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Major Investor Calls for Liquid Audio Sale

Barry Willis Sep 16, 2001 First Published: Sep 16, 2001 0 comments

Citing increasing competition from stronger companies and online music ventures about to debut from major record labels, an investment group has taken the drastic step of calling for the sale of Liquid">http://www.liquidaudio.com">Liquid Audio.

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Audio Auction for Charity

Jon Iverson Sep 16, 2001 First Published: Sep 16, 2001 0 comments

In the wake of last week's disasters in New York, Washington, DC, and Pittsburgh, Audio">http://www.audioasylum.com">Audio Asylum and Audiogonhttp://www.audiogon.com">Audiogon; have banded together to co-sponsor a charity auction of audio equipment to benefit the NY Firefighters' Fund and other related charities.

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Stereophile Staff Sep 16, 2001 First Published: Sep 16, 2001 0 comments

Wes Phillips pries a hard-to-acquire Ayre">http://www.stereophile.com//amplificationreviews/412/">Ayre Acoustics V-3 power amplifier out of company hands and puts it to the sonic test. Does the amp live up to its legendary "Best of Show" status? Phillips has the answer.

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Consumer Counterattack

Jon Iverson Sep 09, 2001 First Published: Sep 09, 2001 0 comments

For the last several months, the major record labels have been ramping up what some have viewed as a stealth assault on their customers by increasingly deploying technology that restricts the use of audio CDs (see previoushttp://www.stereophile.com/news/11113/">previous;). While an increasing number of music fans have been crying foul, one consumer has decided to fight back in court.

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Stereophile Staff Sep 09, 2001 First Published: Sep 09, 2001 0 comments

In his review of the Toshiba">http://www.stereophile.com//digitalsourcereviews/407/">Toshiba SD-9200 DVD-Audio player, Chip Stern asks the question "In a rollout of new technologies more or less driven by the expectations of the home-theater crowd, what's in it for us music-lovers?" Stern uncovers the answer and then some, while Kal Rubinson explores the player's surround-music performance.

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Musicians vs. Labels

Barry Willis Sep 09, 2001 First Published: Sep 09, 2001 0 comments

Most aspiring musicians dream of the day they will sign a contract with a major record label. Too often, the dreams become nightmares from which they can escape only much later in life.

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End of An Abso!ute Era?

John Atkinson Sep 09, 2001 First Published: Sep 09, 2001 0 comments

Breaking news at the 2001 CEDIA Expo, held this past weekend in Indianapolis, IN, was that Harry Pearson, founder and editor of bimonthly high-end audio magazine The Absolute Sound, has apparently been moved to one side. According to TAS publisher Mark Fisher, with whom I spoke briefly Sunday morning on the Show floor, the day-to-day editing of the magazine will become the responsibility of erstwhile Stereophile consulting technical editor Robert Harley.

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A Prickly Arrangement

Jon Iverson Sep 09, 2001 First Published: Sep 09, 2001 0 comments

Forget the SACD/DVD-Audio format wars, a more interesting (and potentially more devastating to consumers) battle is brewing among companies racing to add copy protection technology and other restrictions to compact discs.

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EMI, Virgin Records Endorse SACD

Barry Willis Sep 02, 2001 First Published: Sep 02, 2001 0 comments

The Super Audio CD has won the endorsement of two more major record labels, according to press releases issued the last week of August. The announcements followed by only a few days one by Universal">http://www.stereophile.com/news/11123/">Universal Music Group that it would begin producing the high-resolution recordings for mass distribution.

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More Layoffs; Japan Unemployment a Record

Barry Willis Sep 02, 2001 First Published: Sep 02, 2001 0 comments

Just as the Asian economic crisis a few years ago dealt a big blow to American high-end audio manufacturers, the slowing American economy is causing repercussions for Japanese companies.