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…
Netflix invente la comédie romantique interactive ! Choisissez votre histoire !
Netflix a mis aujourd’hui en ligne L’amour au choix, une comédie romantique intéractive dans laquelle le spectateur doit choisir entre trois prétendants. Il n’y a pas que One Piece qui a débarqué ce 31 août sur Netflix. Ceux que les histoires de pirates et de trésors n’intéressent pas pourraient bien trouver leur bonheur avec L’amour…
SOTA debuts new Quasar Turntable
I have long found it kind of disappointing that just a handful of companies still manufacture turntables in the United States, but SOTA is a true survivor, having delivered their first turntables way back in 1979. At AXPONA, SOTA co-owner Donna Bodinet (above) was displaying their new Quasar model (below), which moves the suspension-less Urban…
New from Vanatoo
Longtime readers of Stereophile may recall my 2019 rave review of the diminutive low-cost Transparent One Encore active loudspeaker ($599). The reason I ended up reviewing a bargain component that retailed for well under four figures—one that measured quite well, I might add—was not because Stereophile‘s former editor, John Atkinson, assigned the product to me.…
Art et Son, On a Higher Note, MoonRiver, Graham Audio, Bergman Audio, Artesania, Cardas
“Are you sure there are no tubes in the chain?” I asked On a Higher Note’s Philip O’Hanlon, North American distributor of the BBC-inspired Graham Audio speaker line, in Montreal retailer Art et Son’s room. Philip was sitting with me listening to an LP of Belgian singer Mélanie De Biasio. He responded to my question…