Been a long time since it rock and rolled. The distinctive sound of Supro guitar amplifiers was made famous by Led Zeppelin. But the amps became rarities coveted by musicians after their manufacturer went out of business. Now Absara Audio LLC, a Port Jefferson Station company, has found a growing market for its modern reproductions of the classic Supro amplifier. Absara bought the Supro trademark, originally owned by Valco Manufacturing of Chicago, and began selling the amplifiers in 2014. The original Supro amps used vacuum tubes instead of more modern transistor technology. Music aficionados say such “tube” amps generate a better sound and more distinctive tone than other types. Absara used reverse engineering to capture that sound in their own tube amps. But it updated the manufacturing process, such as using circuit boards instead of hand-wired construction. Today, Absara’s roughly 20 full-time employees — many of whom are musicians — assemble … [Read more...] about LI company revives the classic Supro guitar amp
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Google Launches AMP Stories To Bring ‘Story’ Format To Mobile
Google has announced AMP Stories, the company’s newest addition to its Accelerate Mobile Pages on the web. Like Snapchat or Instagram stories, AMP Stories bring in the same format when delivering news and other updates from online publications. “AMP stories are built on the technical infrastructure of AMP to provide a fast, beautiful experience on the mobile web. Just like any web page, a publisher hosts an AMP story HTML page on their site and can link to it from any other part of their site to drive discovery,” Google said on its Developers Blog. “And, as with all content in the AMP ecosystem, discovery platforms can employ techniques like pre-renderable pages, optimized video loading and caching to optimize delivery to the end user.” Google said that it has collaborated with a number of online publications to bring AMP Stories to the mobile web. CNN, Conde Nast, Hearst, Mashable, Meredith, Mic, Vox Media and The Washington Post are the very first batch … [Read more...] about Google Launches AMP Stories To Bring ‘Story’ Format To Mobile
Vonn amps up Olympic preparations with Cortina downhill win
CORTINA D'AMPEZZO, Italy (AP) — Lindsey Vonn amped up her Olympic preparations by winning a World Cup downhill by a large margin on Saturday. The American clocked 1 minute, 36.48 seconds on the sun-drenched Olympia delle Tofane course for a 0.92-second advantage over Tina Weirather of Liechtenstein. "It was good, clean skiing today. I didn't make any big mistakes like yesterday," said Vonn, who finished second in Friday's downhill after an error midway down. "And it was just really fun to race. It was a beautiful day — normal, perfect Cortina sunshine — and perfect conditions," Vonn added. "So it made me really happy just to be out there on the mountain today." Vonn's U.S. teammate Jacqueline Wiles finished third, 0.98 behind, for her second career podium result. It was Vonn's record 12th win in Cortina and 79th in her career, moving her within seven of Ingemar Stenmark's record 86 World Cup victories. "My focus right now is so much on the Olympics that I … [Read more...] about Vonn amps up Olympic preparations with Cortina downhill win
Vonn amps up Olympic preps with World Cup downhill win
CORTINA D'AMPEZZO, Italy (AP) — Lindsey Vonn amped up her Olympic preparations by winning a World Cup downhill by a large margin on Saturday. Vonn clocked 1 minute, 36.48 seconds on the sun-drenched Olympia delle Tofane course for a 0.92-second advantage over Tina Weirather of Liechtenstein. Vonn's U.S. teammate Jacqueline Wiles finished third, 0.98 behind, for her second career podium result. It was Vonn's record 12th win in Cortina and 79th in her career, moving her within seven of Ingemar Stenmark's record 86 World Cup victories. Sofia Goggia of Italy, the winner of the past two downhills, lost control landing a jump and did not finish. The Pyeongchang Olympics begin Feb. 9. … [Read more...] about Vonn amps up Olympic preps with World Cup downhill win
Wagoner on Radio: Amp Radio 97.1 gets a new morning show, KCAL cuts staff
By Richard Wagoner | [email protected] | January 16, 2018 at 12:30 pm Amp Radio (97.1 FM) is finally getting a new morning show. Former morning man Carson Daly left the station in July, and the station has been without an “official” morning show since Daly left. Numerous observers speculated that perhaps Amp would simply go without. Putting those rumors to rest, Amp announced last week that Edgar Sotelo and Brian Moote would have wake-up duties beginning in February, though no exact date was given. Sotelo was last heard on Amp Radio in New York, where he hosted mornings until that station changed to alternative in November. Moote was part of WWWQ/Atlanta’s “The Bert Show.” Both face formidable competition from a variety of stations such as Alt 98.7’s The Woody Show, KLOS’s (95.5 FM)) Heidi, Frosty and Frank, and Amp’s own sister station KROQ’s Kevin and Bean. But Amp’s main competition is KIIS (102.7 FM), and morning man Ryan … [Read more...] about Wagoner on Radio: Amp Radio 97.1 gets a new morning show, KCAL cuts staff