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Record Labels Beware

Jon Iverson Nov 03, 2002 First Published: Nov 03, 2002

One would think the last thing the music industry needs right now is to further alienate its customers who are still buying discs. But that is just what the record labels are doing by secretly experimenting with technology that restricts how discs are used, says a new report.

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Numbers Up for Japanese Electronics Firms

Barry Willis Nov 03, 2002 First Published: Nov 03, 2002

The first half of the fiscal year has been generally kind to many Japanese electronics manufacturers, most of whom released financial reports at the end of October.

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Stereophile Staff Nov 03, 2002 First Published: Nov 03, 2002

Brian Damkroger has a wonderful moment or two as he auditions the VAC">http://www.stereophile.com//amplificationreviews/697/">VAC Renaissance Signature Mk.II preamplifier. As BD explains, the right musical situation can trigger those long-lost memories . . . .

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Kathy Gornik to Chair CEA Board

Barry Willis Oct 27, 2002 First Published: Oct 27, 2002

During the week of October 14, Thiel">http://www.thielaudio.com">Thiel Audio Products president Kathy Gornik completed an unprecedented triple play.

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Stereophile Staff Oct 27, 2002 First Published: Oct 27, 2002

"We are now well past the era in which every review of digital playback equipment had to begin with an apology for the medium," writes Thomas J. Norton. As a case in point, TJN takes the Mark">http://www.stereophile.com//digitalsourcereviews/692/">Mark Levinson No.37 CD transport & No.36S D/A converter out for a couple of spins.

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Another Reprieve for Small Webcasters?

Barry Willis Oct 27, 2002 First Published: Oct 27, 2002

Small webcasters have won another reprieve from royalty payments.

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High-Rez Releases

Jon Iverson Oct 27, 2002 First Published: Oct 27, 2002

Recent news from Universal Music Group should bode well for the SACD format. It's not exactly a flood, but the world's largest music company finally made good on the promisehttp://www.stereophile.com/news/11238/">promise; it made at the 2002 Consumer Electronics Show (CES) and announced last week its first Super Audio CD (SACD) titles to be released in the United States.

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Tweeter Group Adds Stores

Stereophile Staff Oct 26, 2002 First Published: Oct 26, 2002

Although the Tweeter">http://www.tweeter.com">Tweeter Home Entertainment Group's rate of expansion has slowed, it shows no sign of stopping. The Canton, MA electronics retailer will open six new stores during the month of November.

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Stereophile Staff Oct 20, 2002 First Published: Oct 20, 2002

Robert Deutsch says, "There is something special about SETs: a kind of midrange magic, a harmonic rightness that tends to elude other amplifier designs." But how to get more power from a single-ended triode design? In his review of the Air">http://www.stereophile.com//amplificationreviews/687/">Air Tight ATM-211 monoblock power amplifier RD discovers one answer.

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Avantgarde's NYC Showroom

Barry Willis Oct 20, 2002 First Published: Oct 20, 2002

Making good on a promisehttp://www.stereophile.com/news/11382/">promise; made several months back, Avantgarde">http://www.avantgarde-acoustic.com/">Avantgarde Acoustic is moving into the retail realm. The company's German-made horn loudspeakers are the featured products at Avantgarde">http://www.avantgardemusic.biz">Avantgarde Music & Cinema, a new showroom at 27 West 24th Street, Suite 502 in Manhattan. The store is privately owned and operated by Bob">mailto:TheHornStore@aol.com">Bob Visintainer, who emphasized that his business is "definitely Avantgarde focused" but also carries other brands of electronics and accessories.