Is back-compatibility with CD players important to you with any new high-resolution audio format?
Sony and Philips claim that a big advantage to SACD is that the high-resolution SACD discs can be back-compatible with regular CD players. DVD-Audio proponents say that DVD-Audio discs can be made back-compatible with CD players as well if consumers want it. Do you want it?
Is buying more and more new music a compulsion for you?
Reader Patrick Tracy claims that he's addicted to buying music: "As in the studies of lab mice and cocaine, I will repeatedly choose music over most any other pursuit. Like a longtime drug addict, I now need larger and larger doses of new music to achieve the rush that a single recording might give a normal person."<P>How about you?
Is Dylan full of static or has he got it right when he declares that modern recordings suck?
Bob Dylan says modern recordings sound "atrocious . . . There
Is high-end audio moving in the right direction?
Extremes of cost and performance continue to impress. But plenty of high-performance products can be had for very little money as well. With all of this, is high-end audio moving in the right direction?
Is high-end audio on a roll or hitting the skids?
With the advent of home theater and Internet audio, doomsayers claim that high-end audio's days are numbered. But new high-end audio companies seem to appear at a rapid clip, and vinyl continues to thrive. So is high-end audio gasping for breath or breathing easy?
Is J. Gordon Holt still right, has high-end audio lost its way?
Back in 1992, J. Gordon Holt stated "we haven't accomplished what we set out to do. The playback still doesn't sound 'just like the real thing.'" Is Holt still right, has high-end audio lost its way?
Is SACD and/or DVD-Audio well represented at your high-end audio shop?
The fate of a new format is often tied to a great demo on the showroom floor. Has your local high-end audio shop done SACD and/or DVD-Audio justice?
Is the audio performance of your car's system important to you? Have you done anything to improve it?
No question that most audiophiles who read <I>Stereophile</I> are concerned about the performance of their home systems, but what about their car systems?
Is there a future for a high-rez music medium?
Clearly from last week's survey, most of you feel that SACD and DVD-Audio are on the skids. But is it terminal? Do you think that high-resolution audio has a future?
Is there a particular band, composer, genre, or even record label that you collect obsessively?
Some of us buy a little of everything, while others focus on a single genre and build a prized collection. What is the focus of your music buying?