Australia’s Sydney Showground was established in 1998 as a purpose-built home for major events as part of the multi-million dollar development leading up to the Sydney 2000 Olympic Games. Today it’s a world-class venue, hosting nearly 150 national and international events annually, including music festivals, sporting events, exhibitions, trade shows and the Sydney Royal Easter Show, its flagship event and the nation’s largest annual ticketed event. Sydney Showground comprises several buildings, including Giants Stadium, the Dome and Exhibition Complex, Charles Moses Stadium, Howie Complex, the Sydney Royal Stables, and more. After 25 years of nearly continuous operation, the AV system…
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As someone who cares a lot about sound quality, sometimes listening to a pair of the best wireless earbuds connected to my iPhone 12 Pro or OnePlus 11 Android phone just doesn’t cut it. Don’t get me wrong, I listen to plenty of music on the best headphones via both smartphones, but sometimes I find they’re not enough and I need to up the quality with a dedicated music player tethered to one of the best wired headphones. Although I’ve experienced several ways to boost audio quality from my iPhone and get studio sound via an affordable DAC add-on, the…
Down home, we have convenience stores called “Cumberland Farms,” and they have gas, beer, soda, snacks and all that, but most of them are really easy to get in-and-out of when you’re filling up. One day around the corner from my parents’ house, there was a guy putting gas in his tank and he was listening to this reggae/dancehall type of music on the radio or CD player in his car and I asked him who it was singing.“Barry Sammon,” the guy said, but in a very thick Bahamian accent.So, the next time I was at a record store I…
Notre Dame Fighting Irish quarterback Sam Hartman (Photo by Robin Alam/Icon Sportswire) For the second time in a few days, Notre Dame quarterback Sam Hartman hooked up his teammates with some swag from one of his NIL deals. This time, it was gold custom Beats by Dre headphones. On3’s Pete Nakos reported the NIL deal before the video of Hartman passing out the headphones started to circulate. For Hartman, the gifts to his teammates extenuate how fast he’s fit in with his teammates, as evidenced by them voting him a team captain. It’s rare for a transfer to be voted…
Audioengine A5+ tech specs: Type: Bookshelf | Power: 150W | Inputs: 3.5mm stereo mini-jack, RCA L/R | Frequency: 50 Hz-22 kHzAudioengine has been in the speaker game since 2005. The Audioengine A5+ are active speakers that give you high-quality sound for listening to vinyl or even streaming your Spotify playlist via Bluetooth 5.0.These bookshelf speakers have analog class A/B power amplifiers with dual analog audio inputs for connecting multiple devices simultaneously, a 24-bit DAC, and Bluetooth aptX HD. This means you can play Bluetooth from your phone or another device, an aux input from a computer or tablet, and an analog…
Sony STR-AN1000/TA-AN1000: SpecificationsPrice: $900 / £999 / AU$1,699Colors: BlackPorts: HDMI, Digital Optical Audio, Digital coaxial audio, analogue stereo, Ethernet, USBAudio channels: 7 (5.1.2)Audio formats: Dolby Atmos, Dolby Digital, DTS:X, DTS, PCM, 360 Reality AudioPower output: 7 x 85WWireless: Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, Apple AirplaySmart assistant: Works with Sonos, Google Chromecast, Spotify ConnectDimensions: 16.9 x 13 x 6.1 inches (wxdxh) Weight: 20 pounds The STR-AN1000 is a 7.2ch AV reciever, which is not only Dolby Atmos and DTS:X enabled but it supports native 360 Reality Audio, and also boasts 360 Spatial Sound Mapping. The latter is particularly interesting as it can be applied to…
Like many, Hozier used his lockdown time to dive into some literature. Little did he know, it would inspire his third album. In Unreal Unearthwhich arrived Aug. 18, Hozier muses about his pandemic experience through the lens of Dante Alighieri’s famous poem Inferno. Part one of the 14th-century epic Divine Comedythe poem narrates Dante’s journey through Hell and its depicted nine circles — an eerily brilliant framework for an album. “I didn’t want to write songs that were about a lockdown; I didn’t want to write songs that were about the pandemic,” Hozier tells GRAMMY.com. “But I did want to…
If you were expecting Hegel’s Viking reference CD player to offer all of the bells and whistles of some recent offerings from Cambridge Audio, Luxman, McIntosh, and Rotel — prepare to rather bored. The Viking is a standalone CD player that does not offer streaming capabilities and nor can it serve as a digital hub for the rest of your digital sources. Hegel is very aware of what the competition is offering, but to offer the same thing would be a rather steep departure from its design ethos. The purpose of the Viking is to be the best sounding 16-bit/44.1kHz…
PHILADELPHIA – Philadelphia Mayor Jim Kenney joined AFSCME Secretary-Treasurer Elissa McBride and members of AFSCME District Councils 33, 47 and the National Union of Hospital & Health Care Employees District 1199C (NUHHCE) for a press conference today on the urgent need to fill open public service positions throughout the city. The press conference coincided with a city-sponsored hiring event at the AFSCME Council 33 Union Hall, where job seekers had the opportunity to apply for open positions within essential city agencies and local health care facilities. From nurses to sanitation workers to corrections officers, chronic short staffing is undermining the effective…
New Phase Shifters Offer Broadband Coverage, MIL-Grade Packages for Diverse Applications IRVINE, Calif, Aug. 21, 2023 ./PRNewswire/ — Fairview Microwave, an Infinite Electronics brand and a leading provider of on-demand RF, microwave and millimeter-wave components, has expanded its product line with 15 new analog and TTL programmable voltage-controlled phase shifters. These cutting-edge products cover broad frequency bands ranging from 0.5 GHz to 33 GHz, including the popular market bands VHF, L, S, C, X, Ku, K and Ka. The new release includes eight models of voltage-controlled analog attenuators that cover 0.5 GHz to 33 GHz with 180° and 360° phase…