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Record Store Day recap
Ken Richardson  |  Apr 18, 2011  | 

At the Princeton Record Exchange in Princeton, New Jersey, I got two of the Record Store Day exclusives, both EPs:

• The Decemberists: Live at Bull Moose (CD)

• Kate Bush: Hounds of Love (10-inch pink-marble vinyl)

In addition, I found these:

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Early audiophile?
Michael Berk  |  Apr 18, 2011  | 

Looks like paleontologists have at last pinned down the emergence of the middle ear from the lower jaw during the Mesozoic; it remains to be revealed what Liaoconodon hui—the earliest mammal yet found to possess the distinct malleus, incus, and ectotympanic bones involved in mammalian hea

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Blood in the water
Michael Berk  |  Apr 18, 2011  | 

Grooveshark may still be smarting at its ejection from the App Store last August (well, you can still access the service v

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Happy birthday, Klipsch
Michael Berk  |  Apr 18, 2011  | 

Klipsch turns 65 this year. The venerable US manufacturer (based in Indianapolis since 1989 but still turning out speakers in its Hope, Arkansas plant today) has posted a retrospective video (with some nifty vintage ad images) today tracing the company's evolution from its humble beginnings in ham enthusiast Paul W.

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CE Recycling to Triple by 2016
Mark Fleischmann  |  Apr 18, 2011  | 
Recycling of electronic products will triple by 2016 thanks to the eCycling Leadership Initiative. The aim is to recycle one billion pounds per year by 2016, three times the amount recycled in 2010. That's enough to fill 88.9 billion cubic feet, the equivalent of a 71,000-seat NFL stadium.

How will this be accomplished? By improving consumer awareness of the existing 5000 industry-sponsored collection sites, increasing collection opportunities, and providing transparent metrics.

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The Summer of YouTube
Michael Berk  |  Apr 15, 2011  | 

Google's revamp of YouTube as a platform for live events has generated plenty of excitement already, if mainly for its potential to dominate the rapidly expanding streaming market.

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In case you doubt the power of Twitter
Michael Berk  |  Apr 15, 2011  | 

Seems that a misinterpreted tweet was responsible for Soundgarden's return to active duty.

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Rope Burns!
Mike Mettler  |  Apr 15, 2011  | 

I spoke with producer Butch Vig at length about the all-analog approach he took to recording the Foo Fighters’ kick-ass new album Wasting Light (Roswell/RCA) in bandleader Dave Grohl’s garage.

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Audyssey LFC Controls the Thunder
Mark Fleischmann  |  Apr 15, 2011  | 
The bass rampaging out your subwoofer may be thrilling to you but not to your neighbor. Short of making major structural changes to your home, how can you remedy this awkward problem?

Meet Audyssey LFC. It pulls off a miracle, cutting the excessive low frequencies that plague your neighbor, but without removing bass perception in the room where the home theater system is operating.

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Record Store Day
Ken Richardson  |  Apr 14, 2011  | 

[UPDATE: This year's event is over now, but the RSD Web site remains active all year.]

Since this is the fourth annual Record Store Day, you should know what to do: Go to your local store and buy lotsa "records," be they vinyl LPs, CDs, or whatever else your shop happens to carry.

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Fascinating
Michael Berk  |  Apr 14, 2011  | 

It's no secret that there's a connection between progressive rock and Star Trek fandom - but who woulda thunk it ran so deep?

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From Sharp minds come large products
Michael Berk  |  Apr 14, 2011  | 

Sharp yesterday announced a new line of 70" Aquos Quattron LED-backlit LCD TVs, responding to market research indicating that their target market of 35 to 45 year old men-even those already owning 60"-plus sets-felt a "need to go bigger." The new LC-70LE732U (shipping now at an MSRP of $3,799) is truly immense; the launch event-also a fundraiser for Japan earthquake/tsunami relief-featured the

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Audio Industry Loses Pioneer Sidney Harman
Mark Fleischmann  |  Apr 14, 2011  | 
The man who put the Harman in Harman Kardon and Harman International has died at the age of 92. Sidney Harman was a true pioneer in the consumer electronics industry.

With his partner Bernard Kardon, Harman introduced the first audio receiver in the 1950s, the Festival D1000, combining the hitherto separate functions of power amp, preamp, and radio tuner. Shortly afterward came the first stereo receiver, the Festival TA230.

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Anywhere, anytime, anyhow
Michael Berk  |  Apr 13, 2011  | 

An interesting argument about the future of the music market is brewing over a newly released Nielsen study of online music li

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Sidney Harman 1918–2011
SV Staff  |  Apr 13, 2011  | 
Most recently, he was known as the executive chairman of the merger between Newsweek magazine (which he bought last year) and The Daily Beast. But the readers of Sound+Vision — and before that, Stereo Review, Hi/Fi Stereo Review, Hi/Fi...
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