Don't many of the biggies, PolyGram/Universal/EMI/BMG own much of the rights to the music, so no matter the medium, they get paid? Wasn't that always why bands complained how the music company took most of teh money and gave teh bands 5 cents out of a several dollar LP? so few groups became as big as some big record companies....there ain't many Rolling Stones, Beatles that own much of their own stuff. How many bands don't and the music companys do?

The owner of Ascend Acoustics is near production on a new monitor with bamboo enclosers. I'd be interested in hearing Stereophile's opinion when the speaker becomes available. This company is known for good value in the HT speaker arena.

What a great interview by RB. It makes me think that maybe, just maybe, there is hope for the big labels. He does have a right to be nervous, but he seems to be more aware of the changing music scene than most.

I am wondering why he has chosen DVD audio vs DSD for their hi-rez remasters? Is it as most consumers have DVD players rather then SACD players?

Does the huge number of poor quality DVD players do much for his efforts? Can they reveal the improvement in sound quality? Are there more pressing plants for 24/96 DVDs? Just Curious.

I am curious as to how Phile goes about choosing amps for review? This is not a criticism, I'm just curious.

The review of the Flying Mole is making me ask this. I guess is does offer proof of Caveat Emptor.

I think many would like to seem a review or 2 of the Ref Marantz pieces, ie the PM series and to possibly include the top the SC 7S2 preamp with a pair of MA-9S2 amps at 300 watts/channel. At a package price of $24K it is surely high-end land. The PM 15 and PM11 also seem worthy candidates along with the visually stunning SA 11 and 15 CD/SACD players.