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Resistance is Futile

Jon Iverson First Published: Dec 11, 2005

As any major college dude will tell you, the file-sharing genie can never be put back into the digital audio bottle. But that hasn't stopped the music business from pursuing its scorched-market policy while simultaneously applying various use-restriction technologies to every digital audio format in sight.

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Sonic Boom

Jon Iverson First Published: Dec 01, 2002

When it comes to dynamic range, it's the little things that count. As Texas">http://www.ti.com">Texas Instruments explains, "Dynamic range is a parameter that expresses numerically how accurately sounds of small amplitude can be reproduced without distortion." In other words, the higher the dynamic range, the higher the quality of the sound, especially at low levels.

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Happy Birthday www.stereophile.com

John Atkinson First Published: Dec 01, 2002

On Sunday, December 1, 2002, we celebrated five years of uninterrupted webcasting, our website having emerged from the Internet darkness on December 1, 1997 to become, at least in my eyes, an institution. Ralph Waldo Emerson wrote that "an institution is the lengthened shadow of one man," and www.stereophile.com is definitely the shadow of erstwhile high-end audio retailer Jon Iverson.

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Cirrus Logic Signs with Verance

Stereophile Staff First Published: Nov 24, 2002

Cirrus">http://www.cirruslogic.com">Cirrus Logic has become the latest chipmaker to license audio watermarking technology from San Diego–based Verance">http://www.verance.com">Verance Corporation. Cirrus will integrate Verance copy-prevention and copy-tracking technology in "a new line of high-performance chipsets for DVD devices," according to a November 20 announcement. Cirrus Logic's entry into the DVD-A arena may help boost market acceptance of the DVD-A format, executives conjectured.

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Disc Piracy Turns Deadly

Barry Willis First Published: Nov 24, 2002

Disc piracy is a profitable but increasingly risky business, with bootlegging-related shootings and armed robberies on the rise. Modern pirates have begun to imitate their sea-going ancestors, using force to acquire assets and territory.

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DVD-A Dollars and Cents

Jon Iverson First Published: Nov 24, 2002

How much does it cost to license DVD-Audio patents to create players or discs? That information was revealed last week when the DVD6C">http://www.dvd6cla.com">DVD6C Licensing Agency, which represents the founders of the DVD Forum (formerly called the DVD Consortium) in the area of patent licensing, announced that it expects to start global licensing of essential patents for DVD-Audio and recordable DVD products on or about January 1, 2003.

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