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Sometimes a product can take a while to reach its potential. As Jonathan Scull writes, "First, the <A HREF="http://www.stereophile.com//digitalsourcereviews/249/">Accuphase DP-75V CD player</A> took a full two weeks to warm up and pull its act together. If anything, it was <I>too</I> polite, warm, and over-the-top bloomy when I first lit it up. The '75 requires a <I>long</I> warm-up period. But wait . . . just wait for it." When the wait was over, J-10 filed his observations in detail.

According to a new report, the number of adults going online to access music-related content has exploded in the few months, increasing 48% between December 1999 and March 2000. These numbers are based on recent findings released by market analysts <A HREF="http://www.cyberdialogue.com">Cyber Dialogue</A>, who say that "The dramatic growth in online music users can be attributed to the media's newfound obsession with Napster, Gnutella, and MP3. When combined with a marked increase in online music offerings and the proliferation of file-sharing software, the increase in demand for online music makes perfect sense."

The <A HREF="http://www.riaa.com/">Recording Industry Association of America</A>'s lawsuit against <A HREF="http://www.napster.com/">Napster</A&gt; may be an attack on one of its best friends, if results of a recent study by research organization <A HREF="http://www.jupiter.com/">Jupiter Communications</A> can be believed.

Sturgeon's Law asserts that 95% of everything is crap

A merger announced Wednesday, July 12 by Columbia, Maryland&ndash;based <A HREF="http://www.usadr.com/">USA Digital Radio</A> and <A HREF="http://www.lucentdigitalradio.com/">Lucent Digital Radio</A> of Warren, New Jersey may hasten the creation of a unified US standard for terrestrial digital radio, according to industry analysts. The merger was approved by the National Radio Systems Committee, which is in charge of developing a set of digital radio specifications for the US. It was also backed by 15 companies involved in the rollout of digital radio, including Viacom Inc.'s Infinity Broadcasting Corp. and Clear Channel Communications, Inc.

By their very nature, most audiophiles seem perpetually restless, never content with that last tweak. Following in that hallowed tradition, <A HREF="http://www.psaudio.com">PS Audio</A> has been trying to reinvent the technologies traditionally used in power-line conditioners to optimize those pulses of alternating current that juice our audio systems. The company made waves with the introduction of their Power Plant line of products last year (see <A HREF="http://www.stereophile.com/news/10317/">previous report</A>); their P300 garnered a very positive <A HREF="http://www.stereophile.com//accessoryreviews/181/">review</A&gt; from <I>Stereophile</I>'s Robert Deutsch.

Audiophiles have complained since the earliest days of the compact disc that music reissued in the digital format often doesn't sound as good as it does on the original LPs. For nearly 20 years, such complaints have been dismissed by ordinary music lovers and by music-industry executives as the rantings of purists, but at least one major label is now admitting that many early CDs were not very good.