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First Take: Little Steven Van Zandt
Mike Mettler  |  Jul 06, 2006  | 

How does it feel to have the two Sirius channels that you created - Underground Garage (Channel 25) and Outlaw Country (Channel 36) - broadcasting 24/7? I feel like we made history already, you know? It's not easy to create a new format in radio, and I created two.

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Ask the Expert: Error Correction - The Fix is In
 |  Jul 06, 2006  | 

Q. How effective is the "error correction" used in modern-day disc technology? Beyond the large scratches that sometimes ruin my enjoyment of a DVD, do smaller scratches have a cumulative effect on what I see that might be more subtle?

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Thanks for the Memories
David Ranada  |  Jul 05, 2006  | 

"So long, farewell, auf Wiedersehen, goodbye." So goes the song. But only some of those sentiments apply to four digital-audio formats that have gone, or are about to depart, from the consumer-electronics scene. DAT, DCC, MD, and SACD never did fare "well" in the marketplace.

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Harman Kardon TC30 Universal Remote
John Sciacca  |  Jul 05, 2006  | 
The Short Form
$299 / 8.9 x 2.1 x 1 IN / 4.6 OZ / harmankardon.com / 516-496-3400
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30 Minutes with Ian Gillan
Mike Mettler  |  Jul 05, 2006  | 

So I was just in the S&V sound room, listening to the surround mix of Gillan's Inn.

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Ian Anderson of Jethro Tull on the Future of Recorded Music
Mike Mettler  |  Jul 05, 2006  | 

What do you think of downloading? In the days when I grew up, you really had to work hard just to find music.

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30 Minutes With Ian Anderson of Jethro Tull
Mike Mettler  |  Jul 05, 2006  | 

Ian Anderson of Jethro Tull is quite animated when discussing the current and future state of recorded music. Back in the early months of 2000, Anderson and I sat down in a hotel restaurant in New York City to discuss similar topics. It's interesting to see how things have progressed since then - or not...

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Joe Elliott of Def Leppard
Mike Mettler  |  Jul 05, 2006  | 

Are we close to the point of seeing CDs disappear entirely? Could that happen? Hey, listen: Vinyl's almost disappeared. 78's disappeared. I'm not a soothsayer, and I can't really say if people are going to give up on the physical side of intellectual property.

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The Future of Recorded Music - Part 1
Rob Medich  |  Jul 05, 2006  | 

The Tower Records store at New York City's Lincoln Center isn't seeing particularly heavy foot traffic these days. Stopping by, I find just a shopper or two per aisle - pretty typical, a saleswoman says. And the customer demographic seems a bit on the mature side - hovering around 30 or older. Where are all the Rihanna- and AFI-loving kids?

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The Future of Recorded Music - Part 5
Rob Medich  |  Jul 05, 2006  | 

In part one we asked if the compact disc was dead. Here we offer a timeline of the Compact Disc's history - and prehistory - from 180 years ago to the present.

The 1800s

The Big Bang? Beethoven! In a way, it all begins with his Symphony No. 9 (see 1979).

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S&V Q&A — July/August 2006
Ian G. Masters  |  Jul 04, 2006  | 

CableCARD PIP

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The Future of Recorded Music - Part 2
James K. Willcox  |  Jul 04, 2006  | 

Just a week before the May 9 release of their two-CD set Stadium Arcadium, the Red Hot Chili Peppers found that the whole album had been leaked to the Internet, letting fans download it free from file-sharing sites. These days, of course, leaks are hardly novel - but the reaction of the band's bass player, Flea, was.

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The Gadget Girl: Gizmos on the Go
Jamie Sorcher  |  Jul 04, 2006  | 

During the summer, I'm usually on the run all day without ever coming home for a pit stop. That's not a big deal, except sometimes my devices can't keep up with me. But Sennheiser's MX75 headphones ($50), part of its new Sport line, are up to the task. Not only are they durable, sweat-resistant, and lightweight; they're also amazingly comfortable.

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The Future of Recorded Music - Part 4
Mike Mettler  |  Jul 04, 2006  | 

Musicians sound off about the merits and detriments of the CD and how they're dealing with a digital-delivery-oriented future

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An Interview with Celeste Lear
Mike Mettler  |  Jul 04, 2006  | 

With such a storied lineage, I have to ask you: When did you first become interested in gear and electronics? Well, despite growing up in a family famous for the invention of the 8-track player, unfortunately, I was not filled in by any of my relatives on the mysterious world of electronics.

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