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...rate, I’m thinking about buying a few new Spanish CDs, or I’m sure I can find some mp3s on the Internet. Globalization is now allowing bad Spanish music to seep into the States. But my cultural revelation is that bad music isn’t about homogenization. It’s about universality...
...Utopia is a lot more fragile than it seems on the surface, as any ex-dotcommer will tell you. But that's what happens when you construct an environment for analog-minded humans made entirely of ones and zeros. Take all those MP3s you downloaded or ripped from your CDs, for example. You think you're hearing the music as it was originally intended? You're not. MP3s are built on something called psycho-acoustic algorithms. These little beauties save a ton of file space by making your brain fill in the blanks. They actually work out what frequency they...
This system is Sony's least expensive, and I recommend it for those who don't mind wires. While other manufacturers make comparably priced units, the Dream Systems are the first to also incorporate "Super Audio" CD players, which play special discs that look like CDs but have superior audio quality. The music discs use all five speakers and the subwoofer to marvelous effect. You have to buy special SACDs (which will play at lower quality on standard CD players) to take advantage of this. SACDs cost around $20, and selection is limited. My wife and I ended up viewing...
UNCHAINED MELODY Napster taught millions of Americans how to turn CDs and other sound files into MP3s. For the rest of us, Archos makes the Jukebox Recorder ($350). It lets you create MP3s directly from a stereo or CD player, it's more compact than similar devices like the Nomad Jukebox and it has a built-in mike for voice recording. With six gigabytes of memory, the Recorder can even double as a backup hard drive...
...shadow of the Apollo is this source of gospel infused media. This friendly shop of dutiful staffers will help find CDs, cassettes, or videos of traditional devotion or hip-hop hallelujah...