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Just as quickly as we learn that any new Radiohead tracks will soon require your wallet, Nine Inch Nails opens up with two free singles and then a complete album, all for free.

Following up on the success of Ghosts, Trent Reznor and his crew offered up both Discipline and Echoplex as singles, both of which are available as free downloads. While its nice to get the odd track for free we could not really expect to get a complete album, but that is exactly where they have gone.

The most recent release is the 10-track album called The Slip, and it is 100% free, both in terms of DRM and money. Its available for download in a variety of formats ranging from MP3 up to lossless and even if you wanted you cannot pay. Although Trent Reznor has been very public in the past about his dislike for the record industry, he has really been standing behind those words lately.

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The Pioneer VSX-516 is a 6.1 surround sound amplifier that supports WMA Pro. It offers 6x100W speaker outputs, a USB port to connect to a PC, and supports WMA, WMA9 Pro lossless, MP3 and AAC files. It also incorporates the Auto MCACC (Multi Channel Acoustic Calibration System) helping calibrate the sound levels and sharpness for your room and is Dolby and DTS with a a 48bit DSP.

According to Engadget this new model got a decent price drop: from Pioneer’s equal 2003 amp selling for about $4,400 while this new model will sell for around $440 (unless someone just forgot a 0).

Read [Akihabara]