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Gateway">http://www.gateway.com">Gateway Computer appears intent on expanding into the home entertainment arena.
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A Really Big Show
You thought it was crowded last year? The Consumer Electronics Association (CEA) announced last week that, as of the beginning of December, it looks like the 2003">http://www.CESweb.org">2003 International Consumer Electronics Show (CES) will feature a record-breaking amount of exhibit space, surpassing 1.2 million square feet.
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John Atkinson and Stephen Mejias tally the writer and editor votes to present "The">http://www.stereophile.com//features/724/">The 2002 Products of the Year." As JA comments, "For more than a decade now, Stereophile has recognized components that have proved capable of giving musical pleasure beyond the formal review period."
US Law Applicable Worldwide?
Could American copyright law be applied outside US borders?
Resistance is Futile
As any major college dude will tell you, the file-sharing genie can never be put back into the digital audio bottle. But that hasn't stopped the music business from pursuing its scorched-market policy while simultaneously applying various use-restriction technologies to every digital audio format in sight.
Sonic Boom
When it comes to dynamic range, it's the little things that count. As Texas">http://www.ti.com">Texas Instruments explains, "Dynamic range is a parameter that expresses numerically how accurately sounds of small amplitude can be reproduced without distortion." In other words, the higher the dynamic range, the higher the quality of the sound, especially at low levels.
Happy Birthday www.stereophile.com
On Sunday, December 1, 2002, we celebrated five years of uninterrupted webcasting, our website having emerged from the Internet darkness on December 1, 1997 to become, at least in my eyes, an institution. Ralph Waldo Emerson wrote that "an institution is the lengthened shadow of one man," and www.stereophile.com is definitely the shadow of erstwhile high-end audio retailer Jon Iverson.
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Paul Bolin reviews the EgglestonWorks">http://www.stereophile.com//loudspeakerreviews/719/">EgglestonWorks Andra II loudspeaker, noting, "It's always tough to follow an award-winning act." Bolin listens carefully to determine if "the lofty ambitions of the Andra II project" have made significant and meaningful improvements to the original design.
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From the current issue, Wes Phillips and John Atkinson tell the story of Against">http://www.stereophile.com//features/714/">Against the Dying of the Light: the Second Cantus CD. Phillips sets out to find the true genesis of this astonishing new recording from the Minnesota-based male-voice choir, while JA fills in the technical details.
Cirrus Logic Signs with Verance
Cirrus">http://www.cirruslogic.com">Cirrus Logic has become the latest chipmaker to license audio watermarking technology from San Diego–based Verance">http://www.verance.com">Verance Corporation. Cirrus will integrate Verance copy-prevention and copy-tracking technology in "a new line of high-performance chipsets for DVD devices," according to a November 20 announcement. Cirrus Logic's entry into the DVD-A arena may help boost market acceptance of the DVD-A format, executives conjectured.