AppleMagazine
IF YOU'VE EVER WANTED TO BE IN 'HAMILTON,” YOU CAN NOW DO SO - ON ROBLOX
The landmark Broadway musical “Hamilton” has landed on Roblox, turning the innovative stage show into an immersive online environment for a new generation.
3 min |
August 11, 2023
AppleMagazine
GEORGIA KIDS WOULD NEED PARENTAL PERMISSION TO JOIN SOCIAL MEDIA IF SENATE REPUBLICANS GET THEIR WAY
Georgia could join other states requiring children to have their parents’ explicit permission to create social media accounts.
2 min |
August 11, 2023
AppleMagazine
ZOOM, WHICH THRIVED ON THE REMOTE WORK REVOLUTION, WANTS WORKERS BACK IN THE OFFICE PART-TIME
The company whose name became synonymous with remote work is joining the growing return-to-office trend.
1 min |
August 11, 2023
AppleMagazine
ASTRONAUTS GET FIRST LOOK AT THE SPACECRAFT THAT WILL FLY THEM AROUND THE MOON
The four astronauts assigned to fly around the moon in another year got their first look at their spacecraft, as NASA warned there could be more delays.
2 min |
August 11, 2023
AppleMagazine
Artificial Intelligence is Gaining State Lawmakers' Attention, and They Have a Lot of Questions
As state lawmakers rush to get a handle on fast-evolving artificial intelligence technology, they’re often focusing first on their own state governments before imposing restrictions on the private sector.
5 min |
August 11, 2023
Stereophile
Harbeth Super HL5plus XD - LOUDSPEAKER
What Were Once Vices Are Now Habits-the 1974 album by those San Jose yacht-rock sages the Doobie Brothers-could also describe an audiophile's life.
10+ min |
September 2023
Stereophile
Munich from the back of the bus
If you're going to Germany to immerse yourself in big-city excitement-churning dance clubs, matterful contemporary art, visitors and food from around the world, and street life that goes on all night-you'll probably find it in Berlin. Though rents have been climbing and there's no shortage of dirty sidewalks and petty crime, the German capital remains one of the most youthful and vibrant cities in Europe, an art and culture center with large expatriate communities and endless things to do. For urban thrills on a smaller scale, you can make a case for Cologne and even Leipzig.
9 min |
September 2023
Stereophile
The curse of composition
Something has happened in jazz culture in the new millennium. There is more emphasis on original composition than ever before. There has been remarkably little discussion and analysis of this phenomenon, perhaps because many assume it is a positive development. Jazz, after all, prioritizes originality.
3 min |
September 2023
Stereophile
MoFi Electronics SourcePoint 8 - LOUDSPEAKER
When I got these new speakers for review, they were so new that, at the time I unpacked them, no official user manual was included or posted on the manufacturer's website, and the promised matching stands didn't exist. Yet, I have the abiding feeling that I am getting to the party long after it has started. The Mobile Fidelity SourcePoint 8 is the newer, smaller sibling of the SourcePoint 10 reviewed by John Atkinson in Stereophile's February 2023 issue, with a follow-up by Ken Micallef in June.¹
9 min |
September 2023
Sound & Vision
CINEMATIC SPOTLIGHT
ROB HAHN is an American film director of photography and a name you should be familiar with if you love movies. He worked as cinematographer for acclaimed director Frank Oz on The Stepford Wives, The Score, and In & Out.
8 min |
August - September 2023
Sound & Vision
Home Theater Ace
DENON AVR-X3800H AV RECEIVER REVIEW
7 min |
August - September 2023
Sound & Vision
Perpetual Motion
MARTINLOGAN, you know the name. They've been around since 1983 so pretty much everyone has heard of them.
10+ min |
August - September 2023
Sound & Vision
QD-OLED FTW
SAMSUNG OLED G9 240 HZ 49\" ULTRA-WIDE MONITOR
10 min |
August - September 2023
Stereophile
The Werewolf
If music reflects the life of the person who created it-if, for example, we can hear Mozart's inner turmoil in his operas-then Warren Zevon's song catalog is uncommonly revealing. Headless mercenaries, killer rapists, and yes, impeccably dressed werewolves with a taste for pina coladas are all part of the colorful world of WZ's twisted imagination and especially of his masterpiece, 1978's Excitable Boy.
3 min |
September 2023
Sound & Vision
Sonos Era 100
A Versatile Compact Speaker
4 min |
August - September 2023
Stereophile
Audio Research I/50 - INTEGRATED AMPLIFIER
The first true high-end component I owned was an Audio Research SP-10. I reviewed this two-box, tubed preamplifier in the May 1984 issue of the English magazine Hi-Fi News & Record Review.
8 min |
September 2023
Stereophile
Mytek Brooklyn Bridge II Roon Core - STREAMER/SERVER/DAC
A useful way of thinking of this device is as a 21st century integrated preamp on steroids, where Roon (plus streaming services) is the new tuner, and a way to play records, with the possibility of endless future improvements via software updates.
10+ min |
September 2023
Stereophile
ASTRUD GILBERTO, RIP
HER FIRST PROFESSIONAL RECORDING BECAME A CAREER DEFINING GLOBAL HIT, CHANGED THE CULTURE, AND HELPED MAKE BOSSA NOVA A WORLDWIDE PHENOMENON. BUT THERE'S A DARK SIDE TO THE SUCCESS OF \"THE GIRL FROM IPANEMA,\" WHICH FOLLOWED THE BRAZILIAN CHANTEUSE UNTIL HER RECENT DEATH.
9 min |
September 2023
Sound & Vision
Music Metadata Smackdown
Classical music has a problem. A tiny company, and the world’s largest technology company, both think they have the answer.
3 min |
August - September 2023
Sound & Vision
Atmos Only Knows
Producer Giles Martin reveals how he focused on getting a “real” feel when he mixed The Beach Boys’ benchmark 1966 album, Pet Sounds, in Atmos.
3 min |
August - September 2023
Sound & Vision
The Music
THE SONOS Era 300 is the latest in a new generation of Atmos-compliant 'spatial audio' speakers that bring a more immersive listening experience without the hardware and installation grief inherent with discrete surround systems.
5 min |
August - September 2023
Sound & Vision
Total Immersion
ARENDAL 1961 9.4.4 SPEAKER SYSTEM
10+ min |
August - September 2023
Stereophile
Charles Mingus's Changes: The Complete 1970s Atlantic Studio Recordings
The standup bass genius and jazz force of nature Charles Mingus made his first album for Atlantic Records, Pithecanthropus Erectus, in 1956. Several of his most memorable musical masterpieces, including The Clown (1957), Blues and Roots (1960), and Oh Yeah (1962), followed as he intermittently returned to the label throughout the 1960s and early '70s.
3 min |
September 2023
Sound & Vision
Summer Entertaining
When you think of \"entertaining\" with your AV system, chances are the first thing that comes to mind is your home theater or media room. And while having friends over for dinner and a movie is a great use of your system, it's really just the tip of the iceberg.
3 min |
August - September 2023
Stereophile
RECORD REVIEWS
At 79, Pulitzer Prize winner and NEA Jazz Master Henry Threadgill is one of the last men standing among the founding fathers of the jazz avant-garde. Because his output of recordings is not voluminous, every new Threadgill release is an event. The Other One is more of an event than most because of its ambition (it is an album-length suite) and its scale: It introduces a new 12-piece ensemble.
3 min |
September 2023
Sound & Vision
Invisible Treasure
I RECENTLY upgraded from traditional box speakers to in-wall speakers after delving into the world of in-walls with my recent review of the SVS 3000 In-Wall Subwoofer, which I installed in my den.
6 min |
August - September 2023
Sound & Vision
A Match for the Ages
BACK IN 2020 I reviewed the then-new Sonos Arc soundbar for Sound & Vision, and it never left my family room.
10 min |
August - September 2023
Sound & Vision
LIVEDEAD
BEAR WAS NOT HAPPY. As the 1970s began to unfurl, live engineer Owsley \"Bear\" Stanley was increasingly frustrated with the quality of the live sound he was in charge of mixing night after night for San Francisco's multi-genre jam stalwarts the Grateful Dead.
10+ min |
August - September 2023
Techlife News
CFPB SUES AUTO DEALER FOR ILLEGALLY LOCKING CARS.RE-POSSESSING VEHICLES. OTHER SHADY ACTIVITIES
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau on Wednesday sued USASF Servicing, the financial arm of a chain of auto dealerships found mostly in the South, alleging the company committed a laundry list of illegal practices, like disabling borrowers’ cars, double-billing customers, and illegally repossessing cars.
1 min |
Techlife News #614
Techlife News
DOORDASH HITS RECORD FOR ORDERS, REVENUE IN SECOND QUARTER
DoorDash set records for total orders and revenue in the second quarter as its grocery and convenience deliveries accelerated and it improved driver efficiency.
2 min |