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Recording of the Month
Recording of May 2000: Duke Elegant
Robert Baird  |  May 28, 2000  |  0 comments
DR. JOHN: Duke Elegant
Blue Note 5 23220 2 (CD). 2000. Mac Rebennack, prod.; Suz Dyer, eng.; Steve Revitte, Tovi Rodriguez, asst. engs. AAD? TT: 66:40
Performance ****?
Sonics ****?
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As We See It
E-Commerce & Specialty Audio Retailing
Barry Willis  |  May 27, 2000  |  0 comments
"But I want to buy Thiel loudspeakers over the Internet!" cried an insistent music lover from the back of the room.
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What would you like to see reviewed in Stereophile?
Barry Willis  |  May 24, 2000  |  225 comments

At <I>Stereophile</I> we often gets requests for product reviews. What would you like to see reviewed?

What would you like to see reviewed in <I>Stereophile</I>?
Here it is:
99% (225 votes)
Don't have one.
1% (3 votes)
Total votes: 228
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Interviews
Paul McGowan: High-End Survivor
John Atkinson  |  May 23, 2000  |  0 comments
"I don't believe it!"
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News
Added to the Archives This Week
Stereophile Staff  |  May 21, 2000  |  0 comments
Jonathan Scull stuffs as many "relatively inexpensive" building tweaks as he can fit into "Fine Tunes" #21. Find out about basic room and electrical treatments on the relative cheap.
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News
Pay the Man to Play the Band
Jon Iverson  |  May 21, 2000  |  0 comments
In an effort to smooth the way for websites that wish to legally reproduce copyrighted music, BMI announced last week that it has now become the world's largest online digital rights management company with the launch of its Digital Licensing Center (DLC) and "Klick-Thru" online copyright licensing system. The company says that the DLC is intended to help Internet companies digitally obtain a music-performance license through BMI.com, allowing them to publicly "perform" any of BMI's 4.5 million copyrighted works from its 250,000 songwriters, composers, and music publishers.
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News
Sony Announces New Affordable SACD Player
Barry Willis  |  May 21, 2000  |  0 comments
A year after introducing the Super Audio Compact Disc player to upscale audiophiles, Sony Corporation has decided it is time to make the technology available to a wider audience. On May 17, Sony announced that its third-generation SACD player will be launched in Japan in June at approximately $730 US (¥80,000). The company's current SACD players, which debuted last fall, list at $3200 and $5000.
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News
FTC Ruling Against Major Labels Sparks Class-Action Suits
Barry Willis  |  May 21, 2000  |  0 comments
The gold rush is on in the wake of a Federal Trade Commission decision effectively ending the music industry's policy of minimum advertised pricing (MAP) on compact discs. Attorneys in California and New York wasted no time in filing class-action lawsuits against the music industry's major conglomerates, following the FTC's announcement May 10 that it had reached a negotiated settlement with them over a longstanding noncompetitive pricing policy.
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News
Total Audio Sales Up Nearly 10% in First Quarter
Stereophile Staff  |  May 21, 2000  |  0 comments
The Consumer Electronics Association (CEA) reports that factory-to-dealer sales of audio products soared in March, with dollar volume increasing by 14% over March 1999, to a total of more than $721 million. According to the CEA, sales in the first quarter of this year were 10% ahead of first-quarter 1999, at approximately $1.75 billion.
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News
Powerful Surround-Sound Wiring Solution?
Jon Iverson  |  May 21, 2000  |  0 comments
Last week, the Consumer Electronics Association (CEA) announced that it is working to establish a single standard for high-data-rate home networking using the powerlines already installed in consumers' homes. Stating that it is "recognizing the need for a baseline technology standard," the CEA says it has invited integrated-home-systems industry stakeholders to participate in the creation of a standard for residential powerline networks, to be completed by year's end.
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