Discs or Downloads?
Will the future of audio distribution be dominated by discs or downloads? Will we always have both?
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Have you heard an impressive multichannel recording? If yes, what is it?
Multichannel audio has its share of fans and detractors. Often, a well-executed example of a new technology can be the most effective tool to attract new fans. Have you heard an impressive multichannel recording? If so, what is it?
Recording of March 2005: Overtime
<B>DAVE HOLLAND BIG BAND: <I>Overtime</I></B>
dCS Verona Master Clock
Five years after the <A HREF="http://www.stereophile.com/asweseeit/164">launch</A> of the audiophile's dream medium, Super Audio CD, the format remains stalled in the market.
Conrad-Johnson ACT2 line preamplifier
The spirit moved upon the earth.<BR>The rocks cra'ked asunder,<BR>Darkness smote the light,<BR>Seas boiled away with a thought,<BR>And all life was extinguished.
How's That Again?
Researchers at the International Center for Hearing and Speech Research (ICHSR) have found that age-related hearing loss may be all (or at least mostly) in your head rather than a problem with your ears.
Hybrid Vigor
As rules of thumb go, this one is pretty infallible: By the time we've heard about it, a trend's hippest participants will think it's on the decline. That means that <I>mashups</I>, or the manipulation of the musical genetic material of several different songs to create a new song, may be on their way out, because <I>we've</I> become infatuated with them.
Doing the Format Shuffle
Depending on who you talk to, so far in the US, DualDisc has either been a success (according to the record labels) or a stumble (according to the press and manufacturers). Now Europe gets a chance to see what the fuss is all about.
What's the newest recorded work that you've taken possession of?
Last week we asked about the oldest recording you listen to, this week, reader Saul Ziegler would like to know what is the most recent recording you have acquired?