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Heart Attack Claims Harvey "Gizmo" Rosenberg
Barry Willis  |  Jul 22, 2001  |  0 comments
We were saddened to learn of the death of audio guru Harvey "Gizmo" Rosenberg, who died Monday, July 16 of an apparent heart attack. He was 59.
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Numbers Up for Harvey, Tweeter; Good Guys Stagnant
Stereophile Staff  |  Jul 22, 2001  |  0 comments
The year has been a good one so far for New York's Harvey Electronics and for national electronics retailer the Tweeter Group. The news isn't so rosy for West Coast chain the Good Guys.
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Added to the Archives This Week
Stereophile Staff  |  Jul 22, 2001  |  0 comments
While doing research for his analysis of the Totem Acoustic Forest loudspeaker, Larry Greenhill uncovered a legacy of great reviews for the company's previous products each ending with a final "but . . ." comment. But . . . does Greenhill discover any killer "buts" with the Forest? He explains in detail.
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Watermark Patent Awarded
Jon Iverson  |  Jul 22, 2001  |  0 comments
There appears to be nothing more important to the music business today than controlling the distribution and use of digital content on the web and in the home. Proprietary schemes to prevent or control the use of audio files have become hot commodities and valuable assets for many companies. Liquid Audio recently announced that the US Patent Office has awarded the company a patent (#6,219,634) for its watermark technique used for distributing secure digital music files.
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Fine Tunes
Fine Tunes #37
Jonathan Scull  |  Jul 19, 2001  |  0 comments
I have to remember how seriously audiophiles follow Stereophile. Reader David Zappardon's (davida@gscyclone.com) e-mail to me began with "Hello, my friend." But I have to admit to feeling some guilt when he yowled that he'd wasted two fruitless hours of his time looking for the silver-bearing conductive grease I'd mentioned in the October 2000 "Fine Tunes."
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Who would you want to induct into a High-End Audio Hall of Fame, and why?
Stereophile Staff  |  Jul 15, 2001  |  0 comments

The CEA is asking for nominations from industry folks for the 2002 class of inductees into the Consumer Electronics Hall of Fame. We think it's only fair that everybody should get a chance to add a candidate or two to our unofficial Audio Hall of Fame.

Who would you want to induct into a High-End Audio Hall of Fame, and why?
Here's my choice
89% (76 votes)
Don't have one
11% (9 votes)
Total votes: 85
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Added to the Archives This Week
Stereophile Staff  |  Jul 15, 2001  |  0 comments
Several months back, Stereophile editor John Atkinson asked David Rich to investigate the technical merits of SACD. With Super Audio CD: The Rich Report, DR discovers that there is both more and less than meets the ear to the new format, including why it is being promoted in the first place.
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An Audio Archivist's Dream
Jon Iverson  |  Jul 15, 2001  |  0 comments
Music fans who use their computers to organize their CD or MP3 music libraries have found the CDDB music database, now owned and operated by Gracenote (see previous story), to be an essential part of their audio world. If you use CDDB-enabled hardware or software, the artist, album title, genre, and track titles will automatically display when you put a CD or load an MP3 file into your computer or compliant player.
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Last Gasp for Napster?
Barry Willis  |  Jul 15, 2001  |  0 comments
Last year's media darling may be this year's has-been. Napster, the music file-sharing service that shook the music industry's foundations, remains shut down after US District Judge Marilyn Hall Patel ruled that it cannot resume operations until it can prove that no copyrighted songs can slip through its filter. In a closed session on Wednesday, July 11, Patel ordered Napster to stay offline until she authorizes it to do otherwise.
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Who's Your CE Hero?
Jon Iverson  |  Jul 15, 2001  |  0 comments
If you work in the consumer electronics industry and would like to see your personal CE hero rewarded, the Consumer Electronics Association (CEA) would like to hear from you. The CEA announced last week that it is seeking nominations from its members, the press and other industry professionals for the 2002 class of inductees into the Consumer Electronics Hall of Fame.
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