Imposition of "DualDisc" CD/DVD on consumers

I don't know about you, but as an audiophile who prefers Redbook CDs as my only front-end source of music recordings, I'm outraged and disgusted by the recently increasing number of digital music recordings which are being released only in a DualDisc, combination CD/DVD package. (http://www.highfidelityreview.com/news/news.asp?newsnumber=11667428).

Sony's Even Worser Week

Sony's Even Worser Week

As we go into our fourth week of coverage of Sony BMG's digital rights management debacle, it's a good time to review what all the fuss has been about. On October 31, Mark Russinovich <A HREF="http://www.sysinternals.com/blog/2005/10/sony-rootkits-and-digital-righ…; his discovery of a root kit&mdash;a cloaked file that had been inserted on to his computer's hard drive. Cloaked root kit files are popular tools used by malevolent hackers, so Russinovich was curious about how the files he detected had entered his computer. It came from <I>Get Right With the Man</I>, a Sony DRM-protected disc Russinovich had purchased and played on his computer. When he attempted to remove the hidden files, Russinovich lost the ability to use his CD drive.

Born to Run 30th Anniversary Box Set

This is a must have box set. The remastered BTR is a much improved sounding CD than the original CD release. The deal maker though, is the live DVD of a show from London's Odeon in 1975. I was lucky enough to have seen the band in those days in the Bottom Line. This set shows the E Street Band in front of the Brits. They seem nervous( what with the British press of the time being skeptical) but the guys are on f***ing fire,and by the time they hit Rosalita they have the audience eating out of their hands.

Radio Station Discs!

Aloha,

I just got my "KFOG Live From The Archives Volume 12" in the mail and it made me wonder what I might be missing.

KFOG is a San Francisco area radio station that releases an annual compilation disc of cuts by various artists who performed in the studio in the preceding year.

The Fi is quite Hi.

I also search out the WRXT (Chicago?), WXPN (Philadelphia), KGSR (Austin), and a Denver area station who's name escapes me right now - Live on the Mountain?

In general these discs have great sound and provide cool alternate cuts of songs.

Audio Physic Caldera III loudspeaker Manufacturer's Comment

Audio Physic Caldera III loudspeaker Manufacturer's Comment

More, I think, than any other link in the audio chain, loudspeaker designs tend to reflect the personal preferences, opinions, and philosophies of their creators&mdash;think Henry Kloss, Paul Klipsch, Rudy Bozak, <A HREF="http://www.stereophile.com/interviews/478">David Wilson</A>, Jon Dahlquist, Arnie Nudell, and Amar Bose (just kidding). Consider, if you remember, where <A HREF="http://www.stereophile.com/interviews/232">Ken Kantor</A> took Acoustic Research when he took over AR's design reins. Might as well have called AR NHT, for all that the new designs followed the old.

Audio Physic
US distributor: Soundquest
New York, NY
(212) 731-0729
www.audiophysic.com

Audio Physic Caldera III loudspeaker Measurements

Audio Physic Caldera III loudspeaker Measurements

More, I think, than any other link in the audio chain, loudspeaker designs tend to reflect the personal preferences, opinions, and philosophies of their creators&mdash;think Henry Kloss, Paul Klipsch, Rudy Bozak, <A HREF="http://www.stereophile.com/interviews/478">David Wilson</A>, Jon Dahlquist, Arnie Nudell, and Amar Bose (just kidding). Consider, if you remember, where <A HREF="http://www.stereophile.com/interviews/232">Ken Kantor</A> took Acoustic Research when he took over AR's design reins. Might as well have called AR NHT, for all that the new designs followed the old.

Audio Physic
US distributor: Soundquest
New York, NY
(212) 731-0729
www.audiophysic.com
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