As a card-carrying member of the Audio Engineering Society and an avid audiophile, I was particularly disturbed by the ideas expressed at the 1990 AES Conference entitled "The Sound of Audio." (A report on the papers presented appears in this month's "Industry Update" column.) The tone of the three-day session in May was set during the Conference Chairman's opening remarks. He said that an AES conference on the sound of audio was "unusual" and "out of the mainstream." Further, he expressed a common underlying attitude among the AES that "audiophile claims" (of musical differences between components) have been "nagging us" and are "an annoyance."

As a card-carrying member of the Audio Engineering Society and an avid audiophile, I was particularly disturbed by the ideas expressed at the 1990 AES Conference entitled "The Sound of Audio." (A report on the papers presented appears in this month's "Industry Update" column.) The tone of the three-day session in May was set during the Conference Chairman's opening remarks. He said that an AES conference on the sound of audio was "unusual" and "out of the mainstream." Further, he expressed a common underlying attitude among the AES that "audiophile claims" (of musical differences between components) have been "nagging us" and are "an annoyance."

As a card-carrying member of the Audio Engineering Society and an avid audiophile, I was particularly disturbed by the ideas expressed at the 1990 AES Conference entitled "The Sound of Audio." (A report on the papers presented appears in this month's "Industry Update" column.) The tone of the three-day session in May was set during the Conference Chairman's opening remarks. He said that an AES conference on the sound of audio was "unusual" and "out of the mainstream." Further, he expressed a common underlying attitude among the AES that "audiophile claims" (of musical differences between components) have been "nagging us" and are "an annoyance."

As a card-carrying member of the Audio Engineering Society and an avid audiophile, I was particularly disturbed by the ideas expressed at the 1990 AES Conference entitled "The Sound of Audio." (A report on the papers presented appears in this month's "Industry Update" column.) The tone of the three-day session in May was set during the Conference Chairman's opening remarks. He said that an AES conference on the sound of audio was "unusual" and "out of the mainstream." Further, he expressed a common underlying attitude among the AES that "audiophile claims" (of musical differences between components) have been "nagging us" and are "an annoyance."

When I suggested to editor John Atkinson that the subject of my first "Building A Library" be Wagner's <I>Tannh&#228;user</I>, furrows ploughed his boyish brow. "Why such <I>minor</I> Wagner? Why not the <I>Ring</I>?"

When I suggested to editor John Atkinson that the subject of my first "Building A Library" be Wagner's <I>Tannh&#228;user</I>, furrows ploughed his boyish brow. "Why such <I>minor</I> Wagner? Why not the <I>Ring</I>?"

When I suggested to editor John Atkinson that the subject of my first "Building A Library" be Wagner's <I>Tannh&#228;user</I>, furrows ploughed his boyish brow. "Why such <I>minor</I> Wagner? Why not the <I>Ring</I>?"

When I suggested to editor John Atkinson that the subject of my first "Building A Library" be Wagner's <I>Tannh&#228;user</I>, furrows ploughed his boyish brow. "Why such <I>minor</I> Wagner? Why not the <I>Ring</I>?"

When I suggested to editor John Atkinson that the subject of my first "Building A Library" be Wagner's <I>Tannh&#228;user</I>, furrows ploughed his boyish brow. "Why such <I>minor</I> Wagner? Why not the <I>Ring</I>?"

While the LP-<I>vs</I>-CD debate continues unabated among high-end audiophiles, the rest of the world has already closed the book on the venerable LP. All but a few specialized classical record companies (footnote 1)(and some weird magazines) have ceased releasing new LPs, few record stores sell them any more, and consumers who wouldn't be caught dead owning something that wasn't trendy have long ago dumped their LP collections for cents on the pound.