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I've always maintained that whatever the mass market selects, audiophiles then perfect. Meaning that we make silk purses out of the format sow's ears thrown our way.

PS Audio is also showing a prototype of the new PerfectWave DAC/pre, also slated for around $2999, and sporting a touch screen. There are four HDMI imputs on the back (only compatible with their I²S flavor of HDMI) and a touchscreen on the front for controlling volume and such.

Last year PS Audio <A HREF="http://blog.stereophile.com/ces2008/010808psps/">teased us</A> with a prototype disc player called the memory link which never quite made it to production. Instead, the company evolved the idea further and created a new line of products branded PerfectWave.

I think you'll enjoy <a href="http://www.trismccall.net/pop_music_abstract_2008sv.htm">Tris McCall's 2008 Pop Music Abstract</a>.

Ceramic Dog's <i>Party Intellectuals</i> wins the award for Best Album of 2008 That I Never Wrote Anything About.

Sorry to be a humbug, but it seems that Christmas is becoming a magnet for musician death. This year <B>Eartha Kitt, Robert Ward</B> and <B>Freddie Hubbard</B> all expired around the holiday.

Given the state of the economy, speculation abounds concerning major declines in the numbers of exhibitors and attendees at this year's audio/video shows in Las Vegas. If the advance numbers can be trusted, however, that will be anything but the case this January 8&#150;11, when the high-end audio exhibits of both the Consumer Electronics Show and T.H.E. Show will be open.