| In the February issue of Digital Audio, they announced that, after a couple
of flip-flops, CBS has dropped their suit which claimed that the name
"Digital Audio" infringed on CBS's "Audio" magazine.
-- Ward
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The following is a review of Digital Audio mag that appeared in
"Computer Music Journal" - vol 9, no. 1, published by MIT Press:
"Digital Audio is the latest in a tide of magazines from Wayne Green
Enterprises in tax-free New Hampshire. With sales of compact discs(CD)
players approaching two million in the USA, the primary focus of Digital
Audio is CD products - players, disks, and associated stereo and video
gear. Despite the absence of turntable and cartridge reviews, Digital
Audio is reall not much different from High Fidelity, Audio, and other
established magazines, all of whom discovered digital within the past
two years.
"Digital Audio was cloned from proven marketing principles. The bread-
and-butter of all such publications is advertising, which unfortunately
tends to limit their content to industry promotion. Very little criticism
of products is allowed through to consumers. Product reviews such as
'The Sexy CD Player' offer little more than what the manufacturer says
about the product.
"Even so, Digital Audio does contain useful and topical information. The
magazine is a very good source for tidbits about upcoming changes in CD
technology, including microcomputer-to-CD-player links and image playback
from CDs. The problem is that genuinely informative articles, such as
those by Steve Birchall and John Woram on digital recording techniques,
are placed side by side with sheer fluff and filler.
Reviewed by Alexander Trask
Hollywood, Florida
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