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Seagram Buys PolyGram
In a move that establishes its leadership in the entertainment business, <A HREF="http://www.seagram.com/">Seagram Company</A> has purchased <A HREF="http://www.polygram.com">PolyGram NV</A> from <A HREF="http://www.sv.philips.com/">Philips Electronics NV</A> of Holland. The deal was valued at $10.6 billion.
Computer Audio News from MusicMatch, Xing, and Philips
In an effort to make computers more useful as audio systems, <A HREF="http://www.musicmatch.com">MusicMatch</A> and <A HREF="http://www.xingtech.com/">Xing Technology</A> recently announced MusicMatch Jukebox, a digital audio management software program for the consumer market.
1998 Golden Note Awards Nominations Announced
This past week, <A HREF="http://www.avacademy.com/">The Academy Advancing High Performance Audio & Video</A> (AAHPAV) released its 1998 Golden Note Awards Nominations.
HI-FI '98 Product Previews, Part Three
Hundreds of 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 before been seen by the public. We are running several announcements each week leading up to the Show to give you a taste of what to expect. Here's the third assortment:
The Crazy You Get From So Much Choice
I don't know how many of you buy disposable diapers, but while Harry (now 6) and Emily (now 5) were still toddlers, diapers played a large role in my life. I can still remember my panic when I first saw the miles of drugstore shelves devoted to Pampers and Huggies—not just large, medium, and small, but such a variety that it could almost have been possible that each child had a diaper tailored for him or her. I'm sure that even the weirdly shaped backside of Tommy Pickles could have been securely wrapped.
Stereophile's Test CD 2
Back in the Spring of 1990, <I>Stereophile</I> introduced its <A HREF="http://www.stereophile.com//reference/176/">first <I>Test CD</I></A>. Featuring a mixture of test signals and musical tracks recorded by the magazine's editors and writers, it sold in large numbers—around 50,000 had been produced at last count. Even as we were working on that first disc, however, we had plans to produce a second disc that would expand on the usefulness of the first and feature a more varied selection of music. The result is our <I>Test CD 2</I>, introduced this month for just <A HREF="http://ssl.blueearth.net/primedia/home.php">$7.95 plus postage and handling</A>. With a playing time of over 74 minutes, the new disc should prove an invaluable tool to help audiophiles optimally set up their systems and rooms by ear—and the music's pretty good, too!—<B>John Atkinson</B>
How would you categorize your audio system?
It's been a decade since the analog vs. digital debate began. Where has your system ended up?
CEMA Sponsoring Product Return Conference
Returned products are problematic for consumers, retailers, and manufacturers. Returns have always eaten into profits in the audio and video business. Everybody knows that. What isn't widely known is that the <A HREF="http://www.cemacity.org">Consumer Electronics Manufacturers Association</A> sponsors an annual conference to help deal with the problem.
Petersen Publishing Agrees to Acquire Stereophile, Inc.
On May 18, 1998, James D. Dunning, Jr., Chairman and CEO of the Petersen Companies, Inc., announced an agreement to acquire Stereophile Magazine and Stereophile Guide to Home Theater---two of this country's leading high-end audio and home-theater publications---as well as HI-FI '98, The Home Theater & Specialty Audio Show.
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