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Pay $350,000 for an amplifier?!?!! Michael Fremer takes a deep breath and plugs in the <A HREF="http://www.stereophile.com/amplificationreviews/704wavac">Wavac SH-833 monoblock power amplifier</A> in order to hear for himself what he might get if he traded in his house. "When tmh's Jim Ricketts asked me if I wanted to review this eight-box assemblage," says MF, "the first thing I did was laugh at the ludicrousness of the situation. Then I said, 'Why the hell not?'"

Running counter to the music industry's paranoia concerning the perils of modern digital technology, some musicians <I>want</I> you to share their music&mdash;within limits. <A HREF="http://www.garageband.com">GarageBand.com</A&gt;, which bills itself as "the world's largest musician community," announced June 7 that it now offers the Creative Commons Music Sharing License as an optional tag for all songs uploaded to its website.

For some time now, the truly hip Web-enabled person of stature has shared his or her thoughts with the world via a blog (from we<B>b</B> <B>log</B>); these days actors, musicians, and, yes, even politicians are getting into the act.

Nobody would claim that Web radio sounds great, but sometimes you can't beat the Internet for variety and convenience. Do you ever listen to online "radio"?

<B>CHRIS STAMEY: <I>Travels In the South</I></B><BR>
Yep Roc 2033 (CD). 2004. Chris Stamey, Jefferson Holt, prods.; Don Dixon, Greg Elkins, prods., engs.; Tim Harper, Brian Paulson, John Plymale, Wes Lachot, Logan Matheny, Dan Korneff, engs. AAD. TT: 52:30<BR>
Performance <B>****</B><BR>
Sonics <B>***</B>

<I>All the world, even you<BR>Should learn to love the way I do</I>&mdash;Bryan Ferry, "Take a Chance with Me"

Leaving aside for a moment the fact that the Wavac SH-833 costs $350,000/pair&mdash;