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Turntable Reviews
Immedia RPM2 turntable
Wes Phillips  |  Jun 26, 2005  |  First Published: Sep 01, 1997  |  0 comments
Okay, what does a turntable look like? Take your time—I'll wait. Dum de dum de dum dum dum... Oh, you're tired of this game already?
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As We See It
In Defense of the CD
Robert Harley  |  Jun 26, 2005  |  First Published: May 01, 1997  |  0 comments
Attacking the compact disc has lately become almost a blood sport among audiophiles and audio writers. Not a month goes by that I don't read—often in Stereophile—some vehement statement about how CDs are a musical abomination.
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News
Sony BMG DRM Strives to Eliminate "Schoolyard Piracy"
Wes Phillips  |  Jun 20, 2005  |  0 comments
Since March, Sony BMG has released "at least 10 commercial titles" employing XCP2 technology developed by UK-based antipiracy company first4Internet. Sony BMG claims that the 10 titles represent "over one million units," but the company steadfastly refuses to specify which titles have XCP2.
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News
Soundsareactive.com Offers Multi-Platform Subscription Package
Wes Phillips  |  Jun 20, 2005  |  0 comments
Soundsareactive.com, an eclectic independent label specializing in "jazz/improv, experimental hip-hop, and electronic artists," is offering a subscription package for its 2005 release schedule. For $35 (US price; the international price is $50), the label will send monthly downloadable MP3 (192kbps) releases for the rest of 2005, four "physical" CDs, and a "tour" DVD titled XN+.
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News
DRM Confusion Delays Digital Future
Jon Iverson  |  Jun 20, 2005  |  0 comments
Forget SACD vs DVD-Audio or even DualDisc. DRM, or digital rights management, has become the biggest audio format issue this year, and will likely continue to be for the next several years. At stake is the future of all consumer interactions with, and uses of, copyrighted digital media.
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News
Telarc’s Higdon SACD Wins Major Award
Jason Victor Serinus  |  Jun 20, 2005  |  0 comments
Telarc's stunning hybrid multichannel SACD of Jennifer Higdon's City Scape and Concerto for Orchestra has received the 2005 OutMusic Award for Outstanding New Instrumental Recording. The disc has also received the 2005 Grammy for Best Engineered Classical Recording (well-deserved by Jack Renner) and 2005 Grammy nomination for Best Orchestral Performance (equally well-deserved by Higdon champion Robert Spano and the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra).
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Vote
What property get you most excited about an audio product?
Stereophile  |  Jun 19, 2005  |  42 comments

In his Soapbox this week, Wes Phillips talks about reliability <I>vs</I> the cool factor in choosing or recommending a product. What qualities get you most excited about an audio product?

What property get you most excited about an audio product?
Cool factor
6% (5 votes)
Reliability
59% (51 votes)
Equal amounts of both
35% (30 votes)
Total votes: 86
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Art Dudley Listening
Listening #30
Art Dudley  |  Jun 19, 2005  |  0 comments
"Good career move."—Michael O'Donoghue on the death of Elvis Presley
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Historical
Fisher 500-C vintage stereo receiver
Peter Breuninger  |  Jun 19, 2005  |  0 comments
Back in 1964, Avery Fisher, founder and president of the Fisher Radio Corporation, wrote a short note for the 500-C Stereophonic FM Multiplex Receiver owner's manual. In that note he said, "a door has opened for you, and your family, on virtually unlimited years of musical enjoyment."
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Floor Loudspeaker Reviews
Canton Vento 809 DC loudspeaker
Wes Phillips  |  Jun 19, 2005  |  0 comments
"I have an interesting loudspeaker for you to review," said John Atkinson.
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