Next, Barry Willis' "As We See It" from the May 2003 issue explains the basis for Hi-Rez Audio's Uncertain Future. As BW notes, "The audio systems owned and enjoyed by most people aren't capable of delivering the full performance encoded in ordinary CDs," so who's gonna want hi-rez?
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The study also reveals that of the $766 billion in sales from the 40 largest US retailers in 2002, stand-alone retailers such as Wal-Mart and Home Depot accounted for $617 billion. According to the researchers, "Conventional malls that are anchored by department stores are dinosaurs, as out of step…
Berry and partner Dean Torrance recorded a string of pop hits in the early-to-mid-1960s, including "Dead Man's Curve," "Drag City," "Honolulu Lulu," "New Girl in School," "The Little Old Lady From Pasadena," and "Surf City." Their most productive years were 1963 and 1964, in which Jan and Dean enjoyed five Top 10 hits.
Sounding similar to the Beach Boys, with whom they recorded and performed, the pair sold more than 10 million…
Over 40 audio manufacturers, including many tube component and speaker companies, are scheduled to exhibit their wares, including several who have donated products to be given away as door prizes. There will also be vendor tables available for the sale of tubes, vintage hi-fi equipment, and other audiophile merchandise.…
WP: I was wondering about David Birch, the computer journalist who stood up at a DRM conference in Barcelona and asked, "Why don't you tell the content owners to just…
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Michael Gerzon, who died in 1996, is widely regarded as one of the most important thinkers and writers on audio of recent times. In the 1970s, for example, Gerzon established the mathematical basis for surround-sound reproduction, leading to the launch of Ambisonics as a means of re-creating a true soundfield at the listener's ear. In more recent years, he was a co-developer of the MLP lossless…
Milwaukee thus becomes the first American orchestra to distribute online performances previously unavailable for purchase. The initial deal, which gives the iTunes Music Store exclusive distribution rights for the first 90 days, includes…
That would seem to allow fair use, so why is it cause for alarm? The EFF's Fred von Lohmann has a crushingly simple response, "Had that been the law in 1970, there would never have been a VCR. Had it been the law in 1990, no TiVo. In 2000, no iPod." Von Lohmann…