Edited By Ken Richardson

MUSIC: Last Minute Shopping!

Clip this list and get nutcrackin'!

By Edited By Ken Richardson
Posted December 8, 2005

Need more than the boxes and Christmas discs we gave you? Clip this list and get nutcrackin'!

BOXES:

Bruce Springsteen's Born to Run: 30th Anniversary Edition (Columbia, 1 CD, 2 DVDs), with new remastering plus 1975 gig and more.

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Tracking Surround

Pink & Alan Parsons DualDiscs, Porcupine Tree DVD-A, Moody Blues SACDs

By Edited By Ken Richardson
Posted July 6, 2006

PINK. Yes, Pink's gone 5.1 - who knew? I didn't until I bumped into her fresh DualDisc in the store. Hell, SonyBMG.com/dualdisc still doesn't know, crediting it with "enhanced stereo" only.

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New Products: iPod Pit Stop

Hip, happenin' add-on speaker systems

By Edited By Ken Richardson
Posted September 4, 2006

It really is a pit stop when you park your 'Pod in Corgi's Nissan Silvia iCar ($35). Yes, we're talkin' that Corgi, the British maker of die-cast scale-model cars, celebrating its 50th anniversary. Here, you get a 1:24-scale Silvia atop stereo speakers.

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Halloween for Audiophiles!

By Edited By Ken Richardson
Posted October 2, 2006

Who says that Halloween isn't for A/V enthusiasts? In the next few pages, Sound & Vision will present an appropriate selection of ear and eye candy for trick-or-treaters.

Snakes on a Plane: The Album (Decaydance), with emo/rock tracks and Samuel L. Jackson's immortal M-line.

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Tracking Surround

Dire Straits, Ben Folds, Keane DualDiscs; Mark Knopfler DVD-As; Rory Gallagher SACD

By Edited By Ken Richardson
Posted November 7, 2005

DIRE STRAITS. The guitar-driven, chart-topping Brothers in Arms became the first big blockbuster of the digital era, signifying that the CD format had crossed over to the mainstream. And now, the 20th Anniversary Edition on DualDisc (Warner Bros.; Music •••••, DualDisc Mix •••••, Extras ½) enhances the album's stat-us as a sonic benchmark.

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In the wake of Record Store Day

. . . a message from our Ambassador.

By Edited By Ken Richardson
Posted April 19, 2013

Years ago, someone told me that 1,200 high school kids were given a survey. A question was posed to them: Have you ever been to a stand-alone record shop? The number of kids that answered “yes” was . . . zero.

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