RIAA's Pyrrhic Victory
It's just about impossible to imagine a worse public relations campaign than the one being waged by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) in the nation's courtrooms.
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BMG Restricts Discs
More compact discs that attempt to restrict how you use them are coming to a record store near you. BMG announced last week that its Arista Records division will be the company's first label in the US to release a commercial CD using copy-restriction technology.
DTS Gains European Foothold
Graham Nash and Frank Zappa will be DTS">http://www.dts.com">DTS Entertainment's first artists to debut in Europe on DVD-Audio, thanks to an agreement between DTSE and Cadiz Music, Ltd., a distributor in Greenwich, England. DTS Entertainment is the entertainment division of Digital Theater Systems, Inc., based in Agoura Hills, CA.
Added to the Archives This Week
Anthony H. Cordesman and John Atkinson tackle the classic Vandersteen">http://www.stereophile.com//loudspeakerreviews/914/">Vandersteen 2C loudspeaker in a review from 1986. "Whenever I think of cone speaker systems, I think of three brand names: Snell, Thiel, and Vandersteen," says Cordesman, prompting JA to add, "I must say that I just don't understand how Richard Vandersteen can sell the 2Ci at a hair under $1200/pair and expect to make any money."
TMA US Distribution Set
Embattled audio brand TAG">http://www.tagmclarenaudio.com">TAG McLaren Audio is showing more signs of life since hitting">http://www.stereophile.com/news/11701/">hitting the ropes earlier this summer. After completing "a full strategic review of its participation in the audio market," the company had announcedhttp://www.stereophile.com/news/11718/">announced; a re-focused effort to continue.
CD Price Drop
What can save the music industry? We've asked the">http://www.stereophile.com/showvote.cgi?241">the question on this website a dozen times in several different ways and your responses are pretty much always the same: lower CD prices—closely followed by better music.
Amnesty Offer from RIAA?
The Recording">http://www.riaa.com">Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) may issue a general amnesty to the music fans who have amassed libraries of favorite tunes by downloading them over the Internet, according to information leaked to Billboard, the Hollywood Reporter, and other publications the first week of September.
New Satellite Radio Products
If the new satellite radio products are any indication, the format has a bright future. During the first week of September, Kenwood and Antex Electronics announced new Siriushttp://www.sirius.com">Sirius; satellite receivers, and XM Radio has already dropped the price on its recently introduced "XM PCR," a controller that lets you listen to XM via your computer.
Webcasters vs RIAA
The Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) may spend the rest of its associated life in litigation—as either as the initiator or the recipient of actions intended to determine who can use its products, under which circumstances they can do so, and how much they should pay, assuming they are allowed to use them.
New Gear from Threshold, Meridian
Late summer isn't typically a time when new audio products appear, but on August 29 we received two noteworthy announcements.