"Size does matter," John Atkinson discovers, as he fits the <A HREF="http://www.stereophile.com/accessoryreviews/504shure">Shure E3c in-ear headphones</A> into his ears. Once fitted, JA hooks the mini "cans" up to his iPod and PowerBook to discover how much audiophile sound a little set of ear buds can produce.
Reader Jason Safire contends that audiophiles can find great bargains by buying B-stock equipment. He wonders how many of you do so.
How does a struggling satellite radio service increase its market exposure more than 20-fold in one fell swoop? Simple. It enters a sweetheart deal with one of the biggest satellite TV companies in North America.
Saturday is always the crunch day at the Home Entertainment Show. There are more people in the halls, more bodies in the rooms, and more noise everywhere—and it's wonderful. People here really speak our language: audiogeek spoken here.
<I>The screen door slams<BR>Mary's dress waves</I>—Bruce Springsteen, "Thunder Road" (footnote 1)
As noted in the <A HREF="http://www.stereophile.com/musicintheround/304round">March installment</A> of "Music in the Round," there are so many new multichannel hardware goodies to talk about that we need this bonus appearance of the column just to keep up. Nor do I expect the rush of gear to stop—I've just returned from CES in Las Vegas, where there was lots of new multichannel hardware and software that I will report on in June, including a luscious all-tube analog multichannel preamp. This month I report on a universal disc player, a comparison of Sony's top-of-the-line <A HREF="http://www.stereophile.com/digitalsourcereviews/1203sony">SCD-XA9000ES<…; multichannel SACD player with its respected predecessor, and a multichannel preamp that's almost too good a deal.
<I>"As I was saying before I was interrupted..."</I>—Jack Paar, 1918-2004
"Ah, I see what the problem is. Your ear canals are larger in diameter than normal."
Friday, the first public day of HE2004, was entirely different from the press-only day that preceded it. Friday, the audiophiles arrived and the excitement was palpable. Rooms filled with music lovers; halls thronged with excited gear-heads. Now <I>that's</I> entertainment.
Renowned Canadian pianist Robert Silverman will be signing copies of his
<I>Stereophile</I> CDs at noon on Saturday May 22 at Home Entertainment
2004. Recorded in audiophile sound quality by <I>Stereophile</I> editor
John Atkinson, Robert's recordings include <A
HREF="http://www.stereophile.com/musicrecordings/315"><I>Concert</I></A>,
live performances of works by Bach, Chopin, Schumann, and Schubert; <A
HREF="http://www.stereophile.com/musicrecordings/131"><I>Sonata</I></A>,
featuring Frans Liszt's heroic B-minor Sonata; and the <A
HREF="http://www.stereophile.com/musicrecordings/298">complete Beethoven
Sonatas</A>.