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Audio Networking Boom Ahead

Jon Iverson Mar 01, 2004 First Published: Mar 01, 2004

A recent">http://cgi.stereophile.com/cgi-bin/showvote.cgi?346">recent online poll indicates that a majority of Stereophile's online readers still don't like the idea of using computers when it comes to enjoying music. If a new report accurately predicts the future, they might as well get used to the rest of the world's booting up their tunes.

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Music Sales Revival?

Jon Iverson Mar 01, 2004 First Published: Mar 01, 2004

What ails the music business? Stereophile reader Jim Steel, in an online">http://cgi.stereophile.com/cgi-bin/showvote.cgi?337">online poll last year, opined, "Most of today's pop and metal is lifeless, heartless, and crude. Over-produced, synthetic, and the core product (songs) are mind-numbingly dull and without imagination."

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"High-Def" Audio from Dolby/Intel

Stereophile Staff Feb 23, 2004 First Published: Feb 23, 2004

Audiophiles may bemoan the convergence of computers and high-fidelity equipment, but it's a trend apparently as unstoppable as the earth's progression around the sun.

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Added to the Archives This Week

Stereophile Staff Feb 23, 2004 First Published: Feb 23, 2004

Does the SLP in the Cary">http://www.stereophile.com/amplificationreviews/204cary">Cary SLP-98P tube preamplifier's name stand for "sweet little preamplifier"? Art Dudley sets out to determine if Cary's latest version in the SLP preamp series lives up to the moniker.

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Svetlana vs. Svetlana

Barry Willis Feb 23, 2004 First Published: Feb 23, 2004

What's in a name?

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New Companies Formed

Jon Iverson Feb 23, 2004 First Published: Feb 23, 2004

Two new companies have formed in recent weeks to bring audiophile cable and connector products to market.

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Better Sound Through DSP?

Jon Iverson Feb 23, 2004 First Published: Feb 23, 2004

Back in January of 2002, we reportedhttp://www.stereophile.com/news/11252/index.html">reported; that loudspeaker manufacturer NHThttp://www.nhthifi.com">NHT; and DEQXhttp://www.deqx.com/">DEQX; (then known as ClarityEQ) had begun to co-develop a new line of active loudspeakers using DEQX's custom digital room">http://www.stereophile.com/news/10969/index.html">room correction technology. It's two years later, and NHT says it is finally ready to unveil the first speaker system incorporating digital signal processing (DSP) developed during the alliance.

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Satellite Radio Subs Jump

Jon Iverson Feb 16, 2004 First Published: Feb 16, 2004

Now is clearly crunch time for satellite radio. In the last year alone, over one million new subscribers have been added to front-runner XM">http://www.xmradio.com">XM Satellite Radio's service, bringing its total to approximately 1.4 million. The company projects that it will reach a total of 2.4 million subscribers by the end of 2004, thus ensuring its survival.

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Added to the Archives This Week

Stereophile Staff Feb 16, 2004 First Published: Feb 16, 2004

This week we have two John Atkinson speaker reviews from the February 2004 issue. First, JA gets his hands on the B&W">http://www.stereophile.com/loudspeakerreviews/204bw">B&W 705 loudspeaker, commenting, "When I heard about the company's new 700 series of speakers, based on the technology featured in their cost-no-object Nautilus series but priced to sell in the real world, I asked to review the $1500/pair 705."

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UK Music Sales Rise

Barry Willis Feb 16, 2004 First Published: Feb 16, 2004

Contrary to popular assumption, music downloads and CD sales may reinforce each other. That's one reasonable interpretation of mid-February music industry statistics from the United Kingdom.