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CES 2007
Sooloos CD Slot
Jon Iverson  |  Jan 08, 2007  |  1 comments
The Sooloos display comes with a built-in CD slot for loading your music onto the server. The $4400 Control:One touch-screen display/controller is pretty slick. The CD ripper is in the base—unobtrusively located, might we add? Once the disc is ripped, all of All Media Guide's metadata is automatically entered, so you could, for example, locate any recording in your collection with Phil Lesh playing bass. Oh wait—maybe we should have used an example with somebody who changed bands more frequently.
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CES 2007
The Amazing CombiCom!
Wes Phillips & Jon Iverson  |  Jan 08, 2007  |  2 comments
As we were walking out of DLS' room, we passed Supro Cables' display. "Are those Deltron connectors?" I asked.
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CES 2007
Pronounced Deeks As In "Geeks"
Wes Phillips & Jon Iverson  |  Jan 08, 2007  |  0 comments
DEQX's PDC3 preamp/processor (price tdb) combines an analog preamplifier with a DAC and measurement-driven DSP. In a hotel room with zero treatment, Jon Iverson and I were enthralled by the three dimensional soundstaging of a pair of B&W 805s and a pair of B&W ASW 700s. Nope, it wasn't because the CD player was fabulous, either—it was solid, but not audiophile approved.
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CES 2007
Systematically Swedish
Wes Phillips & Jon Iverson  |  Jan 08, 2007  |  0 comments
You have to start somewhere, so Jon Iverson and I started with DLS from Sweden. "Are you guys new?" JI asked.
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CES 2007
The New Venue for High End Audio
Jon Iverson  |  Jan 08, 2007  |  0 comments
This is the first year that the high-end audio exhibits are clustered in the Venetian Hotel and Casino. Emphasis on the casino part - to get to the majority of hotel room exhibits, we must negotiate about a quarter mile of hallway and casino to get from the shuttle stop to the elevators. The rooms themselves are nicely appointed, but several exhibitors are already complaining about the acoustics and the challenge of finding ways to make the two level suites music friendly. And on a personal note, the press room is back the quarter mile through the casino near the shuttle stop. End of gripe.
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CES 2007
Getting the Awards Ready
Jon Iverson  |  Jan 08, 2007  |  0 comments
Stephen Mejias and longtime Primedia CES assistant Cynthia get the awards ready to be handed out later in the day. We'll have complete pictures and story later.
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CES 2007
All Together Now
Jon Iverson  |  Jan 08, 2007  |  0 comments
The breakfast SM is referring to below.
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Why We Listen to Classical Music
Wes Phillips  |  Jan 08, 2007  |  0 comments
According to www.after50health.com "The classic part of a classical music is that it will not distract the attention of the listener and at the same time be able to instill relaxed feeling in the minds of listener."
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$2900 Extension Cord
Wes Phillips  |  Jan 08, 2007  |  1 comments
No, that's a $2900 painting of an extension cord—and, God help me, I want it.
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Travel Advisory
Wes Phillips  |  Jan 08, 2007  |  3 comments
I'm covering CES in Las Vegas this week, so posting will be sporadic. Check out Stereophile's 2007 CES Report blog for the latest on high-end audio and the people who make it.
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