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If you need more proof that vinyl is here to stay, consider this product from DS Audio a newly formed business group of the Digital Stream Corporation (DSC). DSC co-developed with Microsoft the optical mouse and for more than 25 years has provided industrial laser optics for medical testing systems and for laser-based medical optical instrumentation.

RMAF is a big show this year and much more ground must be covered but so far the analog news at the show is that there hasn't really been any. The big news has been headphones and computer audio.

Sutherland Engineering's Ron Sutherland entered the high performance audio market years ago with a costly phono preamplifier and an equally costly preamplifier that used a motion-sensing remote control. Since then Mr. Sutherland has ramped down the price points to more mainstream his products. Until now.

Though analogplanet will not be conducting or participating in any seminars at this year's Rocky Mountain Audio Festival (not our choice), we'll be covering the analog comings and goings at the first audio show in the world where the buzz will be more from legal marijuana than from bad A.C..