Home Entertainment 2001 arrives at the Hilton Hotel & Towers in New York this week for three days, May 11-13. There will be more than 80 rooms stuffed with the latest high end audio and video gear, including dozens of brand new products. For more information about the show, go to the <A HREF="http://www.homeentertainment-expo.com">HE 2001 website</A>.
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Brian Damkroger's audio world may have been in a disorienting flux the last several months, but one thing remained a bastion of stability: the <A HREF="http://www.stereophile.com//digitalsourcereviews/343/">Simaudio Moon Eclipse CD player</A>. Damkroger explains why in his complete report.
One of the most esteemed labels in the audiophile universe should soon be back in business. Online retailer <A HREF="http://www.musicdirect.com">Music Direct</A> has purchased remastering and re-release specialty company Mobile Fidelity, according to an <A HREF="http://pages.prodigy.net/amicus1/end_los.htm"> announcement</A> made April 24.
It has been 18 years since CD appeared, yet audiophile demand for turntables and vinyl continues unabated. When did you last spin a record?
Little noted by the mainstream media, technology companies are pushing ahead with research and development programs for high-resolution audio. Two announcements in late April indicate that neither DVD-Audio nor the Super Audio CD is a passing fancy.
One argument for the record industry's disappointing sales last year is a combination of high prices for official CD releases coupled with cheap prices for computer-based CD recorders and CD-R blanks. It doesn't look like retail CD prices will be coming down anytime soon, but luckily for the music business, CD-R prices are going up.
Jonathan Scull asks "What's it take to compete on the bleeding edge of digital?" Apparently more than what's offered by the "large international manufacturing and marketing concerns stalking the earth today." Will the <A HREF="http://www.stereophile.com//digitalsourcereviews/340/">Accuphase DP-100 Super Audio CD transport & DC-101 Digital Processor</A> make the cut? Scull's incisive report reveals all.
Back in September, the <A HREF="http://www.sdmi.org">Secure Digital Music Initiative</A> issued a public challenge that offered cash rewards for successfully uncovering and removing watermarks from recorded music. The <A HREF="http://www.stereophile.com/news/10878/">challenge was met</A> by a number of hackers, most notable among them Professor Edward Felten of Princeton University's Computer Science Department.
Amid news that its watermark technology for DVD-Audio may have been <A HREF="http://www.stereophile.com/news/11026/">compromised</A>, <A HREF="http://www.verance.com">Verance</A> nonetheless announced last week the launch of its "ConfirMedia" watermarking service. The company says that ConfirMedia will monitor and report the airplay of encoded commercials, music, and programs broadcast by television, cable and radio stations in the 100 top US markets and on the national feeds of major broadcast and cable television networks in the US.