BuzzNet to Give Away Thousands of Dollars of New Audio Equipment; Free CEA-Sponsored College Music & Technology Event Demonstrates New Surround Music Formats.Entertainment Editors/Music Writers ARLINGTON, Va.--(ENTERTAINMENT WIRE)--Oct. 4, 2000 Thousands of dollars worth of new consumer audio equipment including complete surround music mini-systems are being given away on select college campuses this fall during the BuzzNet 2000 tour. Sponsored by the Consumer Electronics Association (CEA CEA carcinoembryonic antigen. CEA abbr. carcinoembryonic antigen CEA (Carcinoembryonic antigen) ), BuzzNet is an "ears-on" educational festival of new high-resolution, surround music listening technologies planned for U.S. colleges this year and next. BuzzNet 2000 visits California State University Enrollment  at Long Beach on
October 11th and 12th, and the University of California The University of California has a combined student body of more than 191,000 students, over 1,340,000 living alumni, and a combined systemwide and campus endowment of just over $7.3 billion (8th largest in the United States). at Davis on
October 16th and 17th. For more information and to register to attend,
visit the BuzzNet Web site, www.buzznet.org. BuzzNet events are
absolutely free, and all those who attend are automatically entered in
daily drawings for the equipment giveaways.
Complete surround music mini-systems -- such as those demonstrated in BuzzNet's "ultimate dorm room" exhibit -- plus surround speakers, receivers, and other components will be given away periodically during each day of BuzzNet. Surround music DVDs will also be among the contest prizes. In addition, all attendees will receive a 16-page brochure explaining new audio technologies to guide them through the BuzzNet exhibits. Sponsoring companies contributing equipment or in-kind support to the BuzzNet 2000 giveaways include Alpine, Denon, Dolby Laboratories “Dolby” redirects here. For other uses, see Dolby (disambiguation). Dolby Laboratories, Inc. (Dolby Labs) (NYSE: DLB) is a USA-based company specializing in audio compression and reproduction. , Klipsch, Runco, Sherwood America, Toshiba, Yamaha, and Hachette, publisher of Sound & Vision and Mobile Entertainment magazines. In addition to experiencing the surround music of BuzzNet's ultimate dorm room, attendees will have the chance to immerse themselves in the sound of a top-of-the-line surround system for automobiles. Also on hand will be headphones Head-mounted speakers. Headphones have a strap that rests on top of the head, positioning a pair of speakers over both ears. For listening to music or monitoring live performances and audio tracks, both left and right channels are required. making use of new technology to create a stunning "virtual surround Virtual surround is an audio system which attempts to create the perception that there are many more sources of sound than are actually present. In order to achieve this it is necessary to devise some means of tricking the human auditory system into thinking that a sound is coming " experience. New surround music tracks from Venice Underground, Big Phat phat adj. phat·ter, phat·test Slang Excellent; first-rate: phat fashion; a phat rapper. [Earlier, sexy (said of a woman), Band, Aaron Neville, and Sounds of Blackness Sounds of Blackness is a Grammy Award-winning vocal and instrumental ensemble from Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota who perform music from several genres music including gospel, R&B, soul, and jazz. among others will be used at BuzzNet to demonstrate the total immersion quality of the new high-resolution surround formats. Even more than the transition from mono to two-channel stereo brought listeners closer to the reality of live music, the advent of surround brings listeners into the heart of the music. New audio technologies demonstrated at BuzzNet, such as DVD-Audio, will make music fans feel like they're sitting in the studio with the band. The Consumer Electronics Association (CEA), a sector of the Electronic Industries Alliance (EIA (Electronic Industries Alliance, Arlington, VA, www.eia.org) A membership organization founded in 1924 as the Radio Manufacturing Association. It sets standards for consumer products and electronic components. ), represents more than 600 U.S. companies involved in the development, manufacturing and distribution of audio, video, mobile electronics, communications, information technology, multimedia and accessory products, as well as related services, that are sold through consumer channels. Combined, these companies account for more than $60 billion in annual sales. CEA also sponsors and manages the International CES Your Source for Workstyle and Lifestyle Technology(SM). All profits from CES are reinvested into industry services, including technical training and education, industry promotion, engineering standards development, market research and legislative advocacy. Note: Buzznet media credentials available by request. |
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