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<B>JOHN TAVENER: <I>Eternity's Sunrise</I></B><BR> With: <I>Song of the Angel</I>, <I>Petra: A Ritual Dream</I>, <I>Sappho: Lyrical Fragments</I>, <I>Funeral Canticle</I><BR> Patricia Rozario, Julia Gooding, sopranos; George Mosley, baritone; Andrew Manze, violin; Choir & Orchestra of the Academy of Ancient Music, Paul Goodwin<BR>Harmonia Mundi HMU 907231 (CD). 1998. Robina Young, prod.; Mike Hatch, eng. DDD. TT: 65:03<BR> Performance <B>****</B><BR> Sonics <B>****</B>

An audio system is not a system unless you hook it all together. How do you do it?

In an aggressive move into the used audio equipment market, New York retailer <A HREF="http://www.harveyonline.com">Harvey Electronics</A> announced last week that the company will begin to sell used audio products and special purchases of new merchandise on <A HREF="http://www.ebay.com">eBay</A&gt;, an online auction site, beginning June 1, 1999. The company also recently announced that it will sell merchandise through other website partnerships.

Step all the way back to issue number one of <I>Stereophile</I>, in which Lucius Wordburger proffers some sage advice on <A HREF="http://www.stereophile.com//historical/108/">How to Write an Ad</A>. Learn about The Endorsement (hint: don't use Fidel Castro), The Calculated Omission, and The Junk Product.

Last week, <A HREF="http://www.real.com">RealNetworks</A&gt; announced that it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire privately held <A HREF="http://www.xing-tech.com">Xing Technology</A>, a developer and provider of MP3 software. Xing has been developing standards-based digital audio and video encoding and decoding technology since 1990, but eventually ran into trouble competing with other Internet-audio startups such as RealNetworks and Liquid Audio.

Next, we move up the chain to the front-end---where the music starts.

Prior to the Telecommunications Act of 1996, federal law limited broadcasters to ownership of only four radio stations in any one market, and a maximum of 40 nationwide. The act loosened regulations to allow ownership of as many as eight stations in a single market, and hundreds nationally.