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Higher Performance from TI, Intel

Stereophile Staff First Published: Apr 19, 2004

In mid-April, Texas Instruments and Intel announced developments likely to improve the experience for many music fans in the near future. TI announced the industry's highest performance four-channel audio digital–analog converter (DAC), and Intel released the final v1.0 specification for "Intel High Definition Audio."

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Satellite Radio Irks NAB

Barry Willis First Published: Apr 19, 2004

Once upon a time, business competitors relied on the quality of their products and services to hang onto their shares of the market. That's the myth, at least. Increasingly, it seems they rely on regulatory and judicial intervention to stay afloat.

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Perreaux Hooks Up With Sanibel

Jon Iverson First Published: Apr 19, 2004

New Zealand's Perreaux">http://www.perreaux.com">Perreaux Industries began creating audio products 30 years ago, starting with the GS 2002 integrated transistor amplifier in 1974, and landed in the US in 1980 with the PMF 2150 amplifier. Dozenshttp://www.perreaux.com/backcat.php">Dozens; of new audio products have been developed since then, many of them groundbreaking, and the latest designs are again available in the American market.

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Stereophile Staff First Published: Apr 18, 2004

Our first of three loudspeaker reviews from the April 2004 issue finds Michael Fremer listening to the Aerial">http://www.stereophile.com/loudspeakerreviews/404aerial">Aerial Model 20T loudspeaker. MF explains, "Loudspeaker design is an art and a science. Anyone who tells you it's only one or the other is probably building or listening to some awful-sounding speakers." Fremer ponders whether Aerial has managed to achieve that perfect balance.

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Music Notes

Stereophile Staff First Published: Apr 12, 2004

On April 9, the European Commission announced that it was suspending its antitrust investigation into the proposed merger between the music divisions of Sony Corporation and German media conglomerate Bertelsmann AG.

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Stereophile Staff First Published: Apr 12, 2004

From the December 2001 issue, Robert Deutsch tries something completely different when he fires up the 47">http://www.stereophile.com/amplificationreviews/120147">47 Laboratory 4706 Gaincard power amplifier. RD notes, "The pursuit of simplicity in the design of solid-state audio electronics is perhaps best exemplified by the products from 47 Laboratory." Less is often more, but with the 4706 Gaincard, is it better?

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