How often do you clean your system's connections?
One of the surprisingly effective
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Rooms of Magic
Audiogon/Videogon.com—the online resource for buying and selling high-end audio and video equipment—has joined forces with Primedia and the Elf Foundation for a charity auction, which will be held at the <A HREF="http://www.homeentertainment-expo.com">Home Entertainment 2003 Show</A> in San Francisco, June 6–8, 2003.
David Hafler 1919–2003
All of us at Stereophile were saddened to learn of the death of audio pioneer David Hafler, who died Sunday, May 25 of complications of Parkinson's disease at St. Agnes Hospice in Philadelphia. Hafler was 84.
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Free Stuff at Home Entertainment Expo
During this week's <A HREF="http://www.homeentertainment-expo.com/">Home Entertainment Expo</A>, high-tech entertainment fans will get to enjoy some of the best audio and video gear to be found on the planet. A few lucky ones will get to take some of it home—free.
Rhapsody in Green?
With Apple Computer's iTunes music service not even one month old, the price wars have already begun.
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Several writers take turns with the <A HREF="http://www.stereophile.com//loudspeakerreviews/848/">Apogee Duetta II loudspeaker</A>, beginning with Alvin Gold in 1986. Anthony H. Cordesman exclaims, "The Duetta II breaks so much new ground, and is so obviously a superb speaker system, that it simply would not be fair to you readers to put off reporting on this speaker until the next issue."
HE2003 Giveaway!
San Francisco, CA—May 2003—The Home Entertainment 2003 Show and Primedia are giving away a full home theater system valued at $15,000!
Sirius to Go
<A HREF="http://www.siriusradio.com">Sirius Satellite Radio</A> may be positioned to make the next great leap forward. In mid-May, <A HREF="http://www.kenwoodusa.com">Kenwood</A> and <A HREF="http://www.audiovox.com">Audiovox</A> announced the first transportable receivers, which will let Sirius listeners enjoy the service wherever they go—home, office, boat, beach, <I>etc</I>—not only in the comfort of their cars.
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Robert Deutsch warms up the <A HREF="http://www.stereophile.com//amplificationreviews/843/">Audiopax Model Eighty Eight monoblock power amplifier</A> to hear what famed Brazilian designer Eduardo de Lima has to offer. Deutsch notes, "The Audiopax Model Eighty Eight represents the latest refinement of de Lima's thinking about power amplifiers."
Coming Soon: Napster II: The Undead
Napster may rise from the dead and live again, this time as a commercial venture.