iPod Makes Apple Shine
The iPod is making sweet music for Apple Computer, Inc.
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Perreaux Hooks Up With Sanibel
New Zealand's Perreaux">http://www.perreaux.com">Perreaux Industries began creating audio products 30 years ago, starting with the GS 2002 integrated transistor amplifier in 1974, and landed in the US in 1980 with the PMF 2150 amplifier. Dozenshttp://www.perreaux.com/backcat.php">Dozens; of new audio products have been developed since then, many of them groundbreaking, and the latest designs are again available in the American market.
Free Trip to HE2004 NY
Québec Audio & Video, Canada's premier home entertainment magazine, is hosting its fourth annual contest held in conjunction with the Home">http://www.he2004.com">Home Entertainment 2004 Show, scheduled to take place May 20–23, 2004 in New York City.
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Our first of three loudspeaker reviews from the April 2004 issue finds Michael Fremer listening to the Aerial">http://www.stereophile.com/loudspeakerreviews/404aerial">Aerial Model 20T loudspeaker. MF explains, "Loudspeaker design is an art and a science. Anyone who tells you it's only one or the other is probably building or listening to some awful-sounding speakers." Fremer ponders whether Aerial has managed to achieve that perfect balance.
Music Notes
On April 9, the European Commission announced that it was suspending its antitrust investigation into the proposed merger between the music divisions of Sony Corporation and German media conglomerate Bertelsmann AG.
CDs Cheaper than Downloads
An old adage has it that one common type of fool believes that anything new must be better.
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From the December 2001 issue, Robert Deutsch tries something completely different when he fires up the 47">http://www.stereophile.com/amplificationreviews/120147">47 Laboratory 4706 Gaincard power amplifier. RD notes, "The pursuit of simplicity in the design of solid-state audio electronics is perhaps best exemplified by the products from 47 Laboratory." Less is often more, but with the 4706 Gaincard, is it better?
Music Sales Drop Again
Will the decline ever end for the music business?
More Than a Million Sold
Music buyer beware: SunnCommhttp://www.sunncomm.com">SunnComm; announced last week the dubious milestone that it had shipped over one million restricted MediaMax audio CDs in March and expects to beat those numbers in April. The MediaMax M4 suite of "Digital Content Enhancement" technologies is built using the Microsoft Windows Media 9 Series platform.
Radio, Radio, Everywhere
Radio has been getting a new lease on life, with Sirius and XM satellite services, DAB (Digital Audio Broadcasting), and Internet "stations" popping up in the tens of thousands. With the Clear Channelfication of North America's FM and AM airwaves, many would argue that the timing couldn't be better for launching new broadcast technologies.