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 Radio Stations

• Mark's page of Real Audio Radio Station Links. A big list of radio stations, jukeboxes, and other web music sources. The bandwidth requirements are pretty demanding on a modem connection, but being able to listen to 'broadcast' music from all over the planet is truly one of the cooler things about the web. Check it out. MP3 resources are on this page.
   
• WXYC 89.3 FM in Chapel Hill, NC. Real Audio G2 and 16k mono live broadcast. Our very own!

 MP3 Resources

• Streams
  - Live 365 com. Multichannel streaming MP3s.
  - Deeper Into Music. Deep cuts from K. Weston. Now with forums.
  - Radio Paradise. Take a break from that commercial crap.
  - Slacker. Personal radio. Your music, without the work.
  - Last FM. The social music revolution.
  - Pandora. Builds intelligent playlists based on your preferences.
  - MP3 Com. Stream, or D/L individual songs.
  
• Other MP3 Resources
  - Mac Digital Audio. MP3 info for Macs.
  - Shareware Music Machine. MP3 info and resources.
  - MP3 Machine. MP3 info and resources.
  - Zero Paid. File sharing portal.
  - MP3 Newswire Net. MP3 News and Info.
  
• Local Music & Stuff
  - Return to Comboland.
  - Comboland Radio Website.
  - Metro Magizine. Local events and culture.

 Music Vendors

• CD Universe.
• CD Now. Assimilated by Amazon.
• In Sound. We love vinyl more.
• Forced Exposure. Somerville, MA.
• Aquarius Records. San Francisco, CA.
• Groove Unlimited. The Netherlands.
• Music Masters Worldwide. Darien, IL.
• Other Music. New York, NY.
• Djangos. Possible music vendor.
• Audio Lunchbox. Preview, d/l tracks, build albums.
• Note: If you need a comprehensive music database, visit the All-Music Guide.

 Other Music Resources

• Music Sites
  - Experimental Music at the BBC site.
  - IUMA. Internet Underground Music Archive.
  - eFolkMusic. "Pick it up and carry it on ..."
  - ATN Addicted to Noise.
  - imusic.
  - Perfect Sound Forever.
  - Pete Townshend.
  - Neil Young.
  - Radio Real World. Peter Gabriel.
  - Good catalogue of Banco de Gaia at Global Trance.
  - Experience Music Project. Jimi Hendrix.
  - Music Plasma. Graphs relationships between music groups.
  - AMG. All-Music Guide.
• Periodicals & Journals
  - NME. New Musical Express.
  - CMJ. New music.
  - Oxford American. Literary magazine. Annual roots music issue.
  - No Depression. An alternative country Bimonthly.
  - Trouser Press. The bible of alternative rock since 1983.
  - Rolling Stone. Still relevant after all these years?
• Compact Disk Database
  - CDDB web site.
  - A list of CDDB servers.
• Labels
  - Mammoth Records. Record label.
  - Luaka Bop. David Byrne.
  - Alligator Records. Roots, blues.
  - Rhino Records. Reissues.
  - American Recordings. Johnny Cash.
  - Smithsonian Folkways. Recordings at the Smithsonian.
• Other Sites
  - Mark's Dead Links. Grateful Dead links.
  - Selected Reviews. Especially Jazz and Electronica, by David Martinelli, Electronics Technician, Department of Ethnomusicology, UCLA.
  - The Ultimate Band List. Kind of similar to the All-Music Guide.
  - List of electronic music genres from the Wikipedia, an an open-content encyclopedia.

 Audiophile Boards & Other Resources

• Audioholics. Online AV magazine. Reviews, forums, store.
• Audio Karma. All audio, no attitude. Articles, forums.
• ecoustics. Guides, forums.
• Audiogon. Auctions, forums.
• Audiophile Candy. Articles, reviews, how-to, forums.
• The Vinyl Tourist. A record collector's site.
• Crutchfield Connector Gallery. Home A/V connections photo gallery.
• TWC Home AV Tips. Time-Warner Cable home AV tips.
• Amazon HD Primer. High-def 101.

 Home Audio Manufacturers

• NAD. London, England.
• Cambridge Audio. UK.
• Rotel. US.
• Adcom. US.
• Music Hall. Turntables.
  - also Creek Audio products. Phono preamps, audio components.
• Sumiko. Phono cartridges, audio components.
  - also distributes Pro-Ject phono products.
• Grado. Headphone, phono catridges.
• Denon. Nippon Columbia Co., Ltd.
• Nakamichi.
• Kenwood.
• Aiwa.
• Technics. Matsushita Electric Corporation.
• Panasonic. Matsushita Electric Corporation.
• Yamaha. Consumer Electronics.
• Acoustic Research.

 Home Audio Retail Vendors

• Etronics.Com. Audio and home electronics.
• J & R Music World. Lots of stuff!
• B & H. AV vendor.
• Crutchfield. Home and car audio.
• Federal Stereo. Vendor.
• Cambridge Soundworks. Vendor.
• Good Sound. Vendor. Your guide to affordable high-performance audio.
• Audio Advisor. Mid to high-end audio.
• Whetstone Audio. Vendor. Has 'recommended' packages.
• HCM Audio. Low-end site with high-end audio.
• Saturday Audio Exchange. Mid to high-end audio.
• YAWA Online. High-end audio.
• Stereotypes. High-end. Has 'recommended' packages.
• AudioAdvice. High-end. Local.
• Headphones
  - Head Room. Headphone info.
  - Head-Fi. Forums.
  

 Home Audio Parts & Accessories

• Parts Express. Electronics & more.
• Miles Tek. Electronics parts.
• Home Tech Solutions. Whole-house audio, wire, connectors.
• Smart Home. Home automation, connectors, switch plates.
• Future Home Systems. Whole-house audio.
• Acoustic Research accessories, Performance Series interconnects
• Monster Cable. Cable, connectors, power strips.
• WBT. High-end German-engineered connectors.
• Audio Discounter. Good prices on AR cables.
• TVsDepot. (possible cheap AR cables).
• eforcity. Cables, ipod accessories (from Amazon wih list).

 Teleport to:

• Mark's Home Page.
• Mark's Net Resource Page.
• Mark's Possible Links Page.
• Mark's Radio Stations Page.
• Mark's Master Index Page.

 
 

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