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Editorial for June 2006

Editorial for June 2006

by | Jun 1, 2006 | Editorial

OUR JUNE DRAWING is for two Logitech Harmony advanced universal remote controls. You access your entire Home Entertainment system with just one button! Select an activity, and the remote sends the right commands so you don’t have to juggle or misplace remotes or remember a sequence of buttons. Works with your own page on the Harmony web site.  The winning AUDIOPHILE AUDITION reader who has Registered Here (or has registered in the past) will win the top Harmony 880 Universal Remote – identical to the one we reviewed Here. The runner-up will receive a Harmony 550 Universal Remote (on right), which does everything the 880 handles. We’ll announce the two lucky winners early in July. Register Here for the Drawing      Special Editorial:  Convergence of Computers and AV Systems Inevitable? The explosion of iPod use has changed and accelerated the push – started by MicroSoft – to converge computers with home entertainment systems.  After all, the iPod is just a tiny computer hard drive holding music and photos or video. A recent poll of 20 countries around the world asked 20,000 people what technology they just couldn’t do without.  The figures for the U.S. were 89% for TVs and 87% […]

Editorial for June 2006

Editorial for May 2006

by | May 1, 2006 | Editorial

THIS MONTH’S DRAWING is for two hi-res discs from the audiophile label First Impression Music. 12 AUDIOPHILE AUDITION readers who register HERE (or have registered in the past) will be notified to make their choice of the above first three discs. Each one will also receive the bonus HDCD (playable on any CD or DVD player) “Passion,” which FIM produced for Mercedes-Benz and which is not for sale. Its 14 tracks include sax with pipe organ, Flamenco guitar, female vocalists, piano, cello and violin solos, and a jazz trio. Your choice of: 1) VIVALDI: The Four Seasons – Sonatori De La Gioiosa Marca.  Our Max Dudious said of this disc: I already have six or eight versions of this music that I’ve come to consider boring. But this recording on SACD technology makes it fresh again. 2) Super Sounds II – A leather-bound FIM xrcd24 sampler! (playable on any CD or DVD player) 11 tracks include two Mozart selections – one with David and Igor Oistrakh, Amanda McBroom’s The Rose, Theme from The Magnificent Seven, Take Five from Jazz at the Pawnshop, and The All Star Percussion Ensemble in the Intermezzo from Carmen. 3) Autumn in Seattle – A brand […]

Editorial for June 2006

Editorial for April 2006

by | Apr 1, 2006 | Editorial

OUR APRIL DRAWING is for one of the brand new series of compact, high-pressure, high back-EMF, powered subwoofers from SUNFIRE. Designed by audio innovator Bob Carver, the new D-8 (pictured) boasts accurate low-bass performance in a compact cabinet only slightly larger than its 8-inch woofer. A 1000-watt RMS high-current amp powers the driver, and a 30-100Hz crossover with bypass makes it easy to match the sub with your main speakers.  The lucky winner will be selected on May 1 from AUDIOPHILE AUDITION readers who register HERE or have already registered in the past. We’ll announce the winner in early May. The winner of last month’s MasterSource Bossa Nova speakers was Tim Bishop of Golden , CO. Congrats! Register Here for the Drawing   Welcome to the web publication for audio, music and home theater, emphasizing hi-res and surround sound for music! AUDIOPHILE AUDITION began as a weekly national radio series hosted by John Sunier, which aired for 13 1/2 years on up to 200 public radio and commercial stations coast to coast.   April 06 is our 86th issue and well into our seventh year! AUDIOPHILE AUDITION has moved away from monthly editions to an ongoing publishing schedule. All reviews are […]

Editorial for June 2006

Editorial for March 2006

by | Mar 1, 2006 | Editorial

Protect Your Right to Record and Timeshift In Your Own Home – Oppose the Audio Broadcast Flag Act! Take a minute NOW to contact your members of Congress and tell them you strongly oppose the Audio Broadcast Flag Licensing Act of 2006, H.R. 4861. Although styled as a narrow bill giving the Federal Communications Commission only “limited authority” to impose licensing conditions on new HD radios and satellite radios from XM and Sirius, the Audio broadcast Flag Licensing Act of 2006, H.R. 4861 is a fundamental attack on traditional home taping practices that consumers have engaged in since the first analog cassette recorder reached the U.S. market in 1964, and the reel-to-reel recorder decades before. Like other proposals shopped around by the Recording Industry Association of America, the bill is not just a “flag” proposal aimed at preventing mass redistribution of music over the Internet. The bill gives the FCC remote control over consumers’ right to engage in reasonable and customary “unauthorized” recording, even in the privacy of their homes for noncommercial purposes. Virtually all home recording is “unauthorized” by copyright owners. But as the Supreme Court held in the Betamax case, that does not make it “unlawful.”  Exercising their […]

Editorial for June 2006

Editorial for February 2006

by | Feb 1, 2006 | Editorial

THIS MONTH’S DRAWING is for your choice of three SACDs from Albany Records’ own label – one of many classical and jazz labels distributed by this firm. First is a pairing of two World Premiere Recordings of music by two great American composers: Roy Harris’ Symphony No. 2 and Morton Gould’s Symphony No. 3, in performances by the Albany Symphony Orchestra. [Reviewed Here.] Second is one of the loudest pieces of music ever written: William Schuman’s Credendum – heard for the first time in stereo. The American composer’s Piano Concerto and his Symphony No. 4 fill out this SACD. [Reviewed Here.] Finally we offer a multichannel recording of two works by the British composer George Lloyd: his Cello Concerto and the First Orchestral Suite from his opera The Serf. Lloyd is a tonal composer of great individuality, and his Cello Concerto is filled with intense emotions. [Reviewed Here.]   12 lucky AUDIOPHILE AUDITION readers will win one of these hi-res SACDs in early March. All you need do to be eligible for the drawing is to have either registered on this site in the past or GO HERE to register right now. The winner will be  announced in our March […]

Editorial for June 2006

Editorial for January 2006

by | Jan 1, 2006 | Editorial

THIS MONTH’S DRAWING is for the amazing music video DVD ANIMUSIC2.  It’s a mind-blowing mix of fantasy musical instruments which are played in perfect sync by the music on the soundtrack! Even better than the original Animusic video! [Reviewed Here] Ten lucky AUDIOPHILE AUDITION readers will win one of these widescreen 5.1 surround DVDs in early February. All you need to do to be eligible for the drawing is to have either Registered on this site in the past or go HERE to register right now. The winner will be  announced in our February issue. We won’t share your email address. The winner of the Aperion 632-LR Speakers in our December drawing is Wade Howe of Longview, WA! Welcome to the web publication for audio, music and home theater, emphasizing hi-res and surround sound for music! AUDIOPHILE AUDITION began as a weekly national radio series hosted by John Sunier, which aired for 13 1/2 years on up to 200 public radio and commercial stations coast to coast.   This month is our 83rd issue, with AUDIOPHILE AUDITION having moved away from monthly editions to an ongoing publishing schedule. Instead of all reviews being published at the start of each month, […]

Editorial for June 2006

Editorial for December 2005

by | Dec 1, 2005 | Editorial

  THIS MONTH’S DRAWING is for a pair of the 632 bookshelf speakers from Aperion Audio –  which we called “the entry-level bargain of the year” in our recent review. A lucky AUDIOPHILE AUDITION reader will be the winner of these great-sounding speakers in  early January. All you need to do to be eligible for the drawing is to have either  Registered on this site in the past or go HERE to register right now. The winner will be  announced in our January issue. We won’t share your email address.  The lucky winner of the Tivoli Satellite Radio in last month’s drawing was John Brown of Scottsdale, AZ. TWO-PART EDITORIAL SECTION THIS MONTH: I – How This Site Works II – Fighting the Fast Food Syndrome in Recorded Music     Welcome to the web publication for audio, music and home theater, emphasizing hi-res and surround sound for music! AUDIOPHILE AUDITION began as a weekly national radio series hosted by John Sunier, which aired for 13 1/2 years on up to 200 public radio and commercial stations coast to coast.   This month is our 82nd issue, with AUDIOPHILE AUDITION having moved away from monthly editions to an ongoing publishing schedule. […]