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Hundreds of manufacturers will be demonstrating state-of-the-art audio products at HI-FI">http://www.hifishow.com">HI-FI '98---some of which have never before been seen by the public.

The worldÆs first DVD-Audio single will soon be out from the rock group Full on the Mouth. "People Mover" is a track from the groupÆs forthcoming album, Collide. "We felt a 5.1 surround-sound mix would be a great medium to showcase the capabilities and technology of DVD and the electronic elements of Full on the Mouth,'' said Charlie Lico, chief executive officer of the bandÆs label, Pioneer Music Group, which is a subsidiary of http://www.pioneerusa.com"> Pioneer Electronic Corporation.

On Tuesday, May 5, beleaguered Carverhttp://www.carver.com">Carver; announced that it had received a financial transfusion of almost $400,000 and that it would make a move into direct marketing in an attempt to bolster flagging sales. The Woodinville, Washingon-based company announced in a press release that it "had closed a sale of 3,000,000 shares of restricted Common Stock of the Company to one of its preferred shareholders, Renwick Special Situations Fund, L.P., for $375,000, or $0.125 per share."