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Fine Tunes
Fine Tunes #23
Jonathan Scull  |  May 04, 2000  |  0 comments
Reader Bill Huey reminded me recently that I'd promised to cover pre-War buildings that have hot and neutral electrical service but no ground. Why the rush? Bill was about to move into just such a dwelling. (Hey, never mind the furnace and the roof—what about my stereo?!)
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Floor Loudspeaker Reviews
Infinity Prelude MTS loudspeaker
Michael Fremer  |  May 03, 2000  |  0 comments
Sometimes you have to wonder why big corporations gobble up small speaker companies. Most such firms are built by individualist entrepreneurs chasing an elusive dream—an up-close and personal thing that is the antithesis of the corporate mentality. That's why speaker companies are so often named after the founder.
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News
Added to the Archives This Week
Stereophile Staff  |  Apr 30, 2000  |  0 comments
Jonathan Scull thinks he has uncoverd the hot audiophile topic for the new millennium—e-commerce. He lays out the situation in "Fine Tunes" #19. Find out what various manufacturers are up to, and why.
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DVD-Audio Wishful Thinking?
Jon Iverson  |  Apr 30, 2000  |  0 comments
In hopes of stoking the multichannel DVD-Audio engine, Burr-Brown announced last week the PCM1604 audio digital-to-analog converter, which they describe as a high-performance, 6-channel audio DAC featuring 24-bit capability and 192kHz sampling, for use in a "wide variety of multichannel audio applications."
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Judge to MP3.com: "Guilty as Charged"
Barry Willis  |  Apr 30, 2000  |  0 comments
The roller-coaster fortunes of MP3.com took a downturn April 28, when US district judge Jed S. Rakoff found in favor of the Recording Industry Association of America in its copyright-violation suit against Internet music site MP3.com. Investors in the once–high-flying startup immediately began unloading shares of the company's stock, which had dropped 40% by the end of the trading day.
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Consumer Electronics Giants Post Mixed Results
Jon Iverson  |  Apr 30, 2000  |  0 comments
It's been an up-and-down week for consumer-electronics companies, as revealed by recent earnings reports surfacing around the globe. First, the bad news: Sony reports that its profits fell 32% in the latest fiscal year, and cites the strong yen for depressing the value of the consumer-electronics and entertainment company's overseas earnings.
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USA Digital Radio Coalition Makes Technical Progress
Stereophile Staff  |  Apr 30, 2000  |  0 comments
Progress toward a working digital radio technology took a big step forward in April with the addition of Lowpass Prototype Inc. to the development team. According to an April 27 press release, USA Digital Radio, Inc., a privately held digital radio technology company owned by the nation's largest radio broadcasters, has added the manufacturer of radio-frequency systems for radio and television transmission to its coalition to develop and commercialize digital AM and FM radio.
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What's the oddest name you've seen on a piece of audio equipment?
Stereophile  |  Apr 30, 2000  |  51 comments

Remember the Ampzilla? Are there stranger audio product names out there? What are they?

What's the oddest name you've seen on a piece of audio equipment?
Here it is:
76% (51 votes)
Can't think of one.
24% (16 votes)
Total votes: 67
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Fine Tunes
Fine Tunes #22
Jonathan Scull  |  Apr 28, 2000  |  0 comments
Damned if you do and damned if you don't.
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Who is your favorite 20th-century composer?
Gary Smith  |  Apr 23, 2000  |  175 comments

Many "Greatest Composers of the 20th Century" lists would include Copland, Gershwin, et al, but could also include Roy Orbison, Lennon-McCartney, and Scott Joplin. Who is <I>your</I> favorite?

Who is your favorite 20th-century composer?
Here he/she is:
93% (174 votes)
Don't have one.
7% (13 votes)
Total votes: 187
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