In December 2023, I took the train from New York to Los Angeles to attend the Los Angeles & Orange County Audiophile Society's 30th annual Gala. I took the trip because it is both stimulating and satisfying to spend an afternoon in the company of more than 200 audiophiles and music lovers; I also wanted to see John Curl presented with the Society's fourth Innovation Award, by George and Carolyn Counnas of Zesto. John was given the award "for his groundbreaking contributions to the field of solid-state audio amplifiers, circuit innovation, mastering recorders and much more."
Streaming Nomenclature and New People
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A recent editorial in our sister publication, Stereophile, and some recent experiences I've had in dealing with Bluetooth, raised once more the related subjects of digital audio and audio compression. When the CD (now a 40-year old format!) was first introduced it arrived to a mixed reception. I was an early adopter and stationed in Germany at the time. CDs arrived in Europe shorty before they hit the USA side of the pond, so they were readily available to me on my occasional Saturday forays into Frankfurt.