The recent feud between Tommy Dreamer and Bully Ray will continue at next month's Impact Rebellion as both men will meet in a no rules Hardcore War match. The pay-per-view is set for Sunday, April 16th in Toronto, Canada. Dreamer and Ray squared off in a Busted Open match (first blood) at last Friday's Sacrifice … Continue reading "Hardcore War announced for Impact Rebellion"

Alma Audio of San Diego went all out at T.H.E. Show, with three different rooms showcasing different products at different price points. Dominating their least-expensive room were Audio Alto’s made-in-Slovenia AA 1A stereo amplifier ($1990), AA 1P preamplifier ($1990), and AA R101FR loudspeakers ($4000/pair). The full-range loudspeaker has a bottom port that enable a frequency … Continue reading "Alma Audio Showcases Audio Alto, Hi-Fi Rose, and IsoTek"

Bangkok — Airstrikes by Myanmar’s military on two villages inhabited largely by ethnic Karen killed five civilians, including a mother and her 2-year-old daughter, and destroyed two churches, two relief organizations said Friday. The dead from the airstrikes on Thursday also included the pastor of a Baptist church, a Catholic deacon and a church layman, … Continue reading "Activists say child killed and churches destroyed as Myanmar bombs ethnic Karen villages"

[With this post, Stereophile to begins posting industry news—items that ultimately will appear in the magazine in the Industry Update section—online when it’s still fresh.] After a dozen years as General Manager of dCS Americas, well known industry veteran John Quick has joined Dynaudio North America with the title Vice-President for Sales & Marketing, Americas. … Continue reading "John Quick Moves to Dynaudio"

Food companies making big profits as inflation has surged should face windfall taxes to help cut global inequality, anti-poverty group Oxfam said Monday as the World Economic Forum’s annual meeting gets underway. That’s one of the ideas in a report by Oxfam International, which has sought for a decade to highlight inequality at the conclave … Continue reading "As Davos kicks off, Oxfam calls for tax on food companies to reduce inequality"

My review samples of Genelec’s G Three powered loudspeaker came with a little hand-sized green and tan cardboard card featuring a poem in bold black letters dated 1898: At the cottage window a little bird sang. And the light of the window did flicker. And look. The roof up it sprang and the cottage became … Continue reading "Genelec G Three active loudspeaker"

The India Meteorological Department (IMD) on Tuesday forecasted a fresh spell of thunderstorms, hailstorms, and rainfall activity over northwest India from March 23 to 25 and central and adjoining eastern India from March 24 to 25. Jump To MET’s latest bulletinComes after Delhi saw heavy rains on MondayHeatwaves predicted too MET’s latest bulletin In its … Continue reading "IMD Predicts Fresh Spell of Rainfall, Hailstorms In Parts Of India From Thursday"

Sydney — A Qantas flight traveling from New Zealand to Sydney landed safely on a single engine after it issued a mayday call over the Pacific Ocean on Wednesday. Qantas Flight 144 with 145 passengers aboard landed at Sydney Airport from Auckland, New Zealand after a 3-and-a-half-hour flight between the neighboring nations’ most populous cities. … Continue reading "Qantas plane lands safely on single engine after mayday call over Pacific"

Those of you old enough to have heard it when it was new will recall when you first experienced the music of Jimi Hendrix. I was 13, in 1967, when I came home after school with a friend bearing an LP of the just-released US Reprise Records pressing of Are You Experienced. My dad had … Continue reading "Revinylization #32: Analogue Productions’ UHQR Are You Experienced LP"

A diamond cross pendant once worn by Princess Diana now belongs to Kim Kardashian, after the reality star and business mogul outbid others at a Sotheby’s auction. The amethyst pendant was expected to go for $80,000 GBP to $120,000 GBP. Kardashian bought it for $163,800 GBP – or $202,492.18 U.S. dollars. The cross was formerly … Continue reading "Kim Kardashian buys amethyst cross pendant worn by Princess Diana at auction"