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Christopher Nolan en streaming : 3 secrets de tournage pour briller en société

Trois films signés du grand réalisateur Christopher Nolan vont quitter le catalogue de Prime Video le 31 octobre prochain. L’occasion de (re)découvrir trois anecdotes de tournage que vous ne connaissez probablement pas. Ça s’en va et ça revient. Le 31 octobre prochain, la plateforme Prime Vidéo retirera trois films de son catalogue et pas des […]

Raidho TD3.8 loudspeaker

In my high-school days, I visited a friend whose well-to-do dad proudly demonstrated his new Quad ESL system for us. First up was a recording of a man with heavy footsteps traversing the space from left to right. Next came a speeding police car, siren engaged, complete with Doppler tail. I found it impressive, and […]

Spatial Audio Lab’s “Other” Very Convincing Exhibit

Spatial Audio Lab may have considered its main suite on the 13th floor of the hotel’s tower, but its second exhibit in room 2210 offered plenty to love. I was taken in by the wonderful clarity, excellent depth, and openness delivered by Spatial’s Q6 prototype open-baffle loudspeakers ($4995/pair and expected in August). Infected Mushroom’s “Avratz” […]

Lansche Audio 5.1 loudspeaker

The phenomenon of the “singing flame” has been known since the 19th century. Place electrodes either side of a flame and, if you apply a high enough audio-modulated voltage to those electrodes, the ionized particles in the flame will cause it to emit sound. (Search YouTube for “singing flame” and you’ll find many examples.) This […]

France considers codifying abortion rights in constitution

Lawmakers in France’s lower house of parliament began debating a proposal Thursday to enshrine abortion rights in the country’s constitution, the first step in a lengthy and uncertain legislative battle prompted by the rollback of abortion rights in the United States. Authors of the proposal, from a left-wing coalition, argued it was aimed at “protecting […]

A New Generation at NOLA?

There’s an established standard protocol one observes when entering a room at an audio show. First, you stand in the doorway and listen for a couple of minutes, then check in with the exhibitor and if necessary, introduce yourself. Next, you exchange pleasantries and catch up while idly thumbing through whatever literature is displayed. Finally, […]

ReDiscoveries #5: Alice Cooper’s <I>Billion Dollar Babies</I>

1972 is widely praised as the most fertile year ever for rock albums, notching such classics as The Rolling Stones’ Exile on Main Street, David Bowie’s The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars, and Neil Young’s Harvest. But albums released in 1973 and currently celebrating their 50th anniversary may be […]

The new Weiss Helios DAC

Although I never managed to meet Daniel Weiss over two days of trying—his son, Joschka Weiss (above), even took me to the company’s booth to show me the discrete analog operational amplifier used in the new Weiss Helios DAC ($18,000) and introduce me to his dad, who was elsewhere—I was mighty impressed by what I […]