Lynx Studio Technology, Inc. best known for its studio-grade pro audio gear that includes both stand-alone and computer card based technology arrived at RMAF with a new stand-alone D/A converter.
Channel D, creators of MacIntosh computer based Pure Vinyl and Pure Music software for vinyl ripping and enhanced digital playback introduced a seriously upgraded version of its rechargeable battery powered Seta phono preamp.
Sound-Smith's Peter Ledermann has been a busy fellow! At RMAF he announced, among other things, an upgrade to the sensational sounding Hyperion cactus cantilevered cartridge. The update to the $7500 cartridge includes an improved suspension said to produce superior separation and improved stylus control. The cartridge includes a ten year warranty and a re-tip when necessary.
(Photo of me [wearing TRON crew jacket] talking to the Chinese Theater audience courtesy MouseInfo).
Power is back, heat and hot water are back, Internet it back. Life returns to normal. I actually got to listen to music on my system last night for the first time in more than a week.
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(Photo by Randy Wells) I've been on the road just about the entire month of October. First at Rocky Mountain Audio Festival and this past weekend I M.C.'d at Chad Kassem's 15th Annual Blues at The Crossroads Blues Festival held at his Blue Heaven Studios, a converted church. It was a blast and of course I again got to tour the pressing plant.