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Amazon's AutoRip makes vinyl pure and perfect
- By Ken C. Pohlmann
- Posted April 9, 2013
You're probably familiar with Amazon's AutoRip feature. When you buy certain CDs from Amazon, you also get free access to a cloud copy. Now, Amazon has extended the feature to include sales of many vinyl records. When you think about it, a ripped vinyl file is a much more valuable than a ripped CD file.

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Music New and Reissued for October 16, 2012: Quad Lives!

Portland's Helio Sequence with a brand new quad release, Jerry and Merl reissues, Jeff Lynne returns, and more
- By Mark Smotroff
- Posted October 16, 2012
We've learned about some cool surround discs coming out (we like to keep an eye on interesting sources such as the great UK magazine Record Collector). We'll be looking for them soon so we can review them for you. Included are:

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The Mahler Symphonies on SACD — and Vinyl LP

Partly launched to promote the state of the art, SFS Media now goes retro.
- By Robert Ripps
- Posted June 22, 2011
Back in September 2002, I interviewed Michael Tilson Thomas about the launch of a bold new project with the San Francisco Symphony: a complete cycle of the Mahler symphonies to be released on hybrid multichannel SACD via the orchestra’s fledgling in-house label, SFS Media. At the time, Thomas already had clearly formed ideas about the sound he wanted:

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