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  • JBL MS-8 240W Upgrage Solution Digital Sound Processor Package

    Onlinecarstereo.com - Car Audio - Video Blog
    15 May 2013 | 5:52 pm
    JBL MS-8 - 240W Upgrage Solution Digital Sound Processor Package. The JBL MS-8 is a new kind of audio component that optimizes your existing car audio system acoustics for maximum sonic impact.     Hit the link for more features and price. http://www.onlinecarstereo.com/CarAudio/p_36224_JBL_MS-8.aspx

  • Alpine SWR-8D2 & 8D4 8" 1000W Type-R Car Audio Subwoofers

    Onlinecarstereo.com - Car Audio - Video Blog
    6 May 2013 | 7:49 pm
    Type-R Performance - Alpine SWR-8D2 (Dual 2 Ohm) & 8D4 (Dual 4 Ohm) 8-Inch 1000W Subwoofers. These redesigned fifth-generation Type-R subwoofers include an abundance of enhanced features to achieve staggering power handing capabilities, cleaner output, deeper bass extension and ultra-responsive control than ever before.     SWR-8D2 http://www.onlinecarstereo.com/CarAudio/p_36088_Alpine_SWR-8D2.aspx SWR-8D4 http://www.onlinecarstereo.com/CarAudio/p_36089_Alpine_SWR-8D4.aspx

  • Sony Announces MDR-XB910 Headphones

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    FutureMusic
    1 May 2013 | 4:09 am
    New Advanced Direct Vibe Structure for even deeper bass plus smooth mids and highs...

  • Tutorial: How To Get Your Kick To Sound BIG

    Platinum Audiolab - Blog
    platinum
    8 Apr 2013 | 2:52 pm
    For this tutorial we are going to show you how to take a mediocre, boring, flat, or just plain wretched sounding kick drum, and magically engineer it into a bass-rattling behemoth. “But, why should I bother learning how to make my own kick drums?” you ask…Well, because, the kick drum is the corner-stone of almost all modern recordings. Check out any hip hop, rock, pop or dance track on the radio today. Front-and-center is a big, beefy kick. Since the kick drum has such high energy content, it goes a long way towards producing the perception of BIGNESS and LOUDNESS in a…

  • Testing Speakers in Production

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    Amie C
    15 May 2013 | 1:50 am
    A thread on our message boards about how we test loudspeakers in production inspired a new video and plant walk-about with Andrew Welker.  Watch as he explains how we go about testing speakers and speaker parts in production. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LCniCXT95W0 Andrew Welker: Axiom’s testing is very involved because there are a number of steps to testing the components:  the crossovers, the drive units, and then the entire system.  It is not simply a sweep to see if the speaker makes sound: we actually do very detailed measurements every step of the way. The Crossover Network…
 
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  • iFi Gemini Cable Comment Thread

    Blake
    22 May 2013 | 7:31 pm
    I know people are finally starting to receive the iFi Gemini dual head usb cable. Rather than burying Gemini comments in the iFi iUSB thread, I thought we should start a separate comment thread for the Gemini. I received my Gemini today. Construction is solid and aluminum alloy connectors are utilized. The cable also features 3 separate custom designed metal oxide ceramic RF silencers. Two are fixed at each end of the cable. The third is located inbetween the two fixed silencers and is designed to slide in either direction. The adjustable silencer is designed to be tuned to match your…

  • New Album with the Keith Jarrett Standards trio released on May 24

    Musicophile
    22 May 2013 | 5:42 pm
    ECM 2200 You can already listen to it on the site. I suppose my credit card will soon be in use again. Hopefully they'll release it in high-res.

  • i5 or i7

    voxhumana13
    22 May 2013 | 3:26 pm
    Getting ready to make the Mac Mini plunge and have a quick question (which probably isn't so quick), Are there any benefits of going with the 2.7 Ghz i7 over a 2.5 Ghz i5 with 8 GB RAM? Or am I getting to the point of "overkill"? Thanks a bunch! Cheers, VH13

  • Best USB -> AES/EBU converter

    Padawan38
    22 May 2013 | 12:18 pm
    Hello, I'm looking for an excellent USB -> AES/EBU converter to use with Jplay (2 PC's), very important. I've looked at the SotM Package (converter + superclock + battery PSU) and it cost around 1500 Euros. For the same price there's Bel Canto Ref Link, only 1 box, better in my mind than the SotM "stack". There are other cheaper solutions, V Link 192, Stello U3 and others. So my question, in the range of say 1500 Euros what is the best product to buy ? Thank you for your feedback Rgds

  • Sheer eye candy from Munich

    wisnon
    22 May 2013 | 11:08 am
    6moons industry features: High End Munich 2013 with Srajan & Joël
 
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    Meyer Sound Stories

  • Q&A: Asle Nilsen on AVAB CAC's Investment in Meyer Sound LEO

    22 May 2013 | 1:43 pm
    AVAB CAC of Norway was one of the first companies to become a LEO collaborator. In just a few months, its LEO system has been busy supporting high-profile events including the Nobel Peace Prize Concert, the Oslo Memorial Concert, the FIS Cross-Country World Cup skiing competition in Drammen, and more. At this year's Prolight + Sound, we sat down with Asle Nilsen, AVAB CAC's head of sound, to talk about their LEO investment…

  • Meyer Sound CQ-2 Improves Clarity at the Musical Instrument Museum

    8 May 2013 | 5:58 pm
    When Ted Greenbaum became theatre manager at the Musical Instrument Museum (MIM) in Phoenix, Ariz., he wasted no time in upgrading the sound reinforcement system in the museum's 300-seat Music Theater. The intimate venue now sports an all-Meyer Sound loudspeaker and monitor system.

  • With Meyer Sound Constellation, Mansfield Performing Arts Center Combines Several Halls into One

    8 May 2013 | 5:58 pm
    When planning its new performing arts centre, the Mansfield, Tex., school district faced a dilemma. Though it was determined that both a large auditorium and a smaller performance hall would be ideal for its range of events, their budget could not justify building and maintaining multiple spaces. A solution was soon found in the multi-use Cunningham Performance Hall of the Mansfield ISD Center for the Performing Arts, which utilizes a Meyer Sound Constellation acoustic system to provide the ideal acoustics for its varying room configurations and programs.

  • Broadway's New Nightspot, 54 Below Club Chooses Meyer Sound

    8 May 2013 | 5:57 pm
    With a vision to create an intimate lounge for Broadway professionals and audiences, owners of New York's 54 Below supper club recruited an impeccable cast of Broadway veterans to oversee its design, hospitality, and programming. Among them is Tony-nominated sound designer, Peter Hylenski, who specified a Meyer Sound reinforcement system to showcase the venue's top-flight musical talent.

  • In the Media: Steve Ellison Surveys Evolution of SpaceMap

    8 May 2013 | 3:48 pm
    2013 marks the 20th anniversary of the commercial introduction of SpaceMap, the Meyer Sound software technology that allows sound designers to pan sounds across a space with accurate precision.
 
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    Adobe Audition

  • Coming in June: Audition CC in Adobe Creative Cloud

    Eric Philpott
    6 May 2013 | 12:15 pm
    Today we announced the launch of the next generation of our creative tools coming this June (you can watch a recording of the live stream here). Adobe Audition CC, along with all of the other new desktop applications will be available exclusively in Adobe Creative Cloud. We’re extremely excited about this release, not to mention Creative Cloud and the services and integration it offers. Adobe Audition CC Audition CC brings some really cool new features, including the revolutionary new Sound Remover and the super-useful Preview Editor. This release is packed with goodies, including enhanced…

  • Creating CDs in Adobe Audition: Part 2

    durin
    16 Apr 2013 | 11:38 am
    Several weeks ago, we discussed how to quickly burn an audio CD without creating a full layout by using the Export > Burn Audio to CD command.  While this is fine for quickly building a CD, it does not provide the flexibility and control necessary for a more professional product.  For that, we’ll take a look at creating a CD Layout and how to insert audio and edit CD-TEXT metadata. A CD Layout consists of audio files, CD Track marker ranges, or a combination of both, inserted into a list.  Each item, as well as the project itself, can contain metadata including title, genre,…

  • What’s new in the next version of Adobe Audition?

    durin
    4 Apr 2013 | 6:05 am
    Wow.  I don’t know a better way to start this post. Audition has a whole bunch of awesome new features on the way, and I wanted to share them as soon as we got the go-ahead.  We’ll go into more detail on each of these over the next few weeks, but I hope this whets your appetite for what we’ve been working on. Our approach has always been a balance between our own research and innovation, and the great  input we get from you, our users.  I think we’ve built some unique new features this release, and answered a lot of workflow demands from our customers.

  • Creating CDs in Adobe Audition: Part 1

    durin
    10 Feb 2013 | 2:12 pm
    Adobe Audition CS6 offers several different ways of creating audio CDs. In this first post, I’m going to show you the quickest, simplest way to create a  multi-track CD from a single file recording. For this example, I downloaded an hour-long Grateful Dead performance * from archive.org and opened it in Audition.  My first step is to make a selection around each song and create a CD Track Marker.  CD Track markers automatically conform to the minimum increment durations defined by the Red Book Audio CD standard, and are used by Audition when exporting a file to CD.  You can use…

  • Create Now and Creative Cloud for Teams

    Eric Philpott
    12 Dec 2012 | 8:48 am
    Adobe held a fantastically successful Create Now event yesterday showing how artists and production professional are using Creative Cloud to bring their work to the next level. Thousands of people from all around the world took part. Our own Jason Levine, worldwide Adobe evangelist, audio pro, musician – and a veteran from the old days when Audition was still called Cool Edit Pro – is one of the presenters. If you missed the live broadcast, you can still watch Create Now on Adobe TV. Yesterday also saw the announcement of Creative Cloud for Teams - a better way of working…
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    CRAS BLOG

  • Grad Spotlight: Sorrel Brigman

    CRAS
    22 May 2013 | 8:00 am
    Graduating from the Conservatory in 2009 with a 4.0 GPA and perfect attendance, Sorrel Brigman has gone on to do great things! After leaving CRAS, she moved out to Nashville, TN, and did a ton of internship work, including working at the famous Blackbird Studios. She got to work along side all sorts of incredible talent, including Steve Marcantonio, who has credits working with artists from Jewel to Vince Gill, Taylor Swift to Carrie Underwood and so many more. Recently, Sorrel made it in the cover story piece for Mix Magazine this month. She has been working at RCA Studio A, also known as…

  • Beware the Sound of Fear

    CRAS
    21 May 2013 | 8:00 am
    “It’s not a horror movie. It is a Santini movie.” Released in Europe last year at the Edinburgh Film Festival, Berberian Sound Studio is a thriller movie focusing on the work of a sound engineer. Specifically, this unique film focuses on the job of a foley artist in the 1970s, trying to make authentic and stand-out sound effects for a horror production that he has been hired to work on. It provides a great view into how sound effects are created and added to a film. It’s incredible to think of the imagination required and the creativity that it takes to figure out…

  • HARMAN Lexicon Outboard Gear

    CRAS
    20 May 2013 | 8:00 am
    The Conservatory is one of the few schools that has a massive focus on analog sound gear. 6 of our 8 full studios incorporate analog consoles from Neotek, API and SSL, as well as 24-track analog tape recorders from Otari and Studer. While this provides a lot of on-board signal processing capabilities, you can’t forget our outboard gear racks. Connectable via bantam jack or TT patch bays, each studio has an array of outboard gear, and most notably we have a large collection of HARMAN Lexicon processors. We have four Lexicon MX400 units, two PCM92 processors, and some classic PCM80 and…

  • Moby: Go

    CRAS
    18 May 2013 | 9:00 am
    Born in 1965, Moby didn’t really start getting popular in the music scene until the late 90s. His fifth studio album, Play, sold 6000 copies on it’s first week out in 1999. But the song that really broke ground for him was “Go”, which was originally released in 1991, just as the rave scenes were starting up in America. The song, which took elements from David Lynch’s Twin Peaks and almost got Moby sued, was hit first real breakthrough into the music scene. If you have some time to kill, check out this awesome documentary on his early steps into music…

  • CRAS Student Selected for the Sennheiser Mentor Program

    CRAS
    17 May 2013 | 8:00 am
    Congratulations to CRAS student Brad Bacon for being selected for the Sennheiser Mentor Program. Sennheiser will fly Brad to Charlotte, NC where he’ll spend the weekend observing the audio production process involved in broadcasting NASCAR’s Coca Cola 600. Brad will be shadowing Fox Sports Sr. Audio Mixer Fred Aldous, who just won his 20th Sports Emmy award. Fred, who happens to live in the Phoenix area where CRAS is located, dropped by the school and was able to meet Brad before his trip. He spent time going over the track and production compound layouts to give Brad some sense…
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    SonicFlare - Hi-Fi reviews, audio events, show coverage, photos and more

  • AMEX and Vinyl... need I say more?

    22 May 2013 | 8:51 am
    Discuss… I think it is rather neat how AMEX is tying itself into the vinyl revolution taking place - go AMEX! By far, American Express is my most preferred payment / finance option. A+++!

  • Update: LessLoss DFPC Signature power cables

    14 May 2013 | 9:12 am
    Arriving late last week from Hawaii, a nice little non descript USPS box awaited me… Contained with the magical package were 5 LessLoss DFPC Signature edition power cables, for me to review and spend time with.  My current reference line of cables are Kubala-Sosna's Emotion series, Nordost's latest Norse series' Frey 2 (with QB8 and QX4 power distribution products - amazing!) and Zu Audio's power cables.  Thus, being able to re-audition the latest generation of LessLoss's DFPC Signature power cables was a welcome gesture. And so it goes… unbox, unplug, replug, listen.  First…

  • Newsflash: Nordost Valhalla Series 2!

    9 May 2013 | 2:05 am
    From Nordost's Press Release, earlier today: Today Nordost introduced its new Valhalla 2 Reference Cables line-up, which consist of analog, digital, and tonearm interconnects, as well as loudspeaker and power cables. The new Valhalla 2 range uses upgraded Dual Mono-Filament technology, along with an innovative proprietary connector called the HOLO:PLUG. The HOLO:PLUG is a patent pending connector, designed to be the best possible interface between the cable and the component. Perfect signal integrity can be measured throughout the system. Designed to transfer every last nuance of detail,…

  • High End Munich 2013, May 9-11 2013

    9 May 2013 | 2:01 am
    Another year, another High End Munich show.  Heralded as the most fun and best Hi-Fi show on the planet - there's a frikkin' badge of honor - this year will undoubtedly prove no different than year's past.  Big, with lots of Sturm und Drang, Germans and folks from all over the globe will descend upon the quaint, little town of Munich this weekend to check out the latest and greatest from everyone.  I remember (from my 2008 visit) that the show was indeed well attended, very well organized, but somehow just a bit too big for my taste.  I will be linking to all news reports as always.

  • hifideluxe 2013, May 9-11 2013

    9 May 2013 | 1:56 am
    2013 is shaping up to be quite the dramatic year for Hi-Fi shows again.  hifideluxe, originated as a side show to Munich other fancy show, High End Munich (which, incidentally, started off as yet another side show to the famous, now defunct IFA) will be showing off the latest European wares this weekend, May 9-11.  Be there, or be square.  Not quite, alas, show reports will abound and I'll be linking in hyperspace.  I attended hifideluxe in 2008 and left most impressed: a smaller, more manageable venue with much better sounding rooms and far more cost efficient than High End.  Killer!
 
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    stupidDOPE.com | Daily Magazine for Music, Fashion, Travel, Art & More!

  • Sheek Louch & Styles P. – Bout Me (Freestyle) | New Music

    Jesse James
    22 May 2013 | 2:24 pm
    Two-Thirds of The Lox, Sheek and Styles, return the scene today with a dope new freestyles over the instrumental for “Bout Me”. The track was made famous by IamSu!, and the East Coast reps take to it like a fish to water giving off some mean bars for our enjoyment. The show off their purely New York styles as if they have a new hunger. This shit is too dope to be sleeping on. Do yourself a favor wake up and press play after the jump. Signed, Jesse James

  • Ciara & Nicki Minaj – I’m Out | New Music

    Jesse James
    22 May 2013 | 2:19 pm
    The beautiful and talented, Ciara, is back today with something brand new for our listening enjoyment called “I’m Out”. The track finds Ciara linking up with YMCMB’s own, Nicki Minaj, for something rather interesting, hard hitting, and sort of addictive. “I’m Out” is driven by a rich, vocal sample that gets backed up by some incredibly dope drums that the ladies takes turns tearing down; in their respective styles. This shit is rather nice, check out the track after the jump. Signed, Jesse James

  • Sean Garrett, Trey Songz & Future – Twilight Zone | New Music

    Jesse James
    22 May 2013 | 2:15 pm
    The talented, Sean Garrett, returns to the scene today with something new for our listening pleasures called “Twilight Zone”. The track finds Mr. Garrett linking up with Future and Trey Songz for something highly infectious and silky smooth. “Twilight Zone” is driven by a dope, club banger of a beat that the fellas effortlessly let their talents loose upon. This shit will be doing damage in any club you enter very soon, or at least it should be. Check it out after the jump and speak your mind below. Signed, Jesse James

  • Geno Smith Signs w/ Roc Nation Sports | News

    Jesse James
    22 May 2013 | 2:09 pm
    Jay-Z’s gamble in the sports marketing world took another nice turn today as word came down that Geno Smith is the latest athlete to sign with Roc Nation Sports. The recently drafted Quarterback for the New York Jets signed with the sports agency today, which aligns him with other notable athletes. Geno took a minute to speak with the press where he stated “I think it’s just his agency. When you talk about being in New York from a standpoint of what they can do in the city, the connections that they have, I think it’s a good move. My mother and my family is comfortable with it, I’m…

  • Melo-X – Mojitos & Little Dragon | New Music

    Jesse James
    22 May 2013 | 12:51 pm
    The always impressive, Melo-X is back today with something brand new for our listening enjoyment called “Mojitos & Little Dragon”. The track is an interesting number finding Melo getting down lyrically over top of something ridiculously smooth. “Mojitos & Little Drago” is driven by a menacing synth that gets backed up by a dope, rattling drum section that makes a nice home for Melo and his uncanny delivery. This shit is too smooth to be sleeping on, check it out after the jump. Signed, Jesse James
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    Onlinecarstereo.com - Car Audio - Video Blog

  • JBL MS-8 240W Upgrage Solution Digital Sound Processor Package

    15 May 2013 | 5:52 pm
    JBL MS-8 - 240W Upgrage Solution Digital Sound Processor Package. The JBL MS-8 is a new kind of audio component that optimizes your existing car audio system acoustics for maximum sonic impact.     Hit the link for more features and price. http://www.onlinecarstereo.com/CarAudio/p_36224_JBL_MS-8.aspx

  • Special Mother's Day Car Audio & Video Sale

    10 May 2013 | 5:45 pm
    It's not too late to get mom that special car audio and/or video gear for her vehicle. Check out our special Mother's Day Sale and we're sure you'll find something she'll definitely appreciate while driving.  

  • New Cerwin Vega Car Audio Gear now on OnlineCarStereo.com

    9 May 2013 | 5:43 pm
    We've got new Cerwin Vega car audio gear, from amps to speakers, check em out! Hit the link to see what's new http://www.onlinecarstereo.com/specials/2/0/New_Arrivals_Descending_Newest.aspx?RowIndex=0&PageNum=1&SortField=3&ShowAll=False&SortOrder=1&ipp=50&Brand=Cerwin+Vega     From Aerospace to in-your-face. For close to 50 years, the name Cerwin Vega has been synonymous with excellence in every area of the audio experience. This reputation has been established by Pro Audio professionals, Hi-Fi enthusiasts and Mobile Audio fans that recognize the…

  • Boss Audio BV11.2FB Overhead Flip Down Monitor w/ 11.2" Display

    8 May 2013 | 5:58 pm
    We've got a new deal with limited quantities. From our partners at Boss Audio, the BV11.2FB 11.2" Overhead Flip Down Monitor with Built-In Infrared Audio Transmitter.     Now for only $99 Only, great price! awesome deal! http://www.onlinecarstereo.com/CarAudio/p_35637_Boss_Audio_BV112FB.aspx

  • Alpine SWR-8D2 & 8D4 8" 1000W Type-R Car Audio Subwoofers

    6 May 2013 | 7:49 pm
    Type-R Performance - Alpine SWR-8D2 (Dual 2 Ohm) & 8D4 (Dual 4 Ohm) 8-Inch 1000W Subwoofers. These redesigned fifth-generation Type-R subwoofers include an abundance of enhanced features to achieve staggering power handing capabilities, cleaner output, deeper bass extension and ultra-responsive control than ever before.     SWR-8D2 http://www.onlinecarstereo.com/CarAudio/p_36088_Alpine_SWR-8D2.aspx SWR-8D4 http://www.onlinecarstereo.com/CarAudio/p_36089_Alpine_SWR-8D4.aspx
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  • VIZIO S4251w 5.1 Home Theater Sound Bar

    Brian Mitchell
    22 May 2013 | 2:38 pm
    VIZIO today released their flagship 5.1 Home Theater Sound Bar with Wireless Subwoofer and Satellite speakers (model S4251w). The 42-inch wide Sound Bar offers a modern design with advanced convenience features like Bluetooth, Display Remote, and wireless subwoofer. For easy connectivity the rear satellite speakers easily connect to the subwoofer, which can be placed up [...]

  • Innovative Technology ITSB-201-37 Stereo Soundbar

    Brian Mitchell
    22 May 2013 | 2:16 pm
    Innovative Technology (IT) just introduced the ITSB-201-37 Stereo Soundbar, a 37-inch wide, low-profile speaker system designed to beautifully complement today’s thin flat panel TVs. The low cost Stereo Soundbar offers a robust upgrade over built-in TV speakers, without the expense or complication of a component home theater system. In addition to the quick Bluetooth connectivity [...]

  • Innovative Technology ITSB-200 Tower Stereo System

    Brian Mitchell
    22 May 2013 | 2:10 pm
    Innovative Technology (IT) just introduced the ITSB-200 Tower Stereo System, a budget priced wireless audio system for the home, apartment or dorm room. It has Bluetooth streaming capabilities from as far as 33 feet away and features simple top panel controls with 20 FM radio station presets, and a top-side cradle with support for all [...]

  • Amazon Launches ‘Kindle Worlds’ Publishing Platform for Fan Fiction

    PC Magazine
    22 May 2013 | 12:32 pm
    Amazon on Wednesday announced a new commercial publishing platform, dubbed Kindle Worlds, which will let any writer publish fan fiction based on a variety of well-known stories and characters, and earn royalties for their efforts. The Web giant is launching the new platform with licenses for popular titles from Warner Bros. Television Group’s Alloy Entertainment [...]

  • Ricoh Aficio SG 3110DNw Review

    PC Magazine
    22 May 2013 | 12:11 pm
    The Ricoh Aficio SG 3110DNw is small enough to serve as a personal inkjet printer, but delivers speed and paper handling suitable for heavy-duty printing in a micro or small office. (4 out of 5) Editor’s Choice Pros Fast Personal printer size, but with good enough paper handling for a small office Duplexer Ethernet Wi-Fi [...]
 
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  • Eton Rugged Rukus Portable Bluetooth Speaker

    Ken C. Pohlmann
    22 May 2013 | 8:24 am
    Okay, tough guy. Here’s your lean, mean, music machine. Sometimes, even during the most secret of covert ops, you need to unwind a little. You know - put your weapons aside (but still placed within easy reach) and relax with The Duffel Blog. But what kind of music playback system is best? You sure can’t pack a big boombox into your knapsack, and when the batteries run out, where are you going to find a Radio Shack in Tora Bora? What you need is a small, rugged music player that can recharge on solar power. With carabiner attach points, of course. What you need is an Eton Rugged Rukus. The…

  • Primus: Sailing the Seas of Surround

    Mike Mettler
    21 May 2013 | 12:43 pm
    Give a hand to Primus’s Les Claypool, who dives into the 5.1 arena and emerges as a captain of all channels. Primus does 5.1 proud. And what better way to inaugurate the ever-adventurous Bay Area band’s foray into the surround-sound audio arena than by wrassling the burbling energy of their 1991 major-label breakthrough, Sailing the Seas of Cheese, into a Deluxe Edition (4 1/2 stars; Interscope/UMe)? Thankfully, this Deluxe Cheese has been properly fermented on Blu-ray Audio in 96-kHz/24-bit Dolby TrueHD 5.1. In the accompanying liner notes (which can also be accessed onscreen),…

  • This Week in Movies & TV, May 21, 2013: Mad, Bad, & Dangerous

    Josef Krebs
    21 May 2013 | 12:08 pm
    Also, Side Effects, Ultimate Gangsters Collection: Classics: The Public Enemy, The Petrified Forest, Little Caesar, White Heat, True Bloods: Season 5, Beautiful Creatures, Parker, The Last Stand, My Neighbor Totoro, Howl’s Moving Castle. Side Effects When her husband, Martin (Channing Tatum) gets out of stint in prison for insider trading, Emily Taylor (Rooney Mara) falls into a deep depression and attempts suicide leading to her being put on an experimental new medication that has complicated side effects — such as stabbing your husband while you’re sleep walking. This poses all kinds…

  • Headphone Week Wrap-Up

    Brent Butterworth
    20 May 2013 | 8:48 pm
    Six new headphones. Six in-depth reviews. Read 'em all here. Last week was Headphone Week on soundandvisionmag.com. Six headphones, ranging from noise-cancellers to Bluetooth 'phones to hip-hop-ish cans to tweaked-out audiophile models. Every one of them done up S&V style, with full lab measurements and opinions from multiple listeners. In case you missed any of them, here they are: ADL H118 over-ear audiophile headphones ($299) Harman Kardon NC noise-cancelling headphones ($299) Klipsch Image One Bluetooth headphones ($249) MrSpeakers Mad Dog Alpha audiophile headphones ($299) Onkyo…

  • This Week in Music, May 21, 2013: Techno trousers shed by Daft Punk

    Ken Richardson
    20 May 2013 | 8:14 pm
    Also: The National, Key Wilde & Mr. Clarke, Audra McDonald, “Women of Brazil,” and more. Plus: notable historical items from the Rolling Stones, Primus, and Captain Beyond. Daft Punk: Random Access Memories New release (Daft Life/Columbia)Photo by David Black In this era of electronic dance music, you might think the pioneering French duo Daft Punk would be eager to trump the upstarts. But you’d be thinking wrong. As Thomas Bangalter told Rolling Stone, “We wanted to do what we used to do with machines and samplers but with people.” And as Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo said,…
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  • AKG Acoustics C1000 S

    26 Apr 2013 | 12:37 am
    The "C1000 S" is a third-generation version of the "C 1000 S," a popular cardioid condenser microphone that can be powered by batteries for field use.The microphone uses a small-diameter electret condenser capsule. It has a relatively high self-noise level of 21dBA, and a relatively low sensitivity of 6mV/Pa.Prior generations of this microphone could be powered by an internal 9V battery. The 2012 edition, which we believe was the first offered in black, has been changed to use two AA/UM3 batteries rather than a single 9V.The 2012 edition is the first to offer a switchable high-pass filter…

  • AKG Acoustics C3000

    24 Apr 2013 | 10:18 pm
    The C3000 is AKG's 2nd rebranding, or 3rd version of the "C 3000 B" microphone. The C 3000 B, later renamed the C 3000 (in 1999), has been relaunched in 2012 as the C3000 (no space in the name), as part of AKG's revamped line of project studio microphones.The C3000 is internally identical to the C 3000 B; both use a one-inch, edge-terminated, large diaphragm electret capsule. Both use transformerless electronics. Both offer a pad (-10dB) and high-pass filter (-6dB/octave below 500Hz).The mic's self-noise is a respectable 14dBA.The C3000 includes the H85 shockmount and a metal carrying…

  • Telefunken Ela M 570

    24 Apr 2013 | 8:50 am
    The Ela M 570 is the world's first "Surround Sound Tube Microphone." It was announced on April 1, 2013.It uses a "linear array" of five of the company's CK-12 style large-diaphragm, edge-terminated capsules. The impedance converter circuitry includes an internal 5.1 surround matrix using "micro-tube technology" that can produce multiple stereo techniques: AB, XY, MS, X/Y/X/Y/X, Quad-MS+, and others that you've never heard of.Dr. Alfred E. NeumannOur new 5-channel C12 capsule array is incredibly detailed, capturing all the subtle nuances of a performance and transferring them back to the…

  • RØDE i16

    23 Apr 2013 | 11:04 pm
    The i16 is the world's first 16-channel surround sound microphone for the iPhone. It was announced on April 1, 2013.It uses 16 of the half-inch electret condenser capsules found on its 2-channel sibling, the iXY, and comes in both Lightning and Apple 30-pin connector versions for compatibility with iPhones 3–5.Philip BloomIt sounded better than my ears could hear!One thing people say, is that it's too big. Well, I don't agree. Get a manbag! I have a manbag.Tags:april-foolsRelated microphones:RØDE iXY - The i16 is a 16-channel version of the iXY.This profile of the RØDE i16…

  • AKG Acoustics C4000

    23 Apr 2013 | 9:45 am
    The black C4000 is a repackaged version of AKG's C 4000 B. The specs for these two mics are identical.Both mics are multipattern FET condensers with switchable pads and filters. Both use a one-inch edge-terminated electret capsule, and transformerless electronics.Like the rest of AKG's "project studio series" mics, the new C4000 is finished in a matte dark gray. It ships with the H85 elastic shockmount and the W4000 windscreen. The SA61 mic clip is available separately.Tags:side-addresslarge-diaphragmelectretmultipatterntransformerlessRelated microphones:AKG Acoustics C 4000 B - The C4000 is…
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  • Sweetwater Presents GearFest ’13

    21 May 2013 | 10:20 am
    Sweetwater in Fort Wayne, Ind., the third largest retailer of music instruments and pro audio in the U.S., will present GearFest ’13, a celebration of musicians and the instruments and equipment they use to make music. GearFest ’13 takes place on Friday, June 21, from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m., and Saturday, June 22, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., at 5501 US Hwy 30 W, Fort Wayne, Indiana. GearFest is free and open to the public.

  • PreSonus Studio One Video Instructional Course Available on lynda.com

    21 May 2013 | 10:03 am
    PreSonus announces that a two-hour course of video instruction on PreSonus' Studio One DAW, titled 'Up and Running with Studio One,' featuring producer and remixer Josh Harris, is now available at lynda.com. To promote the new course, online learning company lynda.com is offering a seven-day trial membership to all registered Studio One users.

  • SSL Appoints Jason Kelly As Product Manager for New ‘Live’ Console

    16 May 2013 | 12:14 pm
    Solid State Logic in Oxford, UK, has appointed Jason Kelly as Product Manager for the company's new Live console. In his new role, he will spearhead the recent introduction of SSL’s ‘Live’ console.

  • Industry Sponsors Support Recording Industry Golf Tournament (RIGT) 

    16 May 2013 | 12:11 pm
    The 2013 Recording Industry Golf Tournament (RIGT), which will be held Monday, June 24, 2013, at Malibu Country Club, announces that so far, its roster of sponsors includes GC Pro, Sterling Audio, Dave Collins Mastering, Design FX Audio, Lurssen Mastering, PreSonus, Record Plant, SAE Los Angeles, Shure, Sound Design Corporation, TransAudio Group, Vintage King Audio and Westlake Recording Studios.

  • Prism Sound Releases SADiE 6 Professional, SADiE 6 Lite

    16 May 2013 | 12:06 pm
    Prism Sound in Cambridge, UK, has released two new versions of its SADiE 6 audio production and recording software, which was recently nominated for a TEC Award in the Workstation Technology category: SADiE 6 Professional (approximately $1,445 plus VAT) and SADiE 6 Lite (approximately $685 plus VAT).
 
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  • Joshua Kwassman – Songs of the Brother Spirit – Songs of the Brother Spirit True Revolution/ Squareast

    johnsunier
    22 May 2013 | 12:01 am
    Joshua Kwassman – Songs of the Brother Spirit – Songs of the Brother Spirit True Revolution/ Squareast 43456, 65:51 ****: (Joshua Kwassman – alto & soprano sax, clarinet, flute, melodica, piano (track 4), producer; Arielle Feinman – voice, glockenspiel (track 5); Gilad Hekselman – guitar (tracks 1-4, 7-8); Jeff Miles – guitar (track 6); Angelo Di Loreto – piano (tracks 5-8); Adam Kromelow – piano (tracks 1-3); Craig Akin – bass; Rodrigo Recabarren – drums & percussion) Multi-instrumentalist and composer Joshua Kwassman has a few stories to tell. On his eight-track,…

  • ELGAR: The Apostles – Hallé Orchestra/ Hallé Choir and Youth Choir/soloists/ Sir Mark Elder – Hallé Records (2 CDs)

    johnsunier
    22 May 2013 | 12:01 am
    EDWARD ELGAR: The Apostles – Hallé Orchestra/ Hallé Choir and Youth Choir/soloists/ Sir Mark Elder – Hallé Records HLD7534 (Distr. by Allegro), 114: 29 (two CDs) ****: Sir Edward Elgar is known mainly for a small number of very well known, revered works, of which the “Enigma” Variations, the Cello Concerto , the Symphony No. 1 and – well, of course – the Pomp and Circumstance  Marches are arguably the best known.What is not as widely known is that Elgar felt a great affinity for both the English cathedral choir tradition and also to large baroque vocal forms, such as…

  • Nina Simone – Little Girl Blue – Bethlehem Records/ Pure Pleasure Records – vinyl

    johnsunier
    22 May 2013 | 12:01 am
    Nina Simone – Little Girl Blue – Bethlehem Records (1958)/ Pure Pleasure Records (2012) BCP 6028 180-gram mono vinyl, [4/16/13] 41:24 *****: (Nina Simone – piano, vocals, arrangements; Jimmy Bond – bass; Albert “Tootie” Heath – drums) Little Girl Blue is more than a splashy debut. It’s an artistic statement by a jazz virtuoso. Originally recorded in December 1957, this would be Nina Simone’s only release for Bethlehem Records. However, it is a tour de force of musical vision. She reinvents a wide variety of material, commanding the essence of the compositions. Side A opens…

  • JĀNIS MEDIŅŠ: 24 Dainas – Jonathan Powell, piano – Toccata Classics

    johnsunier
    22 May 2013 | 12:01 am
    JĀNIS MEDIŅŠ: 24 Dainas – Jonathan Powell, piano – Toccata Classics TOCC 0097, 72:27 [Distr. by Naxos] ****: If the name Jānis Mediņš (1890–1966) is unfamiliar to you, you’re not alone. He was a pioneer of Latvian musical nationalism during the period of the first Latvian republic, which lasted from the end of World War I till 1940. Mediņš came to the first ballet and opera by a Latvian composer. While he studied violin, cello, and piano, then established a career as a solo pianist, orchestral player with the Riga Latvian Theater Orchestra, and later conductor of the Latvian…

  • HANS GÁL: Symphony No. 2 in F; SCHUMANN: Symphony No. 4 in D Minor – Orch. of the Swan /Kenneth Woods – Avie

    johnsunier
    22 May 2013 | 12:01 am
    HANS GÁL: Symphony No. 2 in F, Op. 53; SCHUMANN: Symphony No. 4 in D Minor, Op. 120 – Orchestra of the Swan /Kenneth Woods – Avie AV2232, 73:11 [Distr. by Allegro] ****: This is the last installment (Volume 3) in Avie’s series dedicated to the four symphonies of Austrian composer Hans Gál. Violinist-conductor Thomas Zehetmair kicked off the series with the Northern Sinfonia, but some reason Avie changed conductors in mid-course, handing the assignment to Kenneth Woods and the compact but robust Orchestra of the Swan, which hails from the Bard’s hometown, Stratford-upon-Avon. Some…
 
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  • SBLs still cut the mustard

    NaimlyLinn
    22 May 2013 | 12:49 pm
    As a dealer I get lots of lovely kit to listen to. I have hung on to a fairly tatty pair of Sbls now for a while. I always liked them after hearing them at Julian Verekers place many years ago. I think in the back of my mind I always thought it more affection than objective decision making that made me hang on to them as my long termers. Recently though I had a very upmarket naim system with a 552 pre among other things. Wow, suddenly a new pair of speakers, with an octave more bass, more slam, more image (an image!) more air. Utterly amazing. Two things come out of this. One, the astounding…

  • Left Phono quiet on Planar 3 RB300

    warzinak
    22 May 2013 | 12:47 pm
    Hello, i posted this on another forum but did not get much response and i figured it might just not be the right forum so i decided to finally make an account on here. I just bought myself a second hand Planar 3 with RB300 and a p77 cartridge for £180. The problem im having is that the left channel is a lot quiter than the right and a HUGE loss of treble and detail, actually some instruments and parts in songs are completely gone. I have tried resoldering the left plug because a few wires were loose but nothing changed... It is my first turntable so i do not have any set up experience but it…

  • Using Musical Fidelty V Link 192 with M-DAC

    finesensations
    22 May 2013 | 8:17 am
    Hi all Has anyone tried a V Link 192 with the M-DAC and if so looking for feedback, good or bad, please? COAX and fully balanced digital outputs are galvanically isolated (not sure if I need this but won't know until I try it) but it would allow 24-bit 192 kHz files to be played without first down sampling. I believe it was around £230 when it first came out but can now be bought for £149 so maybe worth considering. Would it be of any benefit when playing 44.1/16bit files? Thanks for your help.

  • Dead HiCap

    hornblower
    22 May 2013 | 7:49 am
    My HiCap has just died on me. Curiously, I am unable to get things going again connecting the 72 directly to my 140 (preamp doesn’t light up). I guess a dead transformer in my 140 is the most likely case. Even more curiously, I hear the usual click through both speakers when I turn off the 140. Before anyone asks I am using the blanking plug in the HiCap socket of the 72. Any ideas? :(

  • Feedback from tonearm

    Faux
    22 May 2013 | 6:15 am
    My LP12 has been suffering from a bit of extra static/pop/crack and I haven't been able to work out what is causing it. I have now noticed that the headshell/finger arm hums/feeds back why I touch it, a light touch creates a slight pop/crack. Any ideas? This is stopping me from listening to it which is a real shame. Thanks
 
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    RAHE Moderator
    20 May 2013 | 5:15 pm
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  • Re: Bit rate of youtube videos

    Audio_Empire
    8 May 2013 | 6:50 pm
    In article <auulhaF79i...@mid.individual. net>, This is obviously your opinion, Doug, and you are certainly entitled to believe that. Perhaps for certain types of music 320 kbps IS transparent and acceptable to you, but I and others can still hear the increased distortion and in some extreme cases, even the compression artifacts on
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  • Does adding ReadSpeaker slow down a website?

    Anton Ijäs
    16 May 2013 | 7:58 am
    We’re often asked by our clients if our Enterprise Highlighting service will slow down the loading time of their website. This is a question of great importance and we encourage more website owners to spend more time optimizing their website, thus giving their users a better experience when visiting the website. In this post, I’m going to explain why Enterprise Highlighting only has a minimal impact on the loading time. What is website loading time? First, we have to agree on what “loading time” means. The loading time can be described in two ways: The time it takes until…

  • Text to speech for education: Q&A with Renee Citlau (Anaheim Union High School District)

    Roy Lindemann
    8 May 2013 | 2:19 am
    Renee Citlau has taught high school for the Anaheim Union High School District (AUHSD) for sixteen years.  While participating in Pepperdine’s online master’s degree program, Renee became inspired by the potential of online education to improve student engagement, increase equity in course offerings, and develop the 21st century skills such as creativity, critical thinking, collaboration, and communication that students need in order to compete in a global economy. With this in mind, Renee developed the district’s first online course six years ago.  Since then, the online program has…

  • ReadSpeaker speech-enables the INSEE website

    Roy Lindemann
    30 Apr 2013 | 3:13 am
    France’s National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies (INSEE) now offers a listen feature developed by ReadSpeaker on some of the pages of its website. INSEE is experimenting with audio broadcasting of its online text content to reinforce its mission of promoting information about the French economy and society. The speech-enabling solution chosen by INSEE allows visitors of its website to instantly listen to written content via a listen button positioned near the text to read. When the user clicks on the listen button, ReadSpeaker immediately begins to read the content of…

  • The Importance of Tashkil

    Hannah Hassig
    11 Apr 2013 | 2:24 am
    Tashkil are the various diacritics that are attached to Arabic letters to indicate features including vowels, gemination, and absence of any vowels. Arabic texts are typically written without tashkil, as fluent speakers can comprehend the text by automatically filling in these diacritics. Image at right: Arabic text with tashkil. The human brain is exemplary at filling in these diacritics, despite the fact that there is an average of 11.6 possible diacritizations for every non-diacritized word (Debili et al., 1998). That’s a lot of possible choices. Automated systems, such as the one behind…

  • ReadSpeaker speech-enables the National Council of Monaco website

    Roy Lindemann
    3 Apr 2013 | 9:44 am
    ReadSpeaker has been chosen by the the National Council of Monaco to speech-enable the content of its website.  With the audio version of its website, the National Council of Monaco offers its users a more practical and useful access to its online content. The listen button present on the pages of the site enables users to instantaneously listen to the content with a near to human text-to-speech voice. ReadSpeaker also highlights the text so as to help users, notably those with reading disabilities, better understand the content. Thanks to the new ReadSpeaker player developed in HTML5, the…
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  • Music for Forgotten Places

    Hugo Verweij
    18 May 2013 | 6:26 am
    Wandering around a city we might encounter these forgotten places - a vacant lot, an old ruin, a building no one lives in anymore. These spots always fascinate me, make me fantasize about their history and former inhabitants. Inspired by their mystique, Oliver Blank composed pieces of music for them - Music for Forgotten Places.  Visitors and residents can call a phone number found on a sign at the forgotten place they pass, and listen to its music. A mindful moment in a busy city. The project is created in Coruña, Spain, but Oliver will visit cities across the world to discover…

  • 3845 m/s

    Hugo Verweij
    2 Apr 2013 | 1:56 pm
    Korinsky Studio consists of Abel, Carlo and Max Korinsky. They mainly focus on their shared passion: exploring the possibilities of using sound in vertical surfaces. 3845 m/s is their newest installation using their own software, in a former coal power plant in Berlin. See the Korinsky Studio website for more information about their work. 

  • Volumen Sintetico

    Hugo Verweij
    28 Mar 2013 | 9:57 am
    We all know those white earphones can get pretty loud. And when they do, many times it’s not just the listener who enjoys the music, it’s the whole bus or train. So why not make use of this and create a piece of sound art made with 1629 of them? It’s called Volumen Sintetico and it’s created by Chilean artist Ariel Bustamante. The earphones are embedded in a 180 cm wooden ‘antenna’. Its parabolic form creates a sonic hotspot right in front of the installation, and the composition played in the movie below is created using abstract sounds, designed to make…

  • Orchestra Da Camera

    Hugo Verweij
    20 Mar 2013 | 1:41 pm
    We’ve seen work of the Quiet Ensemble before. Now I don’t like the use of animals in art installations, but the mice in Orchestra Da Camera seem to have quite some space, and while they run around they can play a lullaby by Brahms, Schubert or Mozart.  Visit the Quiet Ensemble website to have a look at more of their work. 

  • DrumTime & the perfect metronome sound

    Hugo Verweij
    2 Feb 2013 | 5:38 am
    Most sound designers probably won’t get very excited when they’re asked to create a metronome sound. No sticking microphones onto fancy cars to record their roaring engines, no impressive out-of-this-world explosions. But I guarantee you, that metronome sound will reach the listeners ears many times more than those sound effects! After I started selling minimalist ringtones over 1.5 year  ago, I started focusing my sound design on simplicity and effectiveness. From that perspective, creating the perfect metronome sound for the newly released app DrumTime offers a nice…
 
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    Audiophilia

  • Tony Joe White — Homemade Ice Cream/Analogue Productions/200 gram vinyl LP

    Audiophilia
    21 May 2013 | 7:53 am
    by Anthony Kershaw I heard this LP reissue recently while attending the New York Audio Show. There was lots of buzz, not only about the quality of the sound (which is exceptional) but also about this little known Louisiana Swamp Rock artist. Tony Joe White is still active at 69, singing dates in blues clubs all over the US and Europe. A tour to Australia and New Zealand is in the works. After some initial success as a singer, White made much of his living writing songs for others. All the songs on Homemade Ice Cream are White originals. ‘Original’, being the optimal word. To my uneducated…

  • The Blakhole Isolation Feet by Redpoint Audio Design

    Audiophilia
    16 May 2013 | 7:00 am
    Audiophilia’s Henry Wilkenson adds his thoughts to Martin Appel’s review of this Audiophilia Star Component winning isolation device. by Henry Wilkenson Over the years I have used many different isolation devices, everything from ceramic to soft jell to brass. Simply stated, the Redpoint Blakholes are the most effective isolation devices that I have used. These deceptively simple devices are made up of a metal cone with a ball made from a material that Redpoint’s Peter Clark is silent about. If you drop the ball, it does not bounce; it just sits there; very unusual indeed. I…

  • Shostakovich: Symphony no 7 ‘Leningrad’ — Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra/Vasily Petrenko

    Audiophilia
    15 May 2013 | 7:31 am
    By James Norris Having heard the live performance given by these forces in Liverpool in January 2012 I am pleased to say at the outset that this recording lives up to the expectations I had at that time. It is a very fine interpretation. For too long, Shostakovich’s Leningrad Symphony has been used as a musical battering ram in the concert hall and this performance shows just how good it can be when given a sympathetic and well thought out reading. Much has been written about what Shostakovich’s real intentions were when writing this work, was it just a rallying cry to the…

  • Toronto Symphony Orchestra closes 2012/13 season with a bang.

    Audiophilia
    14 May 2013 | 11:53 am
    Tailgate and Music Mob with our great orchestra. The hugely improved TSO closes its season with some innovative ways to enjoy classical music. Party on! Two really cool initiatives are in bold. For Rhapsody in Blue (June 1 & 2), one of the most popular American concert works, conductor Bramwell Tovey will take to the piano to play Gershwin’s beloved jazz-infused Piano Concerto. Before leading the orchestra in Elgar’s Enigma Variations– a series of charming musical sketches about the composer’s closest friends –Tovey, an eloquent host, will share some of the unsolved…

  • Audiophilia Eye Candy - May 2013 update

    Audiophilia
    14 May 2013 | 11:07 am
    http://www.aedle.net http://www.raysonicaudio.com http://clearaudio.de http://www.townshendaudio.com/ http://www.allnicaudio.com http://www.wilsonaudio.com http://www.lyraconnoisseur.com
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  • The latest from Daft Punk

    toneaudio
    22 May 2013 | 3:51 pm
    On “Beyond,” a weightless number that arrives just past the midpoint of Daft Punk’s long-in-the-works new album, Random Access Memories, the French electronic duo lays out the blueprint for the perfect song. “(It) speaks of places never seen/It holds a promise long forgotten,” the tandem sings, sounding something like sleep-deprived androids. “It is the birthplace of your dreams.” Fittingly, the pair spends much of its first studio album since 2005′s Human After All—excluding the soundtrack for Tron: Legacy—revisiting the various sounds and styles that informed its…

  • Further listening with the Unlimiteds

    toneaudio
    18 May 2013 | 4:06 pm
    The entire line of German Physiks speakers, due to their omnidirectional nature, are incredibly easy to place, not requiring a tuned room to give their best performance. This was readily apparent from the minute we unboxed them, making for the shortest set up we’ve ever encountered.  The major upside here is that the Unlimiteds will sound just as good, if not better than what you’ll hear at your dealer. After a few months of enjoying the Unlimiteds, we took them on a quick, local road trip to confirm this theory, sharing them with a few staff members and a couple of traditionally…

  • First Impression: Monk-Audio Tube Preampli-le petit

    toneaudio
    16 May 2013 | 7:42 pm
    We were so impressed with the Monk-Audio three input phonostage that we’ve made it part of our permanent reference collection. Their latest effort, labeled the “tube preampli-le petit, still features three inputs, though this time utilizes a pair of 12AX7 tubes instead of the solid-state construction of their larger model.  Gone is the ability to adjust gain, loading and EQ, but the pricetag is very attractive – about $1,300. With the cost of the EAR 834P ever increasing, this could very well be its replacement. Initial listening with a Denon DL-103r cartridge mounted on an…

  • New From the National:

    toneaudio
    13 May 2013 | 4:33 pm
    “I have only two emotions,” singer Matt Berninger observes early on the National’s sixth studio album. They are extremities, he warns: “careful fear and dead devotion.” He delivers the line with his detached, broken baritone in much the same way as he has over the Brooklyn-based band’s prior five albums—with bloodshot fragility that may or may not be on the brink of paranoia. Unhealthy obsessions and oceanic levels of mistrust are where the National have emotionally resided for much of their recent efforts, and 2010’s High Violet fine-tuned the tension-packed guitar torment…

  • The latest from She & Him

    toneaudio
    6 May 2013 | 10:56 pm
    One of the more unforgettable rock ‘n’ roll scenes in film comes during the 1980s sci-fi romance Back to the Future. In the final act, Michael J. Fox’s Marty McFly grabs a guitar at a 1955 high-school dance and anchors a capable rhythm & blues band through the scorcher “Johnny B. Goode” and doo-wop slow-dance “Earth Angel (Will You Be Mine).” One of the messages, intentional or not, is that it’s better to define the best songs of another era as timeless rather than classics. Another message: Boy, wouldn’t it have been fun to have played rock ‘n’ roll during its…
 
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  • Check it Out… AV Nation’s AVWEEK podcast Episode 91: THEORETICALLY

    Chris Neto
    20 May 2013 | 7:00 am
    This week I was guest panelist on the popular AV Nation show “AVweek”.  Check out the details below. Host: Tim Albright AVNation Founder Guests: Kelly Perkins from Vaddio, Dr. Yoram Solomon, Craig MacCormack from Commercial Integrator  and Chris Neto of AV Helpdesk Inc. “InfoComm is updating the CTS. Should all current CTS holders re-take the test?   Is voice control the next big thing for home automation? We talk about CCTV and the Boston Bombers. We talk about fiber and AV. Plus, we talk about our choices for a ProAV. “ Here is the link to podcast:…

  • REDBAND: Making the Most of Small-Budget Custom Installs By Todd Anthony Puma

    Chris Neto
    15 May 2013 | 12:11 pm
    Months ago, I wrote in this space about not judging a customer by how they dress or what they drive. Last week, I described ways to build partnerships with other firms in the industry. This week, I want to bring it all together. The bottom line is focusing on customer service as the priority. Make the customer happy, work with each other as peers, and we will all not only grow the industry but make more money and be more successful. Too many times I see service providers in our business scoff at a smaller job just because it doesn’t seem worth the time to them. Just last week, a woman…

  • Heading to Infocomm 2013? Grab the official #infocomm13 show app!

    Chris Neto
    11 May 2013 | 8:31 am
      If  you’re an android or iPhone user make sure to grab the official Infocomm 2013 app  before heading to the show. The app does a great job of keeping everything “infocomm” in one place…Wayfinder, Map, Transportation info, my schedule, events, sessions, exhibitors, speakers and even the official twitter feed for the Show (#infocomm13 is the official hashtag) Here is the link to the Google Playstore for the Free App: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.coreapps.android.followme.infocomm11 See you there, Chris 0 comment(s)

  • REDBAND: Getting IT Right by Mark Coxon

    Chris Neto
    11 May 2013 | 7:05 am
    Getting IT Right I was required to make 65 calls per day. My book of business was 300 accounts, so I was through my book in a week. That means I was making nearly 1000 cold calls . . .per month for almost 2 years. Close to 24,000 cold calls in my time there. Who were they to? What was I selling?  They were primarily to IT directors, as I worked for IBM. I lay down the introduction here to simply state that what I am about to relate, has a very sturdy foundation.  The reason the AV industry is losing the battle to install our own equipment may be that we haven’t made the proper investment…

  • REDBAND: Top 10 Gnarliest Movies Ever – Woody Edition by John Sciacca

    Chris Neto
    10 May 2013 | 12:58 pm
    I’ve mentioned my Definitive Technology rep, Woody, before. He is the one where we shared a Gay Chamsake at our local sushi bar, and then I think he *may* have proposed to me with a delicate selection of pastel colored sakes on another occasion… Regardless, Woody comes to town a couple of times a year to show us new Def Tech product, go over any upcoming specials, and see if we need anything from him to support our business, blah-blah. Then we go out and grab some dinner. It’s a great opportunity to hang out and chat informally and get to know each other beyond the typical, “Hey,…
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  • A Guide to Buying Pre-Owned Musical Instruments

    audiomelody
    15 May 2013 | 4:30 am
    Musical instruments from pianos to saxophones are expensive due to the love and labour put into making them, nevermind the parts themselves. Whilst we’d all love to be able to just walk into a music shop and buy a new Steinway or Les Paul whenever we want to, you can save yourself a bundle by buying second hand. Where to Buy? Searching through local classified ads on Craigslist, and auctions on eBay can turn up a wealth of instruments available to buy at very reasonable prices. We’ve even have a friend find an upright piano on Freecycle. As with anything you are buying from…

  • Indie Bible 2013

    audiomelody
    9 May 2013 | 10:47 am
    The internet has opened many doors in the world of music, and it is a better time than ever to be a DIY band or musician and get your music heard around the world. But it is a pretty tough job to work out where to start with these endless possibilities, and this is where the Indie Bible comes in. It is certainly possible to learn much of what is in those pages from a good few days or weeks with Google as your friend, and a real desire to work away in front of a screen all night to find the right blogs, and labels for your music, or to work out the best and cheapest way to get your music onto…

  • Amazing Radio Returns to DAB

    audiomelody
    9 May 2013 | 2:29 am
    Following its departure from DAB after a contract disagreement with Arqiva almost a year ago, the new music radio station Amazing Radio will finally be back to broadcasting throughout London and the South East on May 13th, with Dublin soon to follow. Programme Director Matt Jamison explained: “We’re back, not yet nationally in the UK, although we hope to get there one day. Plus, we’re launching an expanded on-line streaming service, with more time-shifting to US time zones, a new and improved mobile app and more genre-based channels such as Amazing Beats and Amazing…

  • Twitter #Music Launches

    audiomelody
    18 Apr 2013 | 7:50 am
    There has been a lot of hype surrounding Twitter’s Music app, developed after the social network acquired San Francisco-based music aggregator WeAreHunted last year. And the wait is finally over, with the app available now for iOS and on the web. At launch the app features music from Spotify, Rdio, and iTunes, with SoundCloud and BandCamp reported to be joining the party soon. Users can explore music from the artists they like, and the artists those artists enjoy – offering another form of digital music discovery. They are then stream previews of those tracks through iTunes or the…

  • eJay Looking to Relaunch on Touchscreen Devices

    audiomelody
    18 Apr 2013 | 7:23 am
    For many computer musicians today, their first attempts at creating music on a computer was through the popular eJay music software. First launching in 1996, eJay gave PC users an easy drag and drop interface and a wide selection of samples, beats, riffs, and effects at a time before MacBooks were as common on stage as drum kits. It’s ease of use made many start to look at the home computer as a piece of recording equipment and move up into the more complex sequencers of Steinberg’s Cubase and Emagic’s Logic. How we interact with computers and make use of them in the musical…
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  • Testing Speakers in Production

    Amie C
    15 May 2013 | 1:50 am
    A thread on our message boards about how we test loudspeakers in production inspired a new video and plant walk-about with Andrew Welker.  Watch as he explains how we go about testing speakers and speaker parts in production. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LCniCXT95W0 Andrew Welker: Axiom’s testing is very involved because there are a number of steps to testing the components:  the crossovers, the drive units, and then the entire system.  It is not simply a sweep to see if the speaker makes sound: we actually do very detailed measurements every step of the way. The Crossover Network…

  • Building an M80 Floorstanding Speaker: A Look at What’s Inside

    Amie C
    26 Apr 2013 | 4:19 am
    Most people only ever see the outside of their loudspeakers, and that’s probably a good thing!  But if you’ve ever wondered what goes into building a loudspeaker, then this video will walk you through the inner workings of an M80 Floorstanding Speaker.  Axiom Engineer Andrew Welker explains the parts inside and Axiom’s innovations in the loudspeaker building process. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IoHWZSFvW68 Andrew Welker:  I thought it would be quite interesting today to show you a view of either a speaker you own, if it happens to be an Axiom Product, or actually what…

  • Understanding Subwoofer Controls or What Do All Those Things Do, Anyway?

    Amie C
    16 Apr 2013 | 4:26 am
    Click to enlarge the subwoofer amplifier One look at the back of a subwoofer amplifier and your first thought might very well be “Yikes!  What did I sign up for?”  But relax – while each knob, gizmo and switch does have its own job, it’s easy to understand what they do once you hear an expert explain it to you. Listen as Andrew Welker, Axiom Design Engineer, explains the Axiom subwoofer amplifier settings. Andrew Welker:  I’m going to talk a little bit about the controls and the functions that are available on the backs of our subwoofers. These days, most of…

  • Blu-Ray Easter Eggs: What’s In Your Basket This Weekend?

    Amie C
    28 Mar 2013 | 1:02 pm
    It’s that time of year when our thoughts turn to hidden treasures, and a quick browse through an old Axiom article on DVD Easter Eggs lead me to wonder what was new in the world of secret scenes or other gems (commonly referred to as ‘Easter Eggs’ because you have to hunt for them ) on  recently released Blu-rays.  Here’s a list of a few – do you have any to add to the collection? The Hunger Games:  On the special features disc, after the Lionsgate logo shows up and there is an animation of The Capitol, you can see various letters lighting up on the banners…

  • Your Story: Post Hurricane Sandy Rebuild

    Amie C
    25 Mar 2013 | 6:27 am
    We love hearing stories about how you’re using your Axiom speakers.  This one, about a family rebuilding after Hurricane Sandy, was really interesting because the customer is also a musician.  Read Clifford’s story below. My New Jersey home was flooded by Hurricane Sandy.  As part of the opportunity to rebuild, and to feel good about moving back home, I decided I wanted to re-orient the TV room and wire it for sound and cat 6 networking. Instead of the TV facing 15 feet to the back wall, it’s been reposition over the fireplace and is visible from the entire 15 x 38′…
 
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  • Tutorial: Getting You Parts To Sit In The Mix

    platinum
    8 May 2013 | 2:50 pm
    Have you ever found yourself building an elaborate sampler or keyboard patch made up of layers upon layers only to be disappointed when bringing it into your mix? You find out that either it stands out over top of everything else, or else you need to bring it way down to a barely audible level, making you wonder, “dude, where’s my sound?” This doesn’t only happen with synthesized sounds; you may have layered your drum hits, vocal takes, bass or guitar parts and come to the same conclusion. This article will help you understand why this happens, and what you can do to…

  • Tutorial: How To Get Your Kick To Sound BIG

    platinum
    8 Apr 2013 | 2:52 pm
    For this tutorial we are going to show you how to take a mediocre, boring, flat, or just plain wretched sounding kick drum, and magically engineer it into a bass-rattling behemoth. “But, why should I bother learning how to make my own kick drums?” you ask…Well, because, the kick drum is the corner-stone of almost all modern recordings. Check out any hip hop, rock, pop or dance track on the radio today. Front-and-center is a big, beefy kick. Since the kick drum has such high energy content, it goes a long way towards producing the perception of BIGNESS and LOUDNESS in a…

  • Choosing The Right Soundcard / Audio Interface

    platinum
    8 Mar 2013 | 12:47 pm
    Ok, so you’ve decided to get serious about music recording and, naturally, your first major purchase is probably going to be a good soundcard or audio interface. But, there are so many options, how do you know which is the best to choose for your particular goals/setup? While its nearly impossible to anticipate the best possible piece of gear for each particular setup out there, its a good idea to be aware of some basics before going out and purchasing something as central to your studio as the actual recording console. Read ahead and you’ll likely have a better picture going…

  • Combating Listening Fatigue

    platinum
    17 Feb 2013 | 10:40 pm
    Listening fatigue is a concept familiar to almost anyone with longterm mixing experience. Even if you are not familiar with the term, chances are you have experienced it in your music making journey. It is often subtle (you have trouble determining what is wrong with your mix) and insidious (you think your mix is going great only until coming back to it with fresh ears, realizing the balance is way out of whack). But, no matter the case the result is always the same: lost time and energy, and shitty sounding mixes. Listening fatigue is technically considered a physiological…

  • Integrating iOS Apps Just Became a Reality With Audiobus

    platinum
    24 Jan 2013 | 12:51 pm
    Like a lot of musicians today, you probably have an iPad filled with really cool apps in and of themselves, but struggle to find a way to bring them together into your recording workflow. You realize, for example, that Animoog sounds fantastic, but without a way to integrate it with your other iPad apps it’s on its own little island. Thankfully it appears that that is all changing with the introduction of AUDIOBUS. Delivering the promised land of iOS app integration is no small feat but early reviews are showing that we may just have a winner. The app works by routing your individual…
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