Back in the Spring of 1990, <I>Stereophile</I> introduced its <A HREF="http://www.stereophile.com//reference/176/">first <I>Test CD</I></A>. Featuring a mixture of test signals and musical tracks recorded by the magazine's editors and writers, it sold in large numbers&mdash;around 50,000 had been produced at last count. Even as we were working on that first disc, however, we had plans to produce a second disc that would expand on the usefulness of the first and feature a more varied selection of music. The result is our <I>Test CD 2</I>, introduced this month for just <A HREF="http://ssl.blueearth.net/primedia/home.php">$7.95 plus postage and handling</A>. With a playing time of over 74 minutes, the new disc should prove an invaluable tool to help audiophiles optimally set up their systems and rooms by ear&mdash;and the music's pretty good, too!&mdash;<B>John Atkinson</B>

Back in the Spring of 1990, <I>Stereophile</I> introduced its <A HREF="http://www.stereophile.com//reference/176/">first <I>Test CD</I></A>. Featuring a mixture of test signals and musical tracks recorded by the magazine's editors and writers, it sold in large numbers&mdash;around 50,000 had been produced at last count. Even as we were working on that first disc, however, we had plans to produce a second disc that would expand on the usefulness of the first and feature a more varied selection of music. The result is our <I>Test CD 2</I>, introduced this month for just <A HREF="http://ssl.blueearth.net/primedia/home.php">$7.95 plus postage and handling</A>. With a playing time of over 74 minutes, the new disc should prove an invaluable tool to help audiophiles optimally set up their systems and rooms by ear&mdash;and the music's pretty good, too!&mdash;<B>John Atkinson</B>

Back in the Spring of 1990, <I>Stereophile</I> introduced its <A HREF="http://www.stereophile.com//reference/176/">first <I>Test CD</I></A>. Featuring a mixture of test signals and musical tracks recorded by the magazine's editors and writers, it sold in large numbers&mdash;around 50,000 had been produced at last count. Even as we were working on that first disc, however, we had plans to produce a second disc that would expand on the usefulness of the first and feature a more varied selection of music. The result is our <I>Test CD 2</I>, introduced this month for just <A HREF="http://ssl.blueearth.net/primedia/home.php">$7.95 plus postage and handling</A>. With a playing time of over 74 minutes, the new disc should prove an invaluable tool to help audiophiles optimally set up their systems and rooms by ear&mdash;and the music's pretty good, too!&mdash;<B>John Atkinson</B>

Back in the Spring of 1990, <I>Stereophile</I> introduced its <A HREF="http://www.stereophile.com//reference/176/">first <I>Test CD</I></A>. Featuring a mixture of test signals and musical tracks recorded by the magazine's editors and writers, it sold in large numbers&mdash;around 50,000 had been produced at last count. Even as we were working on that first disc, however, we had plans to produce a second disc that would expand on the usefulness of the first and feature a more varied selection of music. The result is our <I>Test CD 2</I>, introduced this month for just <A HREF="http://ssl.blueearth.net/primedia/home.php">$7.95 plus postage and handling</A>. With a playing time of over 74 minutes, the new disc should prove an invaluable tool to help audiophiles optimally set up their systems and rooms by ear&mdash;and the music's pretty good, too!&mdash;<B>John Atkinson</B>

Back in the Spring of 1990, <I>Stereophile</I> introduced its <A HREF="http://www.stereophile.com//reference/176/">first <I>Test CD</I></A>. Featuring a mixture of test signals and musical tracks recorded by the magazine's editors and writers, it sold in large numbers&mdash;around 50,000 had been produced at last count. Even as we were working on that first disc, however, we had plans to produce a second disc that would expand on the usefulness of the first and feature a more varied selection of music. The result is our <I>Test CD 2</I>, introduced this month for just <A HREF="http://ssl.blueearth.net/primedia/home.php">$7.95 plus postage and handling</A>. With a playing time of over 74 minutes, the new disc should prove an invaluable tool to help audiophiles optimally set up their systems and rooms by ear&mdash;and the music's pretty good, too!&mdash;<B>John Atkinson</B>

Back in the Spring of 1990, <I>Stereophile</I> introduced its <A HREF="http://www.stereophile.com//reference/176/">first <I>Test CD</I></A>. Featuring a mixture of test signals and musical tracks recorded by the magazine's editors and writers, it sold in large numbers&mdash;around 50,000 had been produced at last count. Even as we were working on that first disc, however, we had plans to produce a second disc that would expand on the usefulness of the first and feature a more varied selection of music. The result is our <I>Test CD 2</I>, introduced this month for just <A HREF="http://ssl.blueearth.net/primedia/home.php">$7.95 plus postage and handling</A>. With a playing time of over 74 minutes, the new disc should prove an invaluable tool to help audiophiles optimally set up their systems and rooms by ear&mdash;and the music's pretty good, too!&mdash;<B>John Atkinson</B>

Back in the Spring of 1990, <I>Stereophile</I> introduced its <A HREF="http://www.stereophile.com//reference/176/">first <I>Test CD</I></A>. Featuring a mixture of test signals and musical tracks recorded by the magazine's editors and writers, it sold in large numbers&mdash;around 50,000 had been produced at last count. Even as we were working on that first disc, however, we had plans to produce a second disc that would expand on the usefulness of the first and feature a more varied selection of music. The result is our <I>Test CD 2</I>, introduced this month for just <A HREF="http://ssl.blueearth.net/primedia/home.php">$7.95 plus postage and handling</A>. With a playing time of over 74 minutes, the new disc should prove an invaluable tool to help audiophiles optimally set up their systems and rooms by ear&mdash;and the music's pretty good, too!&mdash;<B>John Atkinson</B>

Author and television producer Howard J. Blumenthal has completed his Jazz and World Music <I>CD Listener's Guides</I>, the first two volumes in a four-volume series. The publications include brief biographies of the top artists in each genre, arranged alphabetically, and hundreds of short reviews of the discs the author considers essential.

Media conglomerate <A HREF="http://www.viacom.com">Viacom</A&gt;, parent company of <A HREF="http://blockbuster.com"&gt; Blockbuster Music</A>, has reportedly put the ailing chain on the auction block. Most likely buyer is Torrance, California-based music retailer <A HREF="http://wherehouse.com">Wherehouse Entertainment, Inc.</A>, which has 220 stores of its own, primarily on the West Coast. On Wednesday, May 13, Reuters news service reported that Wherehouse had tendered an offer of $200 million for Blockbuster. Wherehouse has been in intermittent discussions for several months with Viacom.