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Amazon Music Service In the Works?

Wes Phillips Feb 19, 2006 First Published: Feb 19, 2006

If the rumors are true, Amazon, the giant Internet retailer of books, recordings, videos, and just about everything else, is about to embark upon a music subscription service—complete with Amazon-branded music players at a deep discount, or perhaps even for free.

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XM Radio's Ups and Downs

Jason Victor Serinus Feb 19, 2006 First Published: Feb 19, 2006

Irony reigns supreme on this week's installment of XM Daze.

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Jim Shannon Joins Quartet Marketing

Wes Phillips Feb 12, 2006 First Published: Feb 12, 2006

At CES2006, we were pleasantly surprised to encounter Jim Shannon in Quartet Marketing Group's exhibit room at the Alexis Villas. "What are you doing these days?" we asked. He gestured around the room. "I'm a partner in Quartet," he said. "I've been here since July."

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Ribbon Cochlear Implant Directly Stimulates Auditory Nerve

Wes Phillips Feb 12, 2006 First Published: Feb 12, 2006

A University of Michigan research team under Kensall D. Wise has developed a ribbon-like cochlear implant that substantially increases the amount of auditory stimuli over the current models. Approximately 100,000 patients have had cochlear implants to ameliorate profound deafness; however, Wise described these implants as limited in frequency sensitivity, as well as bulky and difficult for surgeons to insert.

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Grammy Awards 2006

Jon Iverson Feb 12, 2006 First Published: Feb 12, 2006

It's the ultimate talent show each year, and I don't think you'll find a bigger collection of musical firepower under one roof (Live 8 was outdoors after all): Paul McCartney, U2, Madonna, Gorillaz, Mariah Carey, Coldplay, Linkin Park, Sly Stone, Herbie Hancock, and on and on.

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RCA Living Stereo SACDs: Round Four

Jason Victor Serinus Feb 12, 2006 First Published: Feb 12, 2006

The fourth round of RCA Red Seal Living Stereo hybrid SACD/CDs hit the literal and virtual shelves on February 7. [Kalman Rubinson wrote about the first batch here.—Ed.http://www.stereophile.com/musicintheround/1104mitr/">here.—E…;] Remastered from the original two- and three-channel master tapes using the DSD process, these 10 new SACDs present the material exactly as it was recorded, without equalization, filtering, or other tampering.

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Belkin's Digital Home

Jon Iverson Feb 09, 2006 First Published: Feb 09, 2006

The first thing you notice is the rather large black foam rubber foot sitting (standing?) in the room. And then the swanky furniture and trendy layout.

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DRM News From All Over

Wes Phillips Feb 05, 2006 First Published: Feb 05, 2006

The British Library vs DRM: The BBChttp://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/4675280.stm">BBC; reported February 3 that Dr Clive Field, the British Library's director of scholarships and collections, called the increasing restrictions of fair use by digital rights management (DRM) cause for concern.

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James Michael Wesley

Mark Glazier Feb 05, 2006 First Published: Feb 05, 2006

Editor's Note: A reader recently complained that we publish too many obituaries and remembrances on this website. "I don't need to be reminded of my own mortality and depressed at the same time by reading all these death notices," he wrote. "I'm a baby boomer and I don't want to read about baby boomers—not their work, [not] their deaths."

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Industry Update

Wes Phillips Jan 28, 2006 First Published: Jan 28, 2006

Burmester: Burmester">http://www.burmester.de/">Burmester Audio Systems has a new distributor, Soundquest LLC, which has been distributing Audio">http://www.audiophysic.com/">Audio Physic for some time. Tel: (212) 731-0729. Fax: (212) 731-0730.