Netflix : ce film va vous faire sursauter 23 fois et vous n’avez plus qu’une semaine pour le voir !
Ce film d'horreur au 23 jump scares va bientôt quitter le catalogue de Netflix. Si vous voulez le rattraper, c'est maintenant ! De quoi ça parle ? Dans ce qui paraît être une paisible maison de Tokyo se cache l’un des fléaux les plus épouvantables qui soient. Quiconque franchit le seuil de la demeure est…
Nostalgia for an Age to Come
I was surprised to see, in the window of my local charity shop in a corner of north London, a display of 1980s Melody Maker magazines featuring some of my favorite bands. Nestled alongside second-hand frocks and pieces of crockery were The Redskins, Scritti Politti, Johnny Marr, and Frankie Goes to Hollywood. The Redskins produced…
Twin Showcases from Spatial Audio Lab with Don Sachs and Lynn Olson Design
It took two visits until this room got silent enough for me to get a handle on what was going on sound-wise. There was a lot going on, and it was not always easy to parse. The big items of note were prototype Spatial Audio Lab open-baffle loudspeakers (price and release date TBD) that descend…
Marantz 70th Anniversary Experience in NYC Open to the Public
Marantz, the iconic company started by audio pioneer Saul Marantz in 1953, is inviting the public to visit a 7000-square-foot immersive, interactive exhibit in New York City to celebrate its 70th anniversary. The House of Marantz at Spring Studios, in the city’s trendy TriBeCa section, will open its doors to the public on Wednesday, July…
Turkey carries out deadly strike on base used by Kurdish group and U.S.-led coalition in Syria
Qamishli, Syria — A Turkish drone strike hit a base in northeast Syria used jointly by Kurdish forces and the U.S.-led coalition on Tuesday, the Kurds and a war monitor said. Two fighters of the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces were killed, an SDF spokesman said, but no U.S. troops were there or in danger, according to…
The Show Debut of the Von Schweikert Audio VR-55 MkII SE Loudspeaker
Scott Walker Audio united with Soulution and Von Schweikert Audio to present the show premiere of the new active Von Schweikert VR-55 MkII SE loudspeaker in fabulous McLaren Volcano Orange finish ($85,000/pair). The latest successor to the original VR-55, which was designed by the late Albert Von Schweikert and released in 2014, this 3-wayspeaker with…
Dan D’Agostino’s Dazzling Unveil of the New Relentless Epic and Epic 800 Monoblocks and Momentum MxV Integrated
In the extremely large, all-sonic-bets-are-off, glass-enclosed Atrium display mounted by Mansour Mamaghani’s Audio Reference Munich, Dan D’Agostino, and his indispensable sidekick (aka company President) Bill McKiegan, joined forces with Wilson, dCS, and Perlisten to blow people’s minds. When the new Relentless Epic and Relentless Epic 800 mono amplifiers got fired up, it was a case…
Wadax Impresses and Satisfies in Munich
There were several reasons why I was extremely eager to hear this system. First and foremost, given the high price of Wadax digital gear, I wanted to get a sense of what the Wadax Atlantis Reference DAC ($166,420), Wadax Atlantis Reference Server ($68,800), Wadax Atlantis Reference Transport $115,000), and Wadax Atlantis Reference PSU ($52,700) might…
SigAlert: 1 Hurt In 405 Freeway Shooting; Shooter At Large
SHERMAN OAKS, CA — A freeway shooting that injured one person shut down portions of the San Diego (405) Freeway in Sherman Oaks through the morning rush hour Friday. The shooter remains at large. It’s the county’s second freeway shooting in two days. California Highway Patrol officers were called to the busy stretch of freeway…
Callas and SotM Surprise at AXPONA
As much as I was aware of the dizzying array of diminutive, Korean-made SOtM (Soul Of the Music) components, each identified by a different difficult-to-type assortment of upper and lower case letters plus numbers and dashes, I did not expect them to sound as good as they did. Allied to K Sound Lab’s Callas Nostalgia…