On this page in Stereophile’s December issue, contributing editor (and mastering engineer) Tom Fine and I described a press event at which Apple Corps (the Beatles umbrella corporation) presented the news about the (at the time) forthcoming new Beatles single and the forthcoming “remixed” reissues of the “Red” and “Blue” Beatles compilations.1 Tom attended the event—which, notably, was held at Dolby headquarters here in New York City, reflecting, apparently, Apple Corps’ interest in Dolby Atmos. At the event, demos were presented in the Atmos format only—no stereo.
A key point of that column was that Apple Corps, at least—and who