Category Archives: News

Serious Music at Jazz Artists on the Greens 2014

Serious Music at JAOTG 2014Serious Music hosted a demonstration and display at Jazz Artists on the Greens 2014 in St. Joseph, Trinidad.

As always the DALI KUBIK FREE impressed concert-goers with its quality, convenience and colour.  The Pro-Ject Stream Box DSA also excited interest among those exploring the benefits of streaming.

 

Jazz Artists on The Greens, is a festival-styled jazz concert event leaning toward the Caribbean Jazz idiom. … Read the full post

Serious Music at The San Antonio Green Market

Serious Music at San Antonio Green MarketSerious Music demonstrated the DALI Kubik Free powered speakers at the San Antonio Green Market on Saturday 2014-03-22.

Patrons were delighted by the sweet jazz and classical music in the early morning country air.  They marveled at the amazing sound quality of the Kubik Free, its connection options, including Bluetooth and USB, and the dazzling range of colours available.… Read the full post

Vanessa-Mae to Represent Thailand in the 2014 Winter Olympics

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Singapore-born, British violinist Vanessa Mae will represent Thailand as an alpine skier at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Socchi, Russia.

Vanessa-Mae, an avid skier since her childhood, qualified to represent Thailand as he father was born there.  She will ski under the name of Vanessa Vanakorn.… Read the full post

Conductor Claudio Abbado dies at 80

Claudio Abbado Wikipedia pageItalian conductor, Claudio Abbado died in Bologna on 2014-01-20 at the age of 80 after a long illness.

Abbado, from Milan, made his debut at La Scalla in 1960.  Among the orchestras which he conducted are:

  • Vienna Philharmonic
  • Vienna State Opera
  • London Symphony Orchestra
  • Chicago Symphony Orchestra
  • Berlin Philharmonic

He also recorded for Deutche Gramaphon, Decca and Sony, and received numerous awards, including two Grammys.… Read the full post

Music Lime

Here are some pictures from the Music Lime hosted by Serious Music on Saturday evening,  2013-10-05.

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The Music Lime is an informal gathering of music lovers and audiophiles where we get together to listen to each other’s music.  We also chat about audio, music and our experiences and just enjoy the lime. … Read the full post

Lyngdorf TDAI-2170 Integrated Amplifier Released

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Lyngdorf Audio has released their new TDAI-2170 integrated amplifier and CEDIA Expo 2013.

The TDAI-2170 is a Read the full post

DALI Kubik Free Now Shipping

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DALI has announced that the new Kubik Free powered speaker is now shipping.

The Kubik Free is DALI’s first powered speaker with four 25 Watt Read the full post

2013 Gramophone Classical Music Awards

The winners of the 2013 Gramophone Classical Music Awards have been announced.  The Special Award winners are as follows:

Recording of the Year: Bartók / Eötvös / Ligeti. Patricia Kopatchinskaja, Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra, Peter Eötvös

Artist of the Year: Alison Balsom

Lifetime Achievement: Julian Bream

Young Artist of the Year: Jan Lisiecki

Special Achievement Award: Alain Lanceron

Label of the Year: Decca Classics

Check the 2013 Gramophone Classical Music Awards Web page for links to the award winners.… Read the full post

Ray Dolby dies at 80

Ray Dolby, engineer and inventor of Dolby noise reduction, has died today of lukemia at the age of 80.

Dr. Dolby was the founder of Dolby Laboratories.  Over his career Dolby made many significant contribution to the fields of audio and video engineering, including video tape recording and the noise reduction and surround sound technologies that bear his name. … Read the full post

Dirac releases new version of acclaimed room correction software

Uppsala, Sweden – September 10, 2013  Swedish audio research firm Dirac Research, today announced a new version of their acclaimed room correction software product, Dirac Live Room Correction Suite.

The new Stereo Version is based on the same state-of-art technology as the original Full Version, with the main difference that it supports only two-channel playback.… Read the full post