On March 10, <A HREF="http://www.tymphany.com ">Tymphany Corporation</A> and <A HREF="http://www.d-s-t.com">Danish Sound Technology</A> (DST) announced a merger of the two companies, funded by Vantage Point Venture Partners. The combined company, to be called Tymphany Corporation, will have its headquarters in Cupertino, CA.

As the cost of data storage has continued to plunge, some industry pundits (well, www.stereophile.com's Jon Iverson) have predicted that the next step in adding value to them would be to give the devices away, but sell the music or data they contain. On March 10, online music label <A HREF="http://www.magnatune.com">Magnatune</A&gt; and Samsung spin-off <A HREF="http://www.hanamicron.com/">Hana Micron</A> fulfilled that prediction with a product called the TunePlug: It's a reusable USB flash memory drive that comes loaded with 10 complete albums from Magnatune artists in MP3 file format.

Will the future of audio distribution be dominated by discs or downloads? Will we always have both?

<B>DAVE HOLLAND BIG BAND: <I>Overtime</I></B>

"No!"

Five years after the <A HREF="http://www.stereophile.com/asweseeit/164">launch</A&gt; of the audiophile's dream medium, Super Audio CD, the format remains stalled in the market.

Five years after the <A HREF="http://www.stereophile.com/asweseeit/164">launch</A&gt; of the audiophile's dream medium, Super Audio CD, the format remains stalled in the market.

Five years after the <A HREF="http://www.stereophile.com/asweseeit/164">launch</A&gt; of the audiophile's dream medium, Super Audio CD, the format remains stalled in the market.

Five years after the <A HREF="http://www.stereophile.com/asweseeit/164">launch</A&gt; of the audiophile's dream medium, Super Audio CD, the format remains stalled in the market.