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How to make your speakers sound better than ever

Since most people listen to music on free earbuds, plastic computer speakers, or car audio systems, it's easy to understand why great-sounding new recordings are rare. Even so, exceptional ones sneak through from time to time, and when I have a stack of candidates, I cover the best new releases here.

"The Raconteurs: Live in Montreux 2008" (Blu-ray) The Raconteurs were formed in 2005 by Jack White of the White Stripes, but this show from 2008 has just been released. The band's ferocious performances sound great here in DTS Master Audio. I like the two Raconteurs … Read more

Road Trip 2008 not welcome at Graceland

MEMPHIS, Tenn.--I guess our version of a little bit of Southern humor didn't go over so well with the folks who run Graceland.

As I was preparing to begin Road Trip 2008, my tour of the South in search of many of the region's most interesting attractions and destinations, it seemed that we needed to have a banner for the special-project page that evinced the South in some way.

Last year, when I did Road Trip 2007 in the Southwest, we took a similar approach, and I dressed in a cowboy hat for the banner photograph.

So … Read more