Recording of April 2003: Rules of Travel
<B>ROSANNE CASH: <I>Rules of Travel</I></B><BR> Capitol CDP 8 37757 (CD). 2003. John Leventhal, prod., eng. AAD. TT: 39:07<BR> Performance <B>*****</B><BR> Sonics <B>****</B>
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Lamm Industries M2.1 monoblock power amplifier
How did Michael Jordan, talented as he was at the peak of his powers, <I>always</I> manage to impose his will on his teammates to push them to victory when it counted most? What made Sandy Koufax able to elevate his pitching to a superhuman level when the stakes were highest? A knowledgeable, hardcore sports fan can watch the performance of two players with nearly identical statistics and, after not too long, tell you which one is merely very good and which one is great. What makes a star are intangibles—those qualities you can't quantify or analyze, but can't help but recognize when you're in their presence.
Listening #4
We were having trouble with the power in our home—the wall current, I mean, not the dynamics of our marriage—so I called the local utility. While the technician was here, he let me watch what he was doing. I had a chance to look inside our meter box, which is the junction between the utility's power lines and the circuit-breaker box in the cellar.
Have you bought the Dark Side of the Moon hybrid disc yet? What do you think?
A classic recording of mythic proportions, Pink Floyd's <I>Dark Side of the Moon</I> still commands attention, both as an artistic and audiophile favorite. Have you purchased the new SACD/CD disc yet? Does it live up to the hype?
Web Fee Agreement
Webcasters will pay a new royalty rate to the recording industry, as of April 3.
Added to the Archives This Week
Back in 1996, Martin Colloms reviewed the <A HREF="http://www.stereophile.com//amplificationreviews/809/">Krell KAV-300i integrated amplifier</A>, asking, "Is Krell risking its reputation?" He needn't have worried, as the 300i has gone on to become a popular audiophile classic.
DVD-A Day and Date
The DVD-Audio format's been around for a couple of years, but simultaneous DVD-A and CD releases of new music have been few and far between. Warner Brothers is hoping to improve on that record with the upcoming album from Fleetwood Mac, <I>Say You Will</I>.
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New Robert Silverman CD, recorded in concert
"Rarely, if ever, can this densely written sonata have been presented so lucidly with each note precisely in place...the dramatic and lyrical aspects were never slighted or taken for granted."<BR>—Peter G. Davis, writing in the <I>New York Times</I> about Robert Silverman's New York debut in 1978, when he performed the Liszt B-Minor Piano Sonata in Alice Tully Hall.
RIAA Sues Students
The music industry has taken its war against piracy into a new realm.
SACD, the Way Forward?
At the 2003 Consumer Electronics Show in January—see the report in this issue—Sony and Philips held an SACD Event at the Hard Rock Hotel in Las Vegas. There were trippy lights. There were the Grand Pooh-Bahs of Sony, Philips, and the record labels. There was loud multichannel Big Brother and the Holding Company. And there was Sony's main SACD man in the US, David Kawakami, supplying the pep talk.
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