Sound and Vision Magazine

Noise cancelling and celebrity-endorsed headphones are two of the biggest categories in big headphones. You can thank Beats for that, I suppose. In one hand, I’ve got the MDR-1RNC which apparently are not endorsed by the Republican National Committee. At least, I don’t think. They’ve got digital noise cancelling (the headphones, not the Republicans) and some great design and build quality.

In my other hand I’ve got the shiny MDR-X10’s which are “unique and powerful headphones designed by Sony and Simon Cowell.” Yeah, they’re unique all right.

Six ears give a listen to create one verdict (Well, OK, technically two verdicts).

Today Kaleidescape launched a new online store where you can download movies directly to a Kaleidescape system that are bit-for-bit the same as Blu-ray and DVD.

It’s a cool idea, since iTunes and Amazon downloads are compressed at best, and 720p at worst.

What this could mean, and more info, after the jump.

Many an obit and in memoriam ends up being more about the person writing than the person being eulogized. 

But asking around, it turned out that not many people I know ever got to see Dave Brubeck play. If they had, I’d sure want to hear their stories.

So below follows a little about Brubeck, a tiny bit about a time I got to see him play, and at the end, a few pieces of his incredible legacy.

I sure didn’t expect to be at the L.A. Auto Show today. And I even surer didn’t expect that I’d be going there to listen to the first car with a Krell audio system: the 2014 RLX, the new flagship model from Acura.