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Stereophile Staff Sep 09, 2001 First Published: Sep 09, 2001

In his review of the Toshiba">http://www.stereophile.com//digitalsourcereviews/407/">Toshiba SD-9200 DVD-Audio player, Chip Stern asks the question "In a rollout of new technologies more or less driven by the expectations of the home-theater crowd, what's in it for us music-lovers?" Stern uncovers the answer and then some, while Kal Rubinson explores the player's surround-music performance.

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Musicians vs. Labels

Barry Willis Sep 09, 2001 First Published: Sep 09, 2001

Most aspiring musicians dream of the day they will sign a contract with a major record label. Too often, the dreams become nightmares from which they can escape only much later in life.

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End of An Abso!ute Era?

John Atkinson Sep 09, 2001 First Published: Sep 09, 2001

Breaking news at the 2001 CEDIA Expo, held this past weekend in Indianapolis, IN, was that Harry Pearson, founder and editor of bimonthly high-end audio magazine The Absolute Sound, has apparently been moved to one side. According to TAS publisher Mark Fisher, with whom I spoke briefly Sunday morning on the Show floor, the day-to-day editing of the magazine will become the responsibility of erstwhile Stereophile consulting technical editor Robert Harley.

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A Prickly Arrangement

Jon Iverson Sep 09, 2001 First Published: Sep 09, 2001

Forget the SACD/DVD-Audio format wars, a more interesting (and potentially more devastating to consumers) battle is brewing among companies racing to add copy protection technology and other restrictions to compact discs.

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EMI, Virgin Records Endorse SACD

Barry Willis Sep 02, 2001 First Published: Sep 02, 2001

The Super Audio CD has won the endorsement of two more major record labels, according to press releases issued the last week of August. The announcements followed by only a few days one by Universal">http://www.stereophile.com/news/11123/">Universal Music Group that it would begin producing the high-resolution recordings for mass distribution.

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More Layoffs; Japan Unemployment a Record

Barry Willis Sep 02, 2001 First Published: Sep 02, 2001

Just as the Asian economic crisis a few years ago dealt a big blow to American high-end audio manufacturers, the slowing American economy is causing repercussions for Japanese companies.

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Joseph Audio Wins "Best Sound" at Home Entertainment 2001

Stereophile Staff Sep 02, 2001 First Published: Sep 02, 2001

Melville, NY–based manufacturer http://www.josephaudio.com"> Joseph Audio announced September 1 that the company was "pleased to accept the 'Best Sound at Show' award as determined by the votes of attendees" at the Home Entertainment 2001 event held in May at the NY Hilton. "We're deeply grateful that so many at the show felt that our RM33si Signature at $7500/pair was worthy of such an honor," said company president Jeff">mailto:Josephaud@aol.com">Jeff Joseph.

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Stereophile Staff Sep 02, 2001 First Published: Sep 02, 2001

In his review of the Conrad-Johnson">http://www.stereophile.com//amplificationreviews/403/">Conrad-Johnson Premier Eleven power amplifier, Wes Phillips comes clean and admits that he loves to be seduced by sound. Phillips writes, "Now, I'm not proposing that we embrace coloration . . . but the removal of all pleasure-producing tonalities doesn't necessarily make for increased realism."

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Classical Gets Web Boost

Jon Iverson Sep 02, 2001 First Published: Sep 02, 2001

Classical music fans will be happy to learn that Vivendi Universal has decided to give two of its classical labels a state-of-the-art web facelift. Deccahttp://www.deccaclassics.com">Decca; and Philips">http://www.philipsclassics.com">Philips Classics are combining their resources and launching a single new site this month designed by trendy web developer Razorfish.

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And Universal Players For All

Jon Iverson Sep 02, 2001 First Published: Sep 02, 2001

For many audiophiles, the reasonably priced "universal" DVD-Audio/SACD/CD player is the magic combination that will trigger a jump into the new high-resolution audio formats. As an answer to those universal player prayers, Wolfson">http://www.wolfsonmicro.com">Wolfson Microelectronics, UK–based developer of audio ICs for multimedia and communications applications, announced the introduction of two new six-channel audio DAC chips last week—one of which brings the contentious formats together in one box.