AV Therapy Celebrates Its 10th Anniversary Cinco de Mayo Style
On Friday, May 5, 6–9:30pm, AV Therapy of Nashua, New Hampshire, will host its annual spring event. This year, the company proudly celebrates its 10th anniversary with a Cinco De Mayo Party! New products will be displayed in multiple demo spaces with featured guests from Luxman, Sonner, Focal/Naim, KEF, Linn, Nordost, and Paradigm/Anthem available throughout…
Second Israeli dies after being wounded in Jerusalem blasts
An Israeli man died Saturday from wounds he sustained in twin blasts that hit Jerusalem earlier this week, bringing the number of dead to two from the explosions which Israeli police blamed on Palestinians. Shaare Zedek Medical Center in Jerusalem announced that Tadesse Teshome Ben Madeh had died. He was critically wounded in one of…
Tony Schiavone Thinks It’s Great That Samoa Joe Is AEW World Champion: “He Leads By Example”
Tony Schiavone gives his thoughts on AEW’s new world champion, Samoa Joe. Schiavone spoke about the King of Television taking his throne during a recent edition of his What Happened When podcast. He says that Joe is a “pro’s pro,” and will be a great leader as champion as he always has been everywhere…
U.S.-Iran World Cup tensions culminates in key match as Americans must win to advance
It’s showdown day at the World Cup for Team USA. The United States must win a match against Iran on Tuesday to advance in the tournament. If they don’t win, the U.S. men’s national team will head home. Tensions are high, and the tone for the game was set by a fiery news conference Monday…
A voir au cinéma : une technologie pour faire des bébés ? C’est dans The Pod Generation avec Emilia Clarke
Passé par les festivals de Sundance et Deauville, "The Pod Generation" sort dans nos salles ce mercredi 25 octobre. Rencontre avec sa réalisatrice Sophie Barthes, pour évoquer ses sujets centraux, dont l'intelligence artificielle. Drôle de destin que celui de The Pod Generation, film de science-fiction dans laquelle une société permet à des couples de porter…
Fidelity Imports and Diptyque planar speakers with Audia Flight, Aurender
Two months ago, at the audio expo in Tampa, I stumbled upon a pair of most intriguing French speakers. The $8000/pair Diptyque 107 is a medium-sized planar magnetic whose designers, Gilles Douziech and Eric Poix, make no secret of their love for Magnepan. All the same, the duo has sought to improve on that company’s…
Grandinote’s Gargantuan Soundstage
Grandinote owner/designer Massimiliano Magri (above) joined his North American distributor Reinhard Goerner at AXPONA for the premier of the Grandinote Premier Mach 8XL loudspeaker ($30,800–$33,000/pair, depending upon finish). According to Grandinote’s endearingly “English as a second language” website, the Mach 8XL’s eight full-range drivers utilize a special treatment behind the drivers’ membranes that prevents cone…
Prime Ministers Jacinda Ardern and Sanna Marin respond to reporter’s sexist question about their historic meeting
Finland’s Sanna Marin made history this week as the nation’s first prime minister to visit New Zealand. But the significance was overshadowed during a press conference with New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern on Wednesday, when a reporter questioned whether the two women’s age and “common stuff” was the reason for the visit, rather than…
Pre-human ancestor believed to have used fire as a tool, researchers say
A momentous discovery in South Africa could turn our understanding of human history on its head. A non-human creature dubbed Homo naledi was discovered nearly a decade ago — and researchers now believe the creature may have had a head start on Homo sapiens, or humans, in using fire as a tool. Renowned paleoanthropologist Lee Berger…
Une année difficile, film un peu trop moqueur ? Il suscite des débats
"On ne rit pas aux dépens des gens" : pourquoi Une année difficile, le nouveau film d'Eric Toledano et Olivier Nakache, avec Jonathan Cohen, Noémie Merlant et Pio Marmai, suscite-il des débats ? Sortie le 18 octobre dernier, Une année difficile est la nouvelle comédie imaginée par le tandem Eric Toledano et Olivier Nakache, derrière…