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Petersen's HI-FI Show management announced October 22 that <A HREF="http://www.avacademy.com/">The Academy Advancing High Performance Audio and Video</A> will be sponsoring Trade Days at <A HREF="http://www.hifishow.com">HI-FI '99</A>, The Home Theater and Specialty Audio Show, taking place at the Palmer House Hilton in Chicago from May 11 to May 13, 1999. This marks the fourth consecutive year that The Academy has sponsored Trade Days at the HI-FI Shows. Show management and The Academy also announced today that the Music and Film Seminar Series will be expanded in 1999 to a two-track educational program. Each track will consist of the five disciplines showcased at the Seminar Series in 1998: Sales Techniques, Digital Technologies, Room Acoustics, Video Technologies, and Multi-room Design and Installation.

When Petersen Publishing purchased Stereophile, Inc.'s assets on June 1 of this year (see <A HREF="http://www.stereophile.com/news/10183/">previous story</A>,) previous co-owners Larry Archibald and John Atkinson remained with the magazine. Whereas JA's responsibilities as <I>Stereophile</I> editor have remained the same as they had been, Larry Archibald's position changed considerably. He retained his masthead title of publisher (with the December issue it changes to "publisher emeritus"), but in reality, Larry has been more like "magazine spokesman and general factotum" since the purchase.

Last Friday, October 23, Garden City, NY---based CDKnet announced that Atlantic Recording Corporation had signed a licensing agreement to use the company&rsquo;s CDT technology for enhancing the content of its music CDs. CDKnet&rsquo;s audio and video streaming technology embeds links on music CDs to sites on the World Wide Web, such as Atlantic&rsquo;s own <A HREF="http://www.metrotainment.com/">Metrotainment</A&gt; site. The first musical release under this agreement will be "A Random Act of Senseless Kindness," a single by South SixtyFive, a new group on the Atlantic label.

Music collections have a way of running wild if they aren't kept organized. Do you have a good system for keeping your records and discs in order?

We've all been hearing about digital television (DTV) for several months now, but a similar revolution is facing the radio industry around the world. As we reported <A HREF="http://www.stereophile.com/news/10284/">last week</A>, several companies and organizations have been piecing together systems to gradually replace the AM or FM stations you currently listen to (you <I>do</I> listen to the radio, don't you?) with digital equivalents over the next few years.

E<B>ditor's Note:</B>&#160;<I>Lowther horn speakers and their "clubs" have been important to do-it-yourself hi-fi hobbyists in Europe for decades.&#160; A common question from readers in other parts of the world is "What are Lowther speakers, and where can I hear them?" We asked Mr. Doppenberg, of the Lowther Club of Holland, to give us a quick tour of the Lowther story.&#160; For more extensive information, check the links at the end of this piece.</I>

<B>ORCHESTRE NATIONAL DE BARB&#200;S: <I>Orchestre National de Barb&#232;s</I></B><BR> Larbi Dida, vocals; Youcef Boukella, vocals, bass; Aziz Sahmaqui, vocals, percussion; Fateh Benlala, vocals, mandolin; Fathilla Ghoggal, Olivier Louvel, guitar; Alain Debiossat, soprano sax; Toufik Mimouni, Jean Baptiste Ferr, keyboards; Ahmed Bensidhoune, bendir, darbouka; Kamel Tenfiche, vocals, percussion; Karim Ziad, karkabous; Michel Petry, drums<BR> Tinder 42853192 (CD). 1998. Tajmaat, Djilali Aichioune, prods.; Luis Saldanha, Antoine Illouz, Delphine Presle, engs. AAD? TT: 78:33<BR> Performance <B>*****</B><BR> Sonics <B>****</B>