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The world&#198;s first DVD-Audio single will soon be out from the rock group Full on the Mouth. "People Mover" is a track from the group&#198;s forthcoming album, <I>Collide</I>. "We felt a 5.1 surround-sound mix would be a great medium to showcase the capabilities and technology of DVD and the electronic elements of Full on the Mouth,'' said Charlie Lico, chief executive officer of the band&#198;s label, Pioneer Music Group, which is a subsidiary of <A HREF="http://www.pioneerusa.com"&gt; Pioneer Electronic Corporation.</A>

On May 5, <A HREF="http://global.ihs.com">Global Engineering Documents</A> (Global) signed an exclusive worldwide agreement with the <A HREF="http://www.aes.org">Audio Engineering Society</A> (AES) to reproduce, market, distribute, and sell AES industry standards worldwide.

Several manufacturers will be demonstrating state-of-the-art audio products at <A HREF="http://www.hifishow.com">HI-FI '98</A>---some of which have never been seen by the public before.

<I>Man</I>, has Balanced Audio Technology come a long way in a short time. I think partners Steve Bednarski and Victor Khomenko have comprehensively put the kibosh on the notion that newcomers can't succeed in high-end audio.

There are some wildly different speaker technologies out there with one common goal: accurate reproduction of music. In your experience, which approach works best?

On May 1, <A HREF="http://www.nilesaudio.com/">Niles Audio Corporation, Inc.</A>, manufacturer of audio/video custom installation components, announced that it had "successfully defended its indoor/outdoor speaker line against would-be imitators."

The <A HREF="http://www.experience.org">Experience Music Project</A> (EMP), a 130,000-square-foot interactive music museum opening in Seattle in 1999, announced on April 30 that it has acquired 19 recently discovered audio tapes of rare Jimi Hendrix recordings from 1969 and 1970.