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Carver Announces Agreement with Bob Carver
Jon Iverson  |  Feb 07, 1999  |  0 comments
After a particularly tough year, Carver Corporation announced last week that it has executed an agreement with founder Bob Carver, who had sold his interest in the company and then started up privately held Sunfire Corporation (see previous story). The new agreement places Sunfire in charge of the development, manufacturing, marketing, and distribution, under the Carver brand name, of a new line of home and car products that will incorporate "new" technologies. The agreement also establishes a new manufacturer's representative and independent dealer network to rebuild Carver Corporation, and for Bob Carver to assume full operational control of the company.
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Analog Coalition Restructures
Stereophile Staff  |  Feb 07, 1999  |  0 comments
Last week, the Analog Option Coalition, a loose-knit umbrella group that sponsored forums on analog recording during the 1997 and 1998 AES conventions, annouced that it has restructured as Analog Options Consulting, a division of Wavelength Communications.
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Added to the Archives This Week
Stereophile Staff  |  Feb 07, 1999  |  0 comments
Online readers rejoice: Stereophile is posting the first of what we hope will be many equipment reviews in our Archives database. First up is the Linn Sondek CD12 CD player (recently reviewed in Stereophile), along with a review of the Linn AV 51 System (from the February 1999 issue of Stereophile Guide to Home Theater).
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Think Pieces
The Final Word: Ethics
Larry Archibald  |  Feb 07, 1999  |  0 comments
Ethics is a subject always more easily discussed than practiced. There's been a lot of discussion recently about the ethics of retailing—or, more accurately, the ethics of buying retail.
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Floor Loudspeaker Reviews
Linn AV 51 System (SGHT Review)
Michael Fremer  |  Feb 07, 1999  |  0 comments
Note: This review appeared in the February 1999 issue of Stereophile Guide to Home Theater (issue number 22) and is appearing here until SGHT completes its own Archives database.
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CD Player/Transport Reviews
Linn Sondek CD12 CD Player
Wes Phillips  |  Feb 07, 1999  |  0 comments
A funny thing happened to Linn Product's Brian Morris when he attempted to bring Linn's new Sondek CD12 through Customs as hand-luggage:
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San Francisco Conservatory of Music Hosts Giant LP Sale
Barry Willis  |  Feb 06, 1999  |  0 comments
Music lovers within driving distance of San Francisco and those planning a visit for later this month should set aside Sunday, February 28, for a feast of black vinyl. That's the day the San Francisco Conservatory of Music holds its Giant LP Sale.
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Good Guys Take a Dive
Stereophile Staff  |  Feb 06, 1999  |  0 comments
The West Coast's Good Guys aren't feeling so well. The 79-store chain reported a 31% drop in net earnings for the quarter ending December 31. Gross margins dropped to 23.4% of sales, as compared to 24.7% in the same period the previous year.
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Records To Die For
1999 Records To Die For
Stereophile Staff  |  Feb 06, 1999  |  0 comments
One of the benefits of being music editor of Stereophile---after, of course, unimaginable wealth, unquestioned power, and hot and cold running editorial groupies---is that every year in February I get to write about death. That, and the rather odd personality traits of the Stereophile writing staff.
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Tube Power Amp Reviews
Conrad-Johnson Premier Twelve monoblock amplifier
Michael Fremer  |  Feb 01, 1999  |  0 comments
Conrad-Johnson is one of audio's "marquee" companies, and charges accordingly. The Premier Twelve tube monoblock power amplifier, rated at 140W, sells for a rather steep $3495 each, meaning that unless you listen in mono, be prepared to lay out almost $7000 just for the amplification link in your audio chain. Apparently, many audiophiles feel the money is well spent: according to Conrad-Johnson, the Twelve has been a consistently strong seller during its approximately five-year production history.
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