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American Mobile Radio Boosts Capacity
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Barry Willis • Jun 21, 1998 • 0 comments
Digital radio company American Mobile Radio Corporation announced last Wednesday that it has exercised a $52.9 million option to upgrade its satellites. The move will potentially double the channel capacity of AMRC's nationwide satellite-direct audio radio service (SDARS), scheduled for the year 2000.
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Carlton to Acquire Nimbus for $264 Million
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Stereophile Staff • Jun 21, 1998 • 0 comments
On June 17, Carlton Communications, owner of Technicolor, announced that it has entered into a merger agreement to acquire Nimbus CD International, one of the world's largest independent manufacturers of optical discs, including CD-Audio, DVD, DVD-ROM, and CD-ROM.
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Amazon.com Beefs Up CD Sales; Stock Surges
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Barry Willis • Jun 21, 1998 • 0 comments
The "world's largest bookstore" may be on its way to becoming one of the biggest music stores, too. Two weeks ago, Amazon.com began a big push into CD retailing, more than doubling the number of its musical offerings to over 100,000 titles. (Competitor CDnow offers over 500,000 titles.) Visitors to the Amazon website can now click on a tab that will take them to a new music site, where they can listen to audio previews and read reviews, reprints of articles on bands and musicians, and music-industry news.
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Trying to Bring Order to a Chaotic Optical-Disc World
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Jon Iverson • Jun 21, 1998 • 0 comments
With the plethora of CD and DVD formats out there, it can be confusing figuring out what will work with what. Standards can help define specifications for a particular format, but often do little to guarantee compatibility between them.
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Duet: And Two to Carry Your Soul Away
Features, Music and Recording Features
Ida Levin, Wes Phillips, John Atkinson • Jun 18, 1998 • 0 comments
The Sessions: Wes Phillips
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HI-FI '98 Report, Part Two
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Jon Iverson • Jun 13, 1998 • 0 comments
From the Show:
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HI-FI '98 Coverage Continues
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Jon Iverson • Jun 12, 1998 • 0 comments
From the Show:
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Phono Preamp Reviews
Wes Phillips • Jun 12, 1998 • 0 comments
Audiophiles with budget restrictions (most of us, I imagine) could be forgiven for feeling we're afterthoughts to most manufacturers. Even though we probably keep many companies in business by buying their "entry-" or mid-level products, we're always hearing about products designed "without compromise." Waiter, could you bring the reality check, please?
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Golden Note Awards Bestowed at HI-FI '98
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Jon Iverson • Jun 10, 1998 • 0 comments
On Wednesday evening, June 10, The Academy Advancing High Performance Audio & Video held its 1998 Golden Note Awards at the Marina Del Rey Ritz-Carlton. Following an address by John Hoskins of the Advantage Performance Group, a sales consulting firm, the amiable awards ceremony was MC'd by Paradigm's own stand-up comedian, Rob Sample. AAHPAV's ceaselessly energetic Chairperson Sue Regan assisted in the presentations, as did Academy President Joe Picirilli. And the hard-working winners (drum roll, please) are . . .
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HI-FI '98 Product Previews, Part Five
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Stereophile Staff • Jun 07, 1998 • 0 comments
Hundreds of manufacturers will be demonstrating state-of-the-art audio products at HI-FI '98---some of which have never before been seen by the public. Here is the last installment of announcements:
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