Clive Cussler

Clive Cussler

I caught <I>Sahara</I> on the tube the other night, and thought its blend of pure mindless fun and solid barely plausible technical background was perfect. It wasn't a great movie, but it was a great guy-flick.

Naughty Brian

Naughty Brian

Terry Jones 'fesses up that <I>The Life of Brian</I> might have been even more controversial than it was&mdash;thanks to a couple of deleted "Otto" scenes. However, says one of the two "nice" Pythons, that wasn't why he cut the material.

Help - my sister is going to buy an ION

Hey, I'm not really sure what section of the forum this should go in. I have a sister who wants to digitize her entire LP collection. She's considering buying an ION.

As I understand it, the ION and devices like it convert to MP3 format. She's not into Hi Fi, but even so, I fear she will be disappointed in the result since MP3 will not sound nearly as good as a full uncompressed WAV file. Not only that, but I am guessing that the tone arm and cartridge on the ION are not very high quality.

Help for my Maggies

I would like some suggestions to upgrade my power amp for a pair of Magnepan 1.5's. There are a couple of dealers in town, one with Rotel and McIntosh (more than I want to spend) and the other representing several small companies. I'm looking at the Jasmine "Piano" which is a tube amp. He also has Qinpu, Vincent, Arcam and Quad. I'm looking to spend $2K or under, but for those of you who know Maggies, they need lots of power. Suggestions?

iTrax High-Def Downloads Now Available

iTrax High-Def Downloads Now Available

Mark Waldrep, the man behind the "only all-HD digital label," Aix Records, has now established an all-HD download site, www.itrax.com. While Music Giants and Linn offer HD downloads, iTrax calls itself "the only website to offer <I>real</I> HD in multiple mixing perspectives," since it offers consumers two-channel stereo, 5.1-channel "audience," and 5.1-channel "stage" perspectives in MP3, Dolby Digital, DTS, WMA pro, WMA Lossless, and PCM 96kHz/24-bit resolutions.

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