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It's been a rough year for the music industry—and possibly an even rougher one for audiophile labels. The Dorian Group, however, seems to be thriving. Parent company to Dorian Recordings, the Dorian Group announced last week its acquisition of Reference Recordings. During its 25 years in business, RR has consistently garnered praise from audiophiles for the sound quality of its recordings, and has scored eight Grammy nominations and two Grammy awards.

At the end of July, UK-based TAG McLaren Audio, which had been experiencing difficult trading conditions and was reducing its workforce, issued a rather pessimistic announcementhttp://www.stereophile.com/shownews.cgi?1701”>announcement;. The core of the announcement concerned the firm's commencement of "a full strategic review of its participation in the audio market."

An archive of articles that the late Michael Gerzon wrote for Hi-Fi News and Studio Sound magazines has been established at the websitehttp://www.audiosignal.co.uk">website; of Hi-Fi News consultant technical editor Keith Howard.

Internet service providers (ISPs) have begun fighting back against the blitzkrieg of lawsuits launched by the Recording">http://www.riaa.com">Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) in its struggle to contain the file-sharing phenomenon.

From the August issue, Robert Deutsch gives the Audio">http://www.stereophile.com//amplificationreviews/901/">Audio Research VS110 power amplifier and SP16L line preamplifier the full treatment. RD reveals how he finds products to review, and more importantly, what he found appealing in the ARC amp and preamp.

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SACD and DVD-Audio have brought multichannel music back into the mix for many audiophiles. However, without an official digital connection standard in place, consumers must contend with multiple cables and then find a preamp designed to manage the analog signals and send them to various amplifiers.