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Montrรฉal, 13 janvier 2025 โ Le Quatuor Cobalt, ensemble ร cordes montrรฉalais, annonce la sortie de son premier album, Reflets du temps, disponible le 17 janvier 2025, sous le label indรฉpendant canadien GFN Classics. Ce projet unique prรฉsente une collection dโลuvres cรฉlรฉbrant la diversitรฉ du rรฉpertoire pour quatuor ร cordes avec trois compositrices exceptionnelles mรฉconnues…
We are thrilled to announce the release of the CD โDragon โ Concerto for Pipa,โ produced by GFN Productions and Fortรฉ Art & Music. The first pipa concerto composed in the Western world, this remarkable work by Quebec composer Christian Thomas is performed by the internationally renowned virtuoso Liu Fang. Described as โthe empress of…
In the late 1930s, when Hollywood was still refining synchronized sound, Walt Disney had an audacious idea. He wanted to create an animated film that not only brought classical music to the masses but did so in a way that allowed audiences to feel like they were immersed in the music itself. Enter Fantasiaโa revolutionary…
Feng-Shui Hi-Fi Debuts Cutting-Edge Audio Tech: Because Chi is the New High Fidelity Ever paused your favorite track to consider if your speakers might prefer facing the door rather than your sofa? Or if your subwoofer wants to align with the roomโs energy flow? Welcome to the world of Feng-Shui Hi-Fi, where the traditional audio…
“Thereโs plenty of quality content available in surround sound for music and movies. Why not take advantage of it?”
Curious about spatial audio on Apple Music? Find out how to activate this cutting-edge technology and enjoy a new level of audio immersion.
Dirac, StormAudio, and Perlisten Team Up to Showcase the Cutting-Edge of Home Theater Performance at High End Munich 2023. MUNICH, GERMANY, May 11, 2023 โ Swedish audio pioneer Dirac has teamed up with luxury audio heavyweights StormAudio and Perlisten to showcase the most high-performing and immersive home theater demo ever delivered at High End Munich.…
Designed for your first foray into pure high-fidelity sound. Axpona (Shaumburg, IL) โ April 12, 2023 โ Focal introduces Theva; a new range of loudspeakers combining pure hi-fi sound, design and accessibility. Renowned for its savoir-faire in sound, the French brand has designed, developed and manufactured the six-model range to span the spectrum of Hi-Fi…
Now featuring the ground-breaking Metamaterial Absorption Technology (MATโข) Marlboro, NJ โ February 7, 2023: Once again, KEF is redefining soundscapes with the latest generation of the R Series HiFi Speakers, now featuring the ground-breaking Metamaterial Absorption Technology (MATTM). The R Series is an exceptional seven-model range engineered to provide superior performance with more detail, deeper…
The Beatles had suddenly disappointed me. Sure, in 1966 I was just a kid, but Iโd been a fan of the group since the beginning. Iโd spent hours hunched over my little blue and white 45 RPM record player playing the 7-inch singles of โI Want to Hold Your Handโ and โShe Loves Youโ over…
Long ago are the days when CEDIA could be considered, among other things, a high-end audio industry show. Now itโs mostly for designers, sellers, and installers of various home and commercial electronics products that revolve around home automationโthe Smart Home segment.
Audio show enthusiast and writer Mike Harkins travelled from his home in Austin, Texas, to the Canadian province of Quebec to visit the Montrรฉal Audiofest, where he found the temperature in March to be a bit nippy. Welcome up North, Mike. Mike took down notes and took pictures at the show which he graciously allowed…
The Beatles will never be irrelevant. Ask any question about John, Paul, George, and Ringo and youโll instantly have six people who wanna know the answer, six who think itโs absurd to even have to ask, and six more who think they have a much better question. Itโs a never-ending cyclone that has insinuated itself…
The shifting of the Earthโs tectonic plates often causes disturbances or, in worse case scenarios, natural disasters like tsunamis or volcanic eruptions. In my first column, I mentioned that the digital world is changing rapidly, well, until now I didnโt know to what extent. Apple Music, Spotify, and Amazon recently announced their commitment to gradually…