SACD has always been compatible with CD players, assuming that a label chooses to release an SACD/CD hybrid disc. But unlike the proposed DualDisc, what an SACD doesn't have is video.
CS2CD says it can remedy that by adding what it calls "DVD playable video" as an…
1999 is the fifth year that the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences has covered the Grammy Awards on the Internet, but it is the first year that IBM has participated. This year, IBM is a partner in the…
The new rate, announced June 19 by James H. Billington, will be .07¢ per song per listener, and will apply to pure Webcasters as well as over-the-air radio stations that put their programming on the Internet. Royalties will be retroactive, levied from October 1998 until the end of 2002. A new, and still undetermined, rate will be instituted by New Year's Day, 2003. The US…
Launched May 2, iTunes sold more than a million individual songs in its first week of operation, vastly exceeding the projections of Apple executives and their counterparts in the music industry. It boosted the value of Apple's stock by approximately 50%—the share price closed at $18.30 on May 9, a huge leap from its 52-week low of $12.72 on April 17. It also caused a surge in demand for Apple's sleek iPod portable…
Wherehouse recently emerged from bankruptcy, and during its court-mandated restructuring period closed its marginal stores. Blockbuster Music had its own difficulties after churning its upper management and…
John Atkinson points out that he's been glowingly reviewing KEF loudspeakers for years, and so looked forward to his time with the KEF Reference 207 loudspeaker. True to the breed, the latest effort from the Kent, UK manufacturer gave JA plenty to admire.
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Shipments to retailers from record labels in 2003 dropped 7.2% from the previous year's level, the trade group reported. A total of 798.4 million units in all formats (CD, DVD, cassette tape, and vinyl) were shipped in 2003, compared to 859.7 million units in 2002. The decline followed a 7.8% drop in 2002 from the previous year. On a dollar basis, shipments from record companies to retailers went down 4.3% in 2003 versus a 6.8%…
ContentGuard's business model appears similar to the phone card model, where users buy a fixed number of minutes, which can be used from any telephone. ContentGuard codes can be embedded in users' computers, cell phones…
His interest tweaked at the 1999 CE and Hi-Fi Shows, John Atkinson wanted a closer listen to the speaker Sony was using to promote SACD. Although the Sony ES SS-M9ED loudspeaker arrived at the Stereophile offices later that year, the review didn't make it to print until this month…
Steel Partners II, which owns approximately 8.2% of the common shares of Liquid Audio and has been publicly critical of company management, made an offer October 22 to purchase the remainder of Liquid for $3 per share, or almost $68…