Silicon Investor (SI) -- The First Internet Community

STOCKTALK

We've detected that you're using an ad content blocking browser plug-in or feature. Ads provide a critical source of revenue to the continued operation of Silicon Investor. We ask that you disable ad blocking while on Silicon Investor in the best interests of our community. If you are not using an ad blocker but are still receiving this message, make sure your browser's tracking protection is set to the 'standard' level.

Technology Stocks : Ampex Corporation (AEXCA) -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: flickerful who wrote (7483)	4/18/1999 7:39:00 AM
From: digger	Respond to of 17679

Flick, thanks for your post a lot of avenues for us, don't ya think? And while we watch it unfold - perhaps you'd like to take time out to relax and check out the latest opening on Broadway. playbill.com We just happen to have front row Tickets! Cheers, digger

To: flickerful who wrote (7483)	4/18/1999 8:03:00 AM
From: B. A. Marlow	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 17679

Hey flick, why am I'm thinking this IBM/Sony music thing lays an egg? Answer: Because it seems to be all about e-commerce hustle, downloading mechanics and copyright security, not about music fidelity. (Remember "hi-fi"?) The MP3 train is leaving the station and the big labels aren't on it. Hey, they're not even ready for stereo! But Jack Valenti and his counterparts will be proud that the copyright police have, once again, seized control from muckrakers, pirates and populists. Well, sort of... As we've recently learned, RNWK's going to provide the front end for the IBM system (formerly known as the "Madison Project"). To some extent, apparently, Xing's MP3 encoding will be employed in this venture (given RNWK's hasty $75 million Xing purchase announcement last week). But Xing's MP3 encoding is controversial. It's indisputably fast (do we really care?), but its algorithms don't necessarily offer the highest resolution. Thus, this shotgun wedding of industry heavyweights may offer genuine..."mediocre-fi". So a familiar question arises: Does AXC have a contribution to make to MP3 signal integrity/fidelity? By jumping aboard now, we could reclaim the elusive consumer brand franchise that Ray Dolby took with him when he left AXC 30 years ago. And as BCST's Mark Cuban reminds us, MP3 has a streaming problem, at least for the moment. As currently implemented, it just doesn't scale. This means mass MP3 radio is still in the future. Another AXC opportunity? BAM P.S. For more on MP3 encoding, Xing and Fraunhofer (where MP3 was born), here are a few recent posts to RNWK. Message 8928448 Message 8920404 Message 8904130