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How We Listen: A Timeline of Audio Formats

5:20AM April 18, 2009 | John Herrman

Humans have been writing music for at least as long as we’ve been recording history. It was storing it that took a little more time. Here are all the ways we’ve done it to date:

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Entertainment

SACD player from TEAC Esoteric Rocks Minimal Style, Maximal Price

10:33PM November 14, 2007 | Addy Dugdale

Teac Esoteric is celebrating 20 years of semi-high end stuff with the VRDS X-05, a Super Audio CD player that boasts all sorts of sexiness—well, the sort of sexiness that only comes with CD players. For example: More »


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Sony’s XAV-W1 Does SACD, 5.1 Surround and DVD On a 7-Inch Screen

8:30AM August 2, 2007 | Seamus Byrne

Great news for people really into that dead format, the SACD. Sony is releasing a hot SACD car stereo that can also play videos on its built-in 7-inch screen (which can be customized with a wallpaper). The player can handle SACDs, CDs and DVDs for your entertainment pleasure, delivering 5.1-channel surround sound in your ride. It’s also HD/XM Radio ready, and has an iPod dock. Which is good, because as we’ve said we don’t give a shit about SACD. More »