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Last Gasp for Napster?
Barry Willis  |  Jul 15, 2001  |  0 comments
Last year's media darling may be this year's has-been. Napster, the music file-sharing service that shook the music industry's foundations, remains shut down after US District Judge Marilyn Hall Patel ruled that it cannot resume operations until it can prove that no copyrighted songs can slip through its filter. In a closed session on Wednesday, July 11, Patel ordered Napster to stay offline until she authorizes it to do otherwise.
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Who's Your CE Hero?
Jon Iverson  |  Jul 15, 2001  |  0 comments
If you work in the consumer electronics industry and would like to see your personal CE hero rewarded, the Consumer Electronics Association (CEA) would like to hear from you. The CEA announced last week that it is seeking nominations from its members, the press and other industry professionals for the 2002 class of inductees into the Consumer Electronics Hall of Fame.
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Internet Distribution Threatens Music Retailers
Barry Willis  |  Jul 15, 2001  |  0 comments
"Adapt or die" is the first law of economic Darwinism. It's a choice that many music retailers are beginning to face with the rising tide of alternative distribution channels. According to market research organization Jupiter Research, online music services will account for approximately 9% of all CDs sold this year, a 50% increase from 2000. Retailers, once the music industry's only sales interface with the buying public, are looking at what might be an increasingly marginalized future. Those who wish to stay in the game may become "affiliates" rather than independent distributors.
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Hales Drivers Available at Madisound
Barry Willis  |  Jul 15, 2001  |  0 comments
We have received an update from loudspeaker designer Paul Hales on the availability of replacement parts for Hales loudspeakers. In a previous interview, he had mentioned the availability of cabinet and crossover parts for his namesake products. Some of that information was in error, due to circumstances beyond his control, he explained in a recent email:
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Floor Loudspeaker Reviews
MartinLogan Prodigy loudspeaker
Larry Greenhill  |  Jul 12, 2001  |  0 comments
Electrostatic speakers are my passion. Why else have I put up with their high prices, unreliability, low power handling, tendency to arc, high-frequency beaming, limited bass response, and widely fluctuating impedances?
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The Fifth Element
The Fifth Element #3
John Marks  |  Jul 12, 2001  |  0 comments
Nobody Wants a *" Drill Bit!
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Have you ever been approached by the "White Van" speaker company, or know anyone who has bought their products?
Stereophile Staff  |  Jul 08, 2001  |  0 comments

If responses from <A HREF="http://www.stereophile.com/showsoap.cgi?217">last week's Soapbox</A> are any indication, a shocking number of <I>Stereophile</I> readers appear to have been approached by the "White Van" speaker guys. Some even know folks who have bit. How about you?

Have you ever been approached by the "White Van" speaker company, or know anyone who has bought their products?
I've seen them
4% (15 votes)
I've been approached
38% (143 votes)
I've bought from them
5% (20 votes)
I know someone who's bought from them
16% (61 votes)
Never seen them
19% (73 votes)
Never heard of them
18% (67 votes)
Total votes: 379
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Added to the Archives This Week
Stereophile Staff  |  Jul 08, 2001  |  0 comments
Brian Damkroger finds that, while struggling unsuccessfully to fit the Conrad-Johnson Premier 17LS line-stage preamplifier into his preconceived notions of the company and its products, a paradigm shift in his thinking occurred. Damkroger explains that "it was only during a marathon session of listening and comparing the C-J to a couple of other preamps that the truth dawned on me . . . I went back and forth between the C-J and the other units several times over the course of the next week, and one evening it hit me." The truth awaits.
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Jazz World Mourns Joe Henderson
Barry Willis  |  Jul 08, 2001  |  0 comments
The jazz world mourns the passing of tenor saxophonist Joe Henderson, who died late Saturday June 30 in San Francisco. He was 64.
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Primedia To Acquire emap usa
Stereophile Staff  |  Jul 08, 2001  |  0 comments
On Monday, July 2, 2001, Primedia announced that it has agreed to acquire emap usa from Emap plc. This transaction, which will create the second largest magazine company in the United States, is currently under a customary regulatory review. It is expected to close during the third quarter of the calendar year.
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