AUDIOPHILE AUDITION for OCTOBER 2003

AUDIOPHILE AUDITION (http://www.audaud.com) for October boasts 137 SACD,
DVD-Audio, DVD-Video and CD reviews. There are 39 Hi-Res format reviews
- a new record for the online publication! The web magazine of audio,
music and home theater covers classical, jazz and rock, along with music
videos and feature films, and this month also soundtrack CDs. A special
feature is a survey of opinions from leading players in the technical
side of surround sound reproduction on possible alternatives to the
5.1-channel system developed for home theater - but which they feel is
inappropriate for music reproduction in surround. Components reviewed
this month are the Fosgate FAP T1 multichannel AV preamp/processor and
Tannoy¹s Eyris 3 speakers.

AUDIOPHILE AUDITION has been reviewing each month more of the new hi-res
formats than any other publication, web or print. Hi-Res of the Month
is Proprius¹ SACD reissue of Cantate Domino. One of the top DVD-As is
the second release from the Big Phat Band on Silverline. The Popular
Songbook collected by folk musicologist Alan Lomax is an amazing find
for any audiophile into roots music, and presents many of the original
sources being sampled by current artists. Peter Gabriel¹s unique
soundtrack score for Martin Scorcese, Passion, is a fascinating listen.
Its Arabic/Middle Eastern sound ties in well with some of the video DVDs
reviewed this month - including Lawrence of Arabia, Dune, Children of
Dune, and Nowhere in Africa. The new 3CD set from Bela Fleck, Little
Worlds, is raved about in the Jazz section. [www.audaud.com is the
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