Three Important Names in Audio industry Pass; Conductor Sir Colin Davis Dies; Library of Congress Concerned About Preservation of Recorded Sound; Home Tech Market Turning Around

Court Decision Makes Selling Digital Music Files Difficult; Increased Consumer Spending Lifts Electronics Sales; Sydney Opera House Partners with Samsung; Problems with Met’s 45-ton Wagner Set; Vudu User Data Stolen; Four Hisense TVs Now on Walmart Shelves

38 Different Recordings of The Rite of Spring; Turn Your TV Into a Very Smart TV; Shapiro Says Hollywood and Consumer Electronics ‘Need Each Other”; Does Your Home Have an “Electronic Elephant?”

Roger Ebert Dies at Age 70; Symphony Disconnect in Minneapolis-St. Paul; Opera in a Strip Club; Internet Radio Up and AM/FM Down in Survey of Youth; Panasonic Plasma Displays Not Cancelled Yet

B & O Adds Spotify to BeoSound 5 Music System; Polk, Definitive & Boom Part of New Division; Triad Upgrades Their In-Wall Sub; Dolby Atmos Surround for Home Theater?

Music Radio App Just for Jazz; Samsung’s 85-inch 4K TV Now Available; Gibson Buys Majority Stake in Teac; Definitive Recalls Some Subs Due to Shock Hazard

PlayOn Supports Redbox Instant; MartinLogan Expands Bezel-Less Speaker Designs; Communications Biggies Don’t Care About Coming Quake; Yamaha Adds Mobile HD Link to Receiver-Based HTiBs

Panasonic TVs Adding Dragon Voice-Recognition; More CE Products with Bluetooth AptX; Apple and HP Lead in PC Study; BenQ Introduces Short-Throw 3D HD Projector; Bolshoi Ballet to be Audited

Samsung Audio Line for 2013; Amazon and Sam’s Tops in Customer Experience; B&W Expands AirPlay Speaker Selection

THX Sues Apple; Scosche Ships Versatile Vehicle Headend; Retailer Drops Car Audio, Cameras & PCs; Onkyo Builds Bluetooth and Wi-Fi Into AVRs; Integra Award from Azione