... the giants of electronic entertainment was preparing to play multi-billion poker over a new format.
... they came to their sences and decided on a single DVD format.
... ARA proposed how to best use DVD to store music on it.
... we were reassured that TAS was not dead after all.
... it was nearly impossible to sell a DAC without the HDCD-logo on it.
... it was nearly impossible to find a CD with the HDCD-logo on it.
... people no longer laughed every time they saw a tube amplifier.
... we were reassured that the next issue of TAS was "at the printer" .
... the industry realized that they could earn more by selling 5 loudspeakers instead of 2.
... the retailers and the manufacturers discovered they they could easily offer information about their products and get in contact with their customers over Internet.
... the HiFi-press also discovered the net, but did not quite know what to do with it.
... we were reassured that the next issue of TAS was "in the process of being mailed" .
... Stereophile were getting too much influence over the industry.
... the word "analog" was used to describe how good a CD-player was.
... second-hand stores were full of 40 year old men seeking LP's.