PAR Contributor Rob Tavaglione kicks off our first monthly topic, "World-Class Microphone Preamplifiers, Favorite Flavors" with the Manley Labs TNT, the first preamp model in his four-part video series.
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Today's Review
G-Technology G-DOCK ev Thunderbolt RAID/2-bay USB 3.0 Hard Drive By Russ Long, PAR Senior Contributor G-Technology's G-DOCK ev is one of the most innovative hard drive configurations I've seen in a long time. The G-DOCK ev is a high-performance 2-drive Thunderbolt RAID enclosure that incorporates two 2.5-inch portable hard drives that slide into two shuttered bays. An eject button enables simple drive removal and when removed, they become high-speed bus-powered USB 3.0 drives. So you end up with the best of both worlds, Thunderbolt RAID performance in the studio and bus-powered USB 3.0 portability when you are on the go. The ev Plus drives are faster and are in a thicker enclosure but they still work in the same slot due to a unique dual-door design. More »
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Today's Blog
NJ Raises Ruckus Over NYC Pier 97 Shows By Kelleigh Welch Across the Hudson River, New Jersey residents are getting a free spot to catch some of the summer's hottest concerts taking place on Manhattan's Pier 97—a situation that for many residents is becoming an issue.
2014 marks the inaugural year for the Pier 97 venue, located at 57th Street on the west side of Manhattan. This amphitheater was designed to project noise away from Manhattan, after residents near the former concert venue at Pier 26 complained of noise issues. However, while the new venue solves the noise complaints in Manhattan, it is projecting the sound over to New Jersey, disturbing residents up until at least 10 p.m. on performance nights.
“You get all of this concentrated sound just going right across the Hudson,” acoustic engineer Al Fierstein told CBS New York. More »