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8/2/99: Coverage of HI-FI ’99 from Chicago, USA — May 12-16, 1999SoundStage! LIVE Event — Ask the Editors: Stereophile
On the topic of 24/96 digital reproduction, Tellig boldly predicted that DVD-Audio would win a format war. Editor John Atkinson announced that the magazine's goal was to have all back content available on the stereophile.com website within five years. On the topic of the Stereophile's progressively slender size, Atkinson cited the weak Asian economy for an overall recession in the audio-publishing business and an 18-month decline in advertising for the magazine. When asked at the end of the session which rooms at the Show were the most impressive so far, the collection of writers cited:
More from this article:The Cary/Soliloquy demonstration featured a system that had visitors wowed with the room-filling sound that emanated from the smallish Soliloquy SM-2A3 speakers ($1599/pair) and 5Wpc Cary CAD 2A3-SE mono amps ($3995/pair in chrome). A Cary preamp and CD player, Rega 25 turntable and Kimber Select cables completed this reasonably priced but decidedly esoteric system. |
Friday's "Ask the Editors:
Stereophile" session covered topics from future review products (expect to see Blue Circle and Legacy products reviewed in Stereophile
sometime in the future) to astronomically priced audio equipment. On the latter, Sam Tellig expressed "outrage" over the high price
of some audio equipment, but deemed the nearly $30k Lamm ML2 amps he's currently reviewing (and previously reviewed in SoundStage!) as being
worth their hefty cost. Jonathan Scull took a "more global view" on the topic, pointing out that bleeding-edge advancements often
trickle down to lower-priced equipment. 
Cary/Soliloquy