First Published: Nov 07, 1999 0 comments

FM stereo, introduced in 1961, was the last great leap ahead in commercial radio. That was 38 years ago, an eternity in technological time. Digital audio broadcasting (DAB) techniques are capable of overcoming many of the limitations of analog broadcasting, including multipath distortion. Such systems are already in place in Europe and Canada, so why not in the United States?

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Thomson's IPO Helps RCA Regain Prominence

Barry Willis Nov 07, 1999 First Published: Nov 07, 1999 0 comments

For the first time in more than 10 years, individual investors have a chance to own a piece of one of the oldest and most recognized names in the American electronics industry. As of November 1, RCAhttp://www.rca.com/">RCA; officially came back on the stock market, when parent company Thomson Multimedia made a successful initial public offering of 21 million shares. The stock (NYSE: TMS) debuted at $22.62 per share and closed Friday, November 5 at $29.25.