American skier Mikaela Shiffrin set the outright World Cup record for most career victories with 87 by winning a slalom Saturday. Shiffrin broke a tie with Ingemar Stenmark on the all-time overall winners list between men and women. The Swede competed in the 1970s and 80s. The U.S. Ski & Snowboard Team tweeted about Shiffrin’s … Continue reading "Mikaela Shiffrin sets World Cup skiing record with 87th win"

A sa sortie au cinéma en 1994, "Le Roi Lion" a battu tous les records de Disney au box-office. Pourtant, durant la production du film, les dirigeants du studio ne misaient pas beaucoup dessus. Nous sommes au début des années 90. Après une décennie relativement compliquée pour les artistes Disney, le soleil brille à nouveau … Continue reading "C’est le meilleur Disney de tous les temps et pourtant personne ne croyait au film !"

Reddit plans to shut down its live audio conference platform, called Reddit Talk, in June less than two years after launching the feature to compete with Clubhouse. Reddit said in a blog post this week that employees have been working behind the scenes to update the website and make it simpler for users. The original plan … Continue reading "Reddit to shut down its Reddit Talk social audio platform after less than 2 years"

A suspect has been taken into custody after driving a car onto the tarmac of an airport in Wilmington, North Carolina, Thursday night, and then crashing the vehicle inside a terminal, authorities said. The New Hanover County Sheriff’s Office told CBS News in a statement that the car “breached” a fence at Wilmington International Airport … Continue reading "Car crashes inside terminal of North Carolina airport"

The Danish Energy Agency says one of two ruptured natural gas pipelines in the Baltic Sea appears to have stopped leaking natural gas. The agency said on Twitter on Saturday it had been informed by the company operating the Nord Stream 2 pipeline that pressure appears to have stabilized in the pipeline, which runs from … Continue reading "Nord Stream 2 pipeline seems to have stopped leaking, Danes say"

A peine annoncé, le projet de film centré sur Hannibal Barca par Netflix fait déjà grand bruit en Tunisie. Le choix de Denzel Washington dans le rôle principal ne plaît pas à tout le monde. Le mois dernier, Netflix annonçait un nouveau projet alléchant réalisé par Antoine Fuqua : un biopic sur Hannibal Barca, général … Continue reading "Netflix : ce biopic avec Denzel Washington en héros de guerre fait déjà polémique"

This paragraph from Linear Tube Audio’s website description of their new Aero DAC sets the tone for the story I’m about to tell. “After trying various options, we chose the Analog Devices AD1865 R2R DAC chip, which is sometimes called the ‘vinyl DAC,’ for its organic sound. It is a non-oversampling DAC, with no digital … Continue reading "Linear Tube Audio Aero D/A processor"

John Leventhal: Rumble Strip RumbleStrip Records (auditioned as CD). 2024. Leventhal, prod.; Leventhal, Jim Price, Mark Cordell, Gavin Lurssen, engs. Performance **** Sonics **** Across John Leventhal’s 45-year career, he has produced records that won close to 20 Grammy Awards, written songs performed by artists from Joe Cocker to Shawn Colvin, and worked in the … Continue reading "May 2024 Rock/Pop Record Reviews"

Servers, servers, servers. How we who embrace digital hi-fi love them for their potential to make files and streams sound better (more alive, vital, streams sound better (more alive, vital, musical, moving, transparent) than music served from a computer. How we curse them when we experience the limitations of their software. How we despair when, … Continue reading "Antipodes Oladra server/streamer/reclocker"

This final shot of the shipping checkout area in the Denver Marriott Tech Center may lack glamour, but so, I’m afraid, does the Marriott itself, post-renovation. The freezing lobby looks impressive, and rooms are lovely for guests, but the latters’ ability to accommodate systems plus attendees has been greatly diminished. With unmovable built-in credenzas, poor … Continue reading "Au Revoir, Marriott-Hello, Gaylord Rockies"