For the third year in a row, <I>Quebec Audio-Video Magazine</I> has offered its readers a chance to win an all-expense-paid trip for two to the Home Entertainment Show&mdash;or a trip to the beautiful Charlevoix region of the province of Quebec, Canada, for a musical experience at Le Domaine Forget concert hall.

In 1997, Martin Colloms reviewed the <A HREF="http://www.stereophile.com//amplificationreviews/829/">Krell Full Power Balanced 600 power amplifier</A>, wondering "<I>Can</I> a 600Wpc amplifier be relevant to domestic high fidelity?"

You've got to give the audiophiles who post at the <A HREF="http://www.AudioAsylum.com">Audio Asylum</A> online forum credit. Not only is AA one of the more informative and constructive audiophile communities, some of its members provide the audio industry much-needed feedback on how it's doing&mdash;for better or worse.

Show attendees at Home Entertainment 2003, the hi-fi and home-theater event of the year, will be treated to nearly a dozen educational seminars to help guide and inform them about what and how to buy the new and sometimes confusing home audio/video and home theater products available today.

Tuesday, May 6, 2003 could be a turning point in the contentious history of recording artists and record labels. On that day, hundreds of American musicians will converge on Albany, NY in support of the Artistic Freedom Act of 2003. If passed, the bill would give artists unprecedented freedom in negotiating and terminating recording contracts.

Students are often described as people with more time than money. For four accused by the recording industry of being "nodes" for file sharing, the lack of money will almost certainly extend well beyond graduation day.

At one time the music industry was known as a cultural force. It could excite the public and change the course of history, even prodding some governments to attempt censorship. These days, the record labels themselves are acting more and more like a police force, looking for ways to restrict and control how music consumers behave.

Online music is inching its way toward commercial viability.