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To: chris431 who wrote (4421)	5/20/1999 9:12:00 PM
From: Jules Burke	Read Replies (4) \| Respond to of 18366

More players are hitting the market. However, Sensory Science (VCR) corporation's claim of having the "longest-playing" player is a bit suspect. The relationship with GoodNoise.com is interesting. Thursday May 20, 10:56 am Eastern Time Company Press Release SOURCE: Sensory Science Corporation Longest-Playing, Most Versatile MP3 Internet Music Recorder Launched by Sensory Science Corporation - raveMP Rocks With up to 96MB of Expandable Memory (102 Minutes of Digital Music), Plus Personal Messaging and Contact Management Functions - SCOTTSDALE, Ariz., May 20 /PRNewswire/ -- Sensory Science Corporation (Amex: VCR - news) is launching the first in a series of innovative Internet products with the new ''raveMP,'' a full-featured, pocket-sized MP3 player and digital audio recorder offering the industry's longest-playing memory options plus value-added functions such as voice messaging and personal contact management. (Photo: newscom.com ) The raveMP is the first MP3 portable player to offer optional memory expansion modules of 16MB or 32MB in addition to the built-in 64MB. The optional flash memory cards allow Internet music lovers to store up to 85 minutes of recorded music with 80MB or 102 minutes of digital music and/or data with 96MB of memory. A digital audio compact disc holds a maximum of 72 minutes. ''This is the initial product entry from a full range of planned Internet-related products that will make online music and other content easy to access and enjoy, and that provides our company with potentially significant new sources of revenue,'' said Ralph F. Palaia, senior vice president, Marketing and Sales, Sensory Science. The market for downloaded digital music is booming: Forrester Research expects it to top $1 billion by 2003 (''Virtual Music Rocks'', March, 1999). The raveMP offers the convenience of a portable digital audio recorder/MP3 player, personal organizer and voice message recorder in a form factor that's small enough to clip to a belt or slip into a pocket. This breakthrough product: -- Downloads music from the a personal computer easily at an average date rate of 150 Kbytes/second (about 30 seconds per song) -- Records up to four hours of voice messages using the built-in microphone, allows users to record notes from classes, meetings or personal reminders -- Stores thousands of telephone numbers in 16 folders for quick access -- Displays operational information on an LCD panel including playback time, available memory, battery status, date/time and much more -- Delivers shock-free digital music with no moving parts The basic raveMP has capacity to simultaneously store up to 60 minutes of music, 1,000 phone numbers, 20 pages of notes and 10 minutes of voice memos. Sensory Science designed the raveMP as the first MP3 portable to operate with Windows 95, Windows 98 and later this year, Windows NT. This unique flexibility allows owners to download music to a PC at home or to a PC connected to a local area network with Internet access, providing them with the widest access to MP3 sources. The raveMP's software manages all functions, features and communications between the PC and the recorder/player. Users can easily drop and drag files from a PC to the raveMP, as well as copy data or PCM files to the computer. The raveMP is easily connected to a PC through a 25-to-15 pin parallel cable (no docking station is required). Sensory Science is developing a complete product line of Web-delivered audio recorder/players that will support many of the emerging and competing compression, encryption and watermarking technologies and will be offering alternate storage technologies, including hard drives. Sensory Science plans to extend the benefits of electronic delivery of all forms of digital audio not only to PCs but also to other appliances within and outside the home. Regarding the evolving Internet music delivery standards, Palaia noted: ''We support open industry standards and will incorporate prevailing technologies that allow consumers freedom of choice and optimal access to content.'' To support the launch of the raveMP, Sensory Science is partnering with GoodNoise.com -- the leading Web site for sampling and purchasing MP3 music. Purchasers of a raveMP will receive an installation CD including several MP3 sampler tracks from the GoodNoise catalog. In addition, raveMP buyers will receive incentives to visit and download music from GoodNoise.com, where an ever-expanding catalog of music includes complete albums for $8.99 or individual tracks for 99 cents. Consumers will be able to purchase the raveMP at major national and regional audio/video specialty retailers, as well as by visiting the sensoryscience.com or goodnoise.com Web sites. The product measures just 2.67'' (w) x 3.7'' (h) x .67'' (d) and weighs just 2.47 ounces without battery. It comes with 64 MB of memory, the installation/MP3 music CD, a belt clip, stereo earphones, 25-to-15 pin parallel cable, line-in and line-out jacks, 3V DC connector and AA alkaline battery. Music performance is at a frequency range of 20Hz to 20kHz with a signal-to-noise ratio of >90 dB and 0.01 - 0.1% distortion. The raveMP (model 2100) portable digital audio recorder and MP3 player with 64MB of memory carries a suggested retail price of $299. The 16MB flash memory expansion module is $49.95 suggested retail and the 32MB module is $89.95 suggested retail. Since its founding in January 1998, GoodNoise Corporation of Palo Alto, Calif., has established itself as the leader in the market for downloadable music. GoodNoise recently completed the acquisition of Emusic.com. In the near future, GoodNoise plans to change the primary brand of its downloadable music website to Emusic.com. Sensory Science Corporation (formerly Go-Video, Inc.) is a consumer electronics company with significant experience in recording technologies and products. The company holds patents on the Dual-Deck VCR as well as other electronics products and systems, and has recently introduced a full line of digital direct view televisions. SOURCE: Sensory Science Corporation