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It's widely acknowledged that the American economy is in a downturn, but some economic indicators point otherwise.
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As Jonathan Scull reports in his review of the Classé">http://www.stereophile.com//digitalsourcereviews/474/">Classé Omega Super Audio CD player, "Classé has guts. These are uncertain times, but here they are with an audiophile classic: an expensive two-channel Super Audio CD player." Read how one of the first SACD machines from a high-end audio company stacks up.
Cyrus Jumps the Pond
Well known in the European audiophile community, British hi-fi manufacturer Cyrus">http://www.cyrusaudio.com">Cyrus Electronics is preparing for the introduction of its brand in America. The company says it plans to use the upcoming 2002 Consumer Electronics Show next month to scout out US dealers and introduce several new products.
Bucks Up for XM Radio
XM">http://www.xmradio.com">XM Satellite Radio Holdings is now in a position to operate well into the fourth quarter of 2002, thanks to a $129 million stock offering underwritten by Morgan Stanley Company. XM made the announcement in a press release dated December 10.
Philips' Audio Fingerprinting
The received wisdom has it that among the billions of humans on earth, no two have identical fingerprints, no matter how closely related they are.
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As Larry Greenhill reports in his review of the Sony">http://www.stereophile.com//digitalsourcereviews/469/">Sony SCD-C555ES SACD changer, "I didn't know what to expect from multichannel SACD. Would a multichannel music-only disc give me high-energy dramatics? Would there be any room for meditative, closed-eyed, total progressive muscular relaxation?" As Greenhill says, "The best was yet to come."
Copyright or Copywrong?
It seems that all of the forces in the music industry have lately been conspiring against the music lover and audiophile. The record labels and their hired gun, the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA), have so far blocked digital outputs on high-resolution audio players, insisted that watermarks be inserted into both high- and low-resolution audio data, and have even started to restricthttp://www.stereophile.com/news/11178/">restrict; consumer's fair use of compact discs and digital downloads.
Classical Stations Win Top Rankings
Over-the-air classical music broadcasting is becoming increasingly rare, but classical has got a huge listenership on the Internet, according to a survey by rating service Arbitron">http://www.arbitron.com">Arbitron, Inc., which early this month announced that three classical music stations were among the five most listened to on the Internet.
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For the tenth consecutive year, Stereophile writers and editors ferret out those components that have proved capable of giving musical pleasure beyond the formal review period and have wrapped them all up as The">http://www.stereophile.com//features/464/">The 2001 Products of the Year. The envelope please.
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