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May 20, 2009
It happens, though not for reasons of "deliberate sabotage": see http://www.stereophile.com/asweseeit/851/ . The CD layer is over-compressed and sounds dreadful compared to the SACD layer, for reasons explained in the article. And "class action lawsuit"? Ask a lawyer. And look up the First Amendment. John Atkinson Editor, Stereophile ... more
An Open Letter to John Atkinson, Editor of Stereophile Magazine
May 17, 2009
Mainstream record companies have already made that decision without any prompting from Stereophile. >Someone over at Stereophile could actually undo any damage done by Tellig and by misleading titles, by one of their reviewers or editors simply writing a "Now wait a minute, don't give up on SACD just yet" sort of article.< Michael Fremer will ... more
An Open Letter to John Atkinson, Editor of Stereophile Magazine
May 17, 2009
The reorganization of the parent company's debts and assets was done _before_ the Chapter 11 filing. The hearing is set for May 28; after that date, the bank will take over ownership and Source Interlink will become a privately held corporation. The reason the bank will exchange debt for ownership is that Source's magazines like Stereophile are ... more
An Open Letter to John Atkinson, Editor of Stereophile Magazine
May 17, 2009
Thank you for your frank comments. Regarding Stereophile's coverage of DVD-A, SACD, and universal players, you can find all of our reviews at http://www.stereophile.com/hirezplayers/ . Almost 50 products are covered, not including standalone D/A processors, which hardly suggests we have been ignoring high-resolution playback. John ... more
May 16, 2009
I wrote about SACD's lack of market penetration in March 2005 - http://www.stereophile.com/asweseeit/305awsi/ - following the release of the RIAA statistics for 2004 that indicated that US LP sales in that year had overtaken the combined sales of DVD-A and SACD. I also wrote about the difficulty of marketing SACD and DVD-A outside of a narrow ... more