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HI-FI '98 Product Previews
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Stereophile Staff  |  May 10, 1998  |  0 comments
Several manufacturers will be demonstrating state-of-the-art audio products at HI-FI '98---some of which have never been seen by the public before.
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Audio News Briefs: Niles and Carver
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Stereophile Staff  |  May 03, 1998  |  0 comments
On May 1, Niles Audio Corporation, Inc., manufacturer of audio/video custom installation components, announced that it had "successfully defended its indoor/outdoor speaker line against would-be imitators."
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Three Days of Equipment, Music, and Advice Only Weeks Away
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Stereophile Staff  |  May 03, 1998  |  0 comments
Just about a month away, HI-FI '98, The Home Theater & Specialty Audio Show, will interest thousands of audio enthusiasts when it visits The Westin Los Angeles Airport Hotel in Los Angeles, California from Wednesday, June 10 to Sunday, June 14, 1998.
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Music Playback via PC is Increasing
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Stereophile Staff  |  Apr 26, 1998  |  0 comments
Is it merely the tip of the iceberg, or a temporary diversion? Hard to say just yet, but a recent report from the Consumer Electronics Manufacturers Association (CEMA) suggests that increasing numbers of folks are using their PCs in place of, or in addition to, regular audio systems.
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Assuming you have good speakers of average sensitivity, how much amplifier power is necessary for good imaging and dynamics?
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Stereophile Staff  |  Apr 19, 1998  |  First Published: Dec 31, 1969  |  0 comments
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ASCAP and Liquid Audio announce Strategic Alliance
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Stereophile Staff  |  Apr 19, 1998  |  0 comments
On April 15, ASCAP (American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers), the music performing-rights organization, and Liquid Audio, a developer of secure online music delivery systems, announced a strategic alliance to protect ownership of music on the Internet. According to a Liquid Audio press release, the initiative encourages, streamlines, and simplifies music-rights licensing and reporting, and will benefit website creators as well as music writers, publishers, and composers.
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CEMA Sets First Audio Summit for May 29-31, 1998
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Stereophile Staff  |  Apr 19, 1998  |  0 comments
Responding to continued softness in the audio market, the Consumer Electronics Manufacturers Association (CEMA) has finalized plans to hold its first annual Audio Industry Summit at the Westin Hotel O'Hare in Chicago, Illinois, May 29-31. CEMA audio company members will congregate in an effort to formulate strategies they believe will lead the category back to long-term prosperity and growth.
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Sound Advice, Inc. to Open Several New Stores in Florida
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Stereophile Staff  |  Apr 12, 1998  |  0 comments
Recently, Sound Advice, Inc., a specialty retailer of high-end consumer electronics, announced plans to open five to six stores in Florida over the next 18 months. The company expects that two to three of the stores will be in operation by the end of this calendar year, with the balance to be opened in 1999. Sound Advice is also exploring other ideas, such as smaller-format specialty stores in upscale malls and other high-end retail locations that feature high-quality brand names.
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Carver Announces Interim Financing and New Director
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Stereophile Staff  |  Apr 12, 1998  |  0 comments
On April 7, Carver Corp. announced an agreement in principle for the sale of 3 million shares of restricted Common Stock of the company to one of its preferred shareholders, Renwick Special Situations Fund, L.P., for $375,000, or $0.125 per share.
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DVD Changers Introduced by Sony and Yamaha
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Stereophile Staff  |  Apr 05, 1998  |  0 comments
Not long after the single-disc CD player was introduced, the multidisc changer followed, with products from companies like Sony and Pioneer. Shortly after the changer was introduced, it became the most popular version of the new hardware format. In the past eight years, changers have consistently outsold single-disc machines. The high-end market was characteristically slow to embrace changers, but companies like California Audio Labs have been successful in this category with products like the CL-10, a five-disc carousel changer.
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