SPOTLIGHTED PODCAST ALERT (YOUR ARTICLE BEGINS A FEW INCHES DOWN)… Summerslam 2021 holds a special place in the WWE history books. The company announced Tuesday morning that the event was the most viewed and highest grossing Summerslam of all time. WWE touted a global audience of over seven figures for the show, which is a … Continue reading "Summerslam 2021 the highest-grossing and most-viewed Summerslam event of all-time"

Sssssshhhhhh—I forget what music was playing, but as the sound faded away, I could hear a loud hissing coming from the 2011 i7 Mac mini I was operating headless with Roon 1.3 to play files over my network. Checking the mini’s shared screen on my MacBook Pro revealed that it was completely unresponsive, so I … Continue reading "Roon Labs Nucleus+ music server"

With Trachea, the latest superb recording from Norwegian label 2L, label founder and recording engineer Morten Lindberg continues his commitment to contemporary music. Here, working with Schola Cantorum, Norway’s well-tuned 55-year old chamber choir, under the leadership of Tone Bianca Sparre Dahl, Lindberg scores big with six fascinating and musically accessible choral compositions, all but … Continue reading "Trachea from 2L and Norway’s Schola Cantorum"

It always helps to end 7.5 hours of show coverage on a high note. That was certainly the case in the Audio Concepts room, where the midrange sounded gorgeous on a recording of Beethoven’s Paris Trio. Images were a mite small, as one might expect from smaller speakers in a small room, but the liquid … Continue reading "Pro-Ject RPM 10 Turntable, Sumiko Songbird MC Cartridge, VTL TP-2.5i Phono Stage and VTL TL-5.5 Series II Line Stage, Meridian 218 Zone Controller, Vandersteen M5- HPA Monoblocks and Vandersteen Quatro Loudspeakers, AudioQuest Cabling"

The July issue—now in mailboxes and on newsstands—features the world’s first review of Mark Levinson’s fully loaded (and affordable by Levinson standards) No.5805 integrated amplifier, reviews of audio products from CH Precision (a big amplifier), Vanatoo (affordable active speakers), PrimaLuna (a new flagship preamplifier), and Kuzma (their Stabi R turntable). in Analog Corner, Michael Fremer … Continue reading "The July Issue is Here"

MIDDLETOWN, NJ — A developer has purchased several wooded lots behind the Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center on the Middletown-Holmdel border — and has plans to build 500 apartments on the land. This is according to Middletown Mayor Tony Perry, who said the Township is trying to prevent this from happening. The topic was first … Continue reading "Middletown Fighting Plan For 500 Apartments Behind Sloan-Kettering"

Chaque jour, AlloCiné vous recommande un film à (re)voir à la télé. Ce soir : un chasseur de crocodiles. Célèbre pour avoir survécu seul durant deux mois dans le désert australien et pour être capable de tuer un crocodile à mains nues, l’australien Rodney Ansell devient la source d’inspiration du héros du film Crocodile Dundee. … Continue reading "Ce soir à la télé : près de 6 millions de spectateurs ont vu ce film à sa sortie, il est aujourd’hui quasiment oublié"

Homogénéité des couleurs, texture de l'image similaire… Pourquoi les films Netflix se ressemblent tous visuellement ? Explications. Dans l’univers du streaming, Netflix préserve son titre de champion. La plateforme monopolise toujours la première place du podium, en popularité comme en nombre d’abonnés. Le géant ne cesse d’augmenter sa production de nouveautés. En 2022, 935 contenus … Continue reading "Tous les films Netflix se ressemblent ! Mais pourquoi cette unité visuelle sur la plateforme ?"

À l'occasion de la diffusion sur TF1 de Justice League, focus sur les prochains films estampillés DC qui nous attendent au cinéma. Après une longue attente, les fans DC ont pu découvrir The Flash, en salles depuis le 14 juin. Cependant, après le psychodrame autour de la Snyder Cut de Justice League et les échecs … Continue reading "Après The Flash, quand sortent les prochains films Superman, Batman et Wonder Woman ?"

“La localisation va être extrêmement compliqué puisqu’on parle ici de très grande profondeur : 3 800 mètres”, rapporte la journaliste Camille Guttin, en direct de Washington (États-Unis), quant au sauvetage du submersible Titan, qui a disparu près du Titanic. “Il faut vous imaginer un environnement dans lequel il fait quasiment noir, sur le sol, c’est une sorte de … Continue reading "Disparition du sous-marin Titan : un sauvetage possible ?"