Tag archive: Pete Townshend

Guitarist and songwriter Pete Townshend, famous for his contributions to the iconic rock band The Who, has taken the wraps off The Lifehouse Method, a new Internet-based software program which enables users to “sit” for musical portraits created in response to their interactions with the Method software. The software, developed by composer/mathematician Lawrence Ball and programmer Dave Snowden takes rhythms and audio sample… Read More

Klipsch Audio Technologies is revamping its curvy iGroove bookshelf speaker system for iPods and other MP3 players as the iGroove HG, where “HG” stands for “high gloss” black. Expected to be available in July, the iGroove HG features dual 2.5-inch woofers and dual MicroTractrix horn-loaded tweeters (separated by a 2.9 KHz crossover), with low-end response aided by a low-turbulence cabinet design, and a Class D amp… Read More

A lawsuit filed this week in San Jose federal court (PDF) on behalf of John Kiel Patterson of Louisiana alleges Apple's now-ubiquitous iPod music players are “inherently defective in design and are not sufficiently adorned with adequate warnings regarding the likelihood of hearing loss.” The suit does not say whether Patterson personally suffered hearing loss from an iPod, but he is pursuing certification of his lawsuit as… Read More