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The End of the Audiophile Nightmare?

Jon Iverson First Published: Sep 26, 1999

Last week, Cirrus">http://www.cirrus.com">Cirrus Logic unveiled two new Crystal digital-to-analog converters that the company says will support both dueling high-definition audio standards: DVD-Audio and Super Audio CD (SACD). As a result, the new DACs should enable the creation of universal DVD players for both the mass and high-end audio markets. The new DACs are the CS4397 "SuperDAC," which the company describes as a "high-performance audio DAC on a single chip" with 120dB dynamic range performance; and the CS4391, a lower-cost DAC also supporting DVD-Audio and SACD and sporting a 108dB dynamic range.

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1394 Trade Association Reports Rapid Progress

Jon Iverson First Published: Sep 19, 1999

Citing large crowds of design engineers and consumers at its World PC Expo Pavilion in Japan last week, Texas Instruments' James Snider, chairman of the 1394">http://www.1394ta.org">1394 Trade Association, predicted a surge in product design based on the 1394/FireWire/i.Link standard in the coming year. Snider says that the demand for 1394 PC and consumer products is accelerating worldwide "as users become aware of the quality of video and audio that can be easily and efficiently transported in home, office, and theater environments."

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Troy Kosovich, Dynaudio's Director of Marketing, dies in a car accident

Wes Phillips First Published: Sep 19, 1999

Troy Kosovich, Dynaudio's director of marketing, died Tuesday, September 14 in a single-car accident near Bozeman, Montana. According to a newspaper report, he apparently lost control of his Isuzu Rodeo while returning to his hotel after an evening with a client. Troy was 37 years old and is survived by his wife, Angel, and his three-year-old son, Killian.

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Stereophile Staff First Published: Sep 19, 1999

Want to know how Michael Fremer is able to tie a story about his baffled plumber into an equipment review? Find out in his report on the Audio">http://www.stereophile.com//loudspeakerreviews/147/">Audio Physic Virgo loudspeaker. About the speakers, Mikey writes: "Clearly, the Virgos disappeared, leaving one of the most credible three-dimensional soundstages I've ever experienced in any of my listening rooms over the years."

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Entercom Moving onto Radio's Center Stage

Barry Willis First Published: Sep 19, 1999

A company unknown outside the broadcast industry is poised to become the next big player in radio. Entercom">http://www.entercom.com/">Entercom Communications Corp, based in Bala Cynwyd, Pennsylvania, has moved to the head of the pack in the race to buy 31 FM and 15 AM stations from Sinclair Broadcasting Corporation. The $824.5 million purchase is being financed in part by a public stock offering that Entercom floated last January.

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www.youbelongtousforlife.com

Jon Iverson First Published: Sep 19, 1999

Imagine yourself a recording artist just signed to a contract with one of Sony Music's record labels. You put out a couple of albums and start a website using your own name (say, for example, www.bobdylan.com). But the music wind starts blowing in a different direction, your contract comes up for renewal, and, either through your manager's insistence or that of one of Sony's big cheeses, you decide to leave the label and sign with someone else.

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Best Buy Reports Record Quarter

Stereophile Staff First Published: Sep 19, 1999

Nationwide electronics retailer Best">http://www.bestbuy.com/">Best Buy has reported a record $59 million in profits for the second quarter of its fiscal year. Profits were up 34% from the previous year, according to a September 15 report in the Wall">http://www.wsj.com/">Wall Street Journal. The Eden Prairie, Minnesota-based chain is one of the largest outlets for consumer electronics, and is Circuit">http://www.circuitcity.com/">Circuit City's only serious rival.

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Stereophile Staff First Published: Sep 12, 1999

Back in 1985, J. Gordon Holt wrote: "It seems, these days, that many of us audiophiles have become so preoccupied with the minutiae of sound reproduction that we haven't even noticed that it doesn't sound like music any more." He was talking about the obsession with soundstaging and detail at the expense of musical accuracy. In "Getting">http://www.stereophile.com//asweseeit/144/">Getting the Notes Right (Midrange Madness)," he renders his lesson in classic JGH style, observing that "I have played on this old saw in these pages for so many years that it has turned into a dead sawhorse, but somehow the message never seems to get through. There should be no harm done by beating it into the ground a little farther."

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New Onkyo CD Recorder Will Debut at CEDIA

Barry Willis First Published: Sep 12, 1999

CD recorders are the hottest ticket in audio at the moment. Philips and Marantz once dominated the category, but other manufacturers have recently jumped on board with their own versions, among them Pioneer and Harman/Kardon. Onkyohttp://www.onkyo.co.jp">Onkyo; will introduce its DX-RD511 dubber later this month at the 1999 CEDIAhttp://www.cedia.org/">CEDIA; Expo in Indianapolis. The machine is expected to arrive in stores in October—just in time for the holiday season.

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J. Gordon Holt resigns from Stereophile to go freelance

John Atkinson First Published: Sep 12, 1999

J. Gordon Holt founded Stereophile in the fall of 1962 in order to promote the idea that the optimal way to judge audio components was to do what end users did: listen to them. Since then, Gordon has had an unbroken relationship with Stereophile, through its sale to Larry Archibald in 1982, my coming on board as editor in 1986, the sale of the magazine to Petersen Publishing in 1998, and the subsequent sale of Petersen to Emap in 1999. Through all this time he has been listed on the magazine's masthead as "Founder & Chief Tester." (A fascinating">http://www.stereophile.com//interviews/66/">fascinating interview with Gordon, conducted by his associate and friend Steven Stone, can be found in this website's "Archives.")

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