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                                                                   EXHIBIT 10.15

                                                                  EXECUTION COPY

         FIFTH AMENDMENT dated as of September 12, 2002 (this "Amendment") to
the Amended and Restated Credit Agreement dated as of April 27, 2001 (as
amended, amended and restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to
time, the ("Credit Agreement") among MTS, INCORPORATED, a California corporation
("MTS"); TOWER RECORDS KABUSHIKI KAISHA, a Japanese corporation ("TRKK", and
together with MTS, the "Borrowers"); the LENDERS party thereto (the "Lenders");
and JPMORGAN CHASE BANK (f/k/a The Chase Manhattan Bank), as Administrative
Agent (in such capacity, the "Agent").

         WHEREAS, the Borrowers, the Lenders and the Agent are parties to the
Credit Agreement; and

         WHEREAS, the Borrowers have requested that the Maturity Date under the
Credit Agreement be extended to September 30, 2002 and the Lenders party hereto
are willing to amend the Credit Agreement on the terms and conditions
hereinafter set forth.

         NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual agreements herein
contained and other good and valuable consideration, the sufficiency and receipt
of which is hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto hereby agree as follows:

         SECTION 1. Defined Terms. Capitalized terms used and not defined herein
shall have the meanings given to them in the Credit Agreement, as amended
hereby.

         SECTION 2. Amendments to the Credit Agreement. Section 1.01 of the
Credit Agreement is hereby amended by amending and restating the definition of
"Maturity Date" in its entirety as follows:

         "Maturity Date means September 30, 2002."

         SECTION 3. Effect of Amendment. Except as expressly set forth herein,
this Amendment shall not by implication or otherwise limit, impair, constitute a
waiver of, or otherwise affect the rights or remedies of the Lenders, the
Collateral Agent or the Administrative Agent under the Credit Agreement, as
amended by this Amendment, or any other Loan Document, and shall not alter,
modify, amend or in any way affect any of the terms, conditions, obligations,
covenants or agreements contained in the Credit Agreement, as amended by this
Amendment, or any other Loan document, all of which are ratified and affirmed in
all respects and shall continue in full force and effect. Nothing herein shall
be deemed to entitle any Borrower to a consent to, or a waiver, amendment,
modification or other change of, any of the terms, conditions, obligations,
covenants or agreements contained in the Credit Agreement, as amended by this
Amendment, or any other Loan Document in similar or different circumstances.
This Amendment shall apply and be effective only with respect to the provisions
of the Credit Agreement set forth herein. After the date hereof, any reference
to the Credit Agreement shall
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mean the Credit Agreement as modified hereby. This Amendment shall constitute a
"Loan Document" for all purposes of the Credit Agreement and the other Loan
Documents.

         SECTION 4. Representations and Warranties. Each of the Borrowers hereby
represents and warrants to the Agent and the Lenders as of the date hereof as
follows:

         (a) No Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be
continuing after giving effect to this Amendment.

         (b) The execution, delivery and performance by each of the Borrowers of
this Amendment have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate and other
action and do not and will not require any registration with, consent or
approval of, notice to or action by, any Person (including any Governmental
Authority) in order to be effective and enforceable. The Credit Agreement as
amended by this Amendment constitute the legal, valid and binding obligation of
each of the Borrowers, enforceable against them in accordance with its terms,
subject to applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or
other laws affecting creditors' rights generally and subject to general
principles of equity, regardless of whether considered in a proceeding in equity
or at law.

         (c) All representations and warranties of the Borrowers contained in
Article III of the Credit Agreement are true and correct as of the date hereof
(except for representations or warranties that expressly relate to an earlier
date, in which case such representations and warranties are true and correct as
of such earlier date).

         SECTION 5. Effectiveness. This Amendment shall become effective
following receipt by the Agent of counterparts hereof duly executed and
delivered by the Borrowers and each of the Lenders.

         SECTION 6. Costs and Expenses. Each Borrower hereby agrees, jointly and
severally, to reimburse the Agent for its out-of-pocket expenses in connection
with this Amendment, including the reasonable fees, charges and disbursements of
Cravath, Swain & Moore, counsel for the Agent.

         SECTION 7. Counterparts. This Amendment may be executed in any number
of counterparts and by different parties hereto on separate counterparts, each
of which when so executed and delivered shall be deemed an original, but all of
which together shall constitute a single instrument. Delivery of an executed
counterpart of a signature page of this Amendment by facsimile transmission
shall be as effective as delivery of a manually executed counterpart hereof.

         SECTION 8. GOVERNING LAW. THIS AMENDMENT AND THE RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS
OF THE PARTIES HERETO SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE
LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.

         SECTION 9. Submission to Jurisdiction. The provisions of Section 9.09
of the Credit Agreement shall apply mutates mutandis to this Amendment and any
action or proceeding in respect hereof.
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         SECTION 10. Headings. The headings of this Amendment are for purposes
of reference only and shall not limit or otherwise affect the meaning hereof.

         IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Amendment to be
duly executed and delivered by their respective proper and duly authorized
officers as of the day and year first above written.

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                                               MTS, INCORPORATED

                                               By
                                                   /s/ DeVaughn D. Searson
                                                   -----------------------------
                                                   Name:  DeVaughn D. Searson
                                                   Title: Secretary

                                               TOWER RECORDS KABUSHIKI KAISHA,

                                               By
                                                   /s/ DeVaughn D. Searson
                                                   -----------------------------
                                                   Name:  DeVaughn D. Searson
                                                   Title:  Director

                                               JPMORGAN CHASE BANK (f/k/a THE
                                               CHASE MANHATTAN BANK),
                                               individually and as
                                               Administrative Agent,

                                               By
                                                   /s/ Susan E. Atkins
                                                   -----------------------------
                                                   Name:  Susan E. Atkins
                                                   Title:  Managing Director
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                                                               SIGNATURE PAGE TO
                                                                 FIFTH AMENDMENT
                                                                     TO MTS/TRKK
                                           AMENDED AND RESTATED CREDIT AGREEMENT

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                                               To approve the Amendment:
                                               Name of Institution:

                                               BNP Paribas

                                               by:
                                                   /s/ Barbara Eppolito
                                                   -----------------------------
                                                   Name:  Barbara Eppolito
                                                   Title:  Vice President

                                                   /s/ Edward V. Canale
                                                   -----------------------------
                                                   Name:  Edward V. Canale
                                                   Title:  Managing Director
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                                                               SIGNATURE PAGE TO
                                                                 FIFTH AMENDMENT
                                                                     TO MTS/TRKK
                                           AMENDED AND RESTATED CREDIT AGREEMENT

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                                               To approve the Amendment:
                                               Name of Institution:

                                               California Bank & Trust

                                               by:
                                                   /s/ Robert K. Chaulk
                                                   -----------------------------
                                                   Name:  Robert K. Chaulk
                                                   Title:  Senior Vice President
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                                                               SIGNATURE PAGE TO
                                                                 FIFTH AMENDMENT
                                                                     TO MTS/TRKK
                                           AMENDED AND RESTATED CREDIT AGREEMENT

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                                               To approve the Amendment:
                                               Name of Institution:

                                               Lloyds TSB Bank plc

                                               by:
                                                   /s/ Nicholas J. Bruce
                                                   -----------------------------
                                                   Name:  Nicholas J. Bruce
                                                   Title: Vice President
                                                          Credit Services

                                                   /s/ Matthew A.L. Packham
                                                   -----------------------------
                                                   Name:  Matthew A.L. Packham
                                                   Title: Assistant Director
                                                          Credit Services
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                                                               SIGNATURE PAGE TO
                                                                 FIFTH AMENDMENT
                                                                     TO MTS/TRKK
                                           AMENDED AND RESTATED CREDIT AGREEMENT

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                                               To approve the Amendment:
                                               Name of Institution:

                                               The Mitsubishi Trust and Banking
                                               Corporation

                                               by:
                                                   /s/ Hiroyuki Tsuru
                                                   -----------------------------
                                                   Name:  Hiroyuki Tsuru
                                                   Title: Deputy General Manager
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                                                               SIGNATURE PAGE TO
                                                                 FIFTH AMENDMENT
                                                                     TO MTS/TRKK
                                           AMENDED AND RESTATED CREDIT AGREEMENT

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                                               To approve the Amendment:
                                               Name of Institution:

                                               Mizuho Corporate Bank, Ltd.
                                               (f/k/a The Fuji Bank, Limited)

                                               by:
                                                   /s/ Masahito Fukuda
                                                   -----------------------------
                                                   Name:  Masahito Fukuda
                                                   Title: Senior Vice President
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                                                               SIGNATURE PAGE TO
                                                                 FIFTH AMENDMENT
                                                                     TO MTS/TRKK
                                           AMENDED AND RESTATED CREDIT AGREEMENT

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                                               To approve the Amendment:
                                               Name of Institution:

                                               Societe Generale

                                               by:
                                                   /s/ R. Wayne Hutton
                                                   -----------------------------
                                                   Name:  R. Wayne Hutton
                                                   Title:  Director Corporate Banking
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                                                               SIGNATURE PAGE TO
                                                                 FIFTH AMENDMENT
                                                                     TO MTS/TRKK
                                           AMENDED AND RESTATED CREDIT AGREEMENT

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                                               To approve the Amendment:
                                               Name of Institution:

                                               Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation

                                               by:
                                                   /s/ William M. Ginn
                                                   -----------------------------
                                                   Name:  William M. Ginn
                                                   Title: General Manager
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                                                               SIGNATURE PAGE TO
                                                                 FIFTH AMENDMENT
                                                                     TO MTS/TRKK
                                           AMENDED AND RESTATED CREDIT AGREEMENT

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                                               To approve the Amendment:
                                               Name of Institution:
                                               UFJ Bank Limited

                                               by:

                                                   /s/ Toshiko Boyd
                                                   -----------------------------
                                                   Name:  Toshiko Boyd
                                                   Title: Vice President
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                                                               SIGNATURE PAGE TO
                                                                 FIFTH AMENDMENT
                                                                     TO MTS/TRKK
                                           AMENDED AND RESTATED CREDIT AGREEMENT

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                                               To approve the Amendment:
                                               Name of Institution:

                                               Union Bank of
                                               California, NA

                                               by:

                                                   /s/ Cecilia M. Valente
                                                   -----------------------------
                                                   Name:  Cecilia M. Valente
                                                   Title:  Senior Vice President
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                                                               SIGNATURE PAGE TO
                                                                 FIFTH AMENDMENT
                                                                     TO MTS/TRKK
                                           AMENDED AND RESTATED CREDIT AGREEMENT

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                                               To approve the Amendment:
                                               Name of Institution:
                                               U.S. Bank National Association

                                               by:

                                                   /s/ Mark A. Esnob
                                                   -----------------------------
                                                   Name:  Mark A. Esnob
                                                   Title:  Vice President
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                                                               SIGNATURE PAGE TO
                                                                 FIFTH AMENDMENT
                                                                     TO MTS/TRKK
                                           AMENDED AND RESTATED CREDIT AGREEMENT

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                                               To approve the Amendment:
                                               Name of Institution:

                                               Wachovia Bank, National Association

                                               by:
                                                   /s/ Colleen McCullum
                                                   -----------------------------
                                                   Name:  Colleen McCullum
                                                   Title: Director
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Exhibit 10.13    
  

 
 

FIFTH AMENDMENT TO REVOLVING CREDIT,
  TERM LOAN AND SECURITY AGREEMENT    
  

        This FIFTH AMENDMENT TO REVOLVING CREDIT, TERM LOAN AND SECURITY AGREEMENT (this "Amendment") is made and entered
into as of July 16, 2002, by and among AAF-MCQUAY INC., a Delaware corporation "Borrower"); the various financial institutions
listed on the signature pages hereof and their respective successors and permitted assigns which become "Lenders"; and PNC BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, a
national association ("PNC"), as collateral and administrative agent for Lenders (PNC, together with its successors in such capacity, the "Agent"). 

Recitals:  

        Agent, Lenders and Borrower are parties to a certain Revolving Credit, Term Loan and Security Agreement dated September 30, 1999 (as at any time amended,
the "Credit Agreement") pursuant to which Lenders have made certain revolving credit and term loans to Borrower. 

        The
parties desire to amend the Credit Agreement as hereinafter set forth. 

        NOW,
THEREFORE, for TEN DOLLARS ($10.00) in hand paid and other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby severally acknowledged, the parties
hereto, intending to be legally bound hereby, agree as follows: 

        1.    Definitions.    All capitalized terms used in this Amendment,
unless otherwise defined herein, shall have the meaning ascribed to such terms in the Credit Agreement. 

        2.    Consent to Purchase of Additional Public Notes.    In the Third
Amendment to Revolving Credit, Term Loan and Security Agreement dated June 26, 2001, and effective as of April 1, 2001, among Borrower, Agent and Lenders (the "Third Amendment"), in
response to Borrower's request, Agent and Lenders consented to Borrower's repurchase of up to an aggregate principal amount of $35,000,000 of outstanding Public Notes upon the terms and subject to the
conditions set forth in the Third Amendment. Borrower represents to Agent and Lenders that Borrower has repurchased an aggregate principal amount of $31,166,000 of Public Notes during the period
commencing on December 5, 2000, and ending on July 15, 2002. Borrower has now requested that Agent and Lenders consent to Borrower's repurchase of up to an aggregate principal amount of
$15,000,000 of outstanding Public Notes, for a total principal amount of outstanding Public Notes that may be purchased by Borrower of $50,000,000. Agent and Lenders hereby consent, including without
limitation any consent required under Section 7.17 therefor, to Borrower's repurchase of up to an aggregate principal amount of $15,000,000 of outstanding Public Notes, for a total principal
amount of outstanding Public Notes that may be purchased by Borrower of $50,000,000, provided each of the following conditions is satisfied as of the time of each such repurchase: (a) Lenders
have not accelerated the maturity or demanded payment of the Obligations under the Credit Agreement, whether or not Borrower has received notice of such acceleration or demand for payment,
(b) each such repurchase is at no time violative of the Indenture, the Public Notes, or any of the other agreements, instruments and documents executed in respect of the transactions
contemplated by the Indenture, (c) the funds used to repurchase the Public Notes (i) are received by Borrower either (V) as dividends from one or more Subsidiaries, (W) as
repayments of Permitted Investments previously made by Borrower in one or more Subsidiaries, (X) as the proceeds of loans to Borrower from one or more Subsidiaries provided that such loans are
permitted under both the Credit Agreement and the Indenture, (Y) as the proceeds from the sale of Borrower's Korea Subsidiary, or (Z) as royalties received by Borrower,
(d) Borrower shall give Agent notice at least three (3) Business Days in advance of each proposed repurchase of Public Notes, with such notice specifying the date of the proposed
repurchase, the principal amount of 

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Public Notes being repurchased, and the price to be paid by Borrower to repurchase such Public Notes, and (e) on the date of, and after giving effect to, each such repurchase, Borrower shall
have Undrawn Availability of not less than $20,000,000. 

        3.    Ratification and Reaffirmation.    Borrower hereby ratifies and
reaffirms the Obligations, each of the Loan Documents and all of Borrower's covenants, duties, indebtedness and liabilities under the Loan Documents. 

        4.    Acknowledgments and Stipulations.    Borrower acknowledges and
stipulates that the Credit Agreement and the other Loan Documents executed by Borrower are legal, valid and binding obligations of Borrower that are enforceable against Borrower in accordance with the
terms thereof; all of the Obligations are owing and payable without defense, offset or counterclaim (and to the extent there exists any such defense, offset or counterclaim on the date hereof, the
same is hereby waived by Borrower); the security interests and liens granted by Borrower in favor of Lender are duly perfected, first priority security interests and liens; the unpaid principal amount
of the Revolving A Advances on and as of the opening of business on July 18, 2002, totaled $46,137,522.86; the unpaid principal amount of the Revolving B Advances on and as of the opening of
business on July 18, 2002, totaled $0.00; and the unpaid principal amount of the Term Loan on and as of the opening of business on July 18, 2002, totaled $12,450,000. 

        5.    Representations and Warranties.    Borrower represents and
warrants to Agent and Lenders, to induce Agent and Lenders to enter into this Amendment, that no Default or Event of Default exists on the date hereof; the execution, delivery and performance of this
Amendment have been duly authorized by all requisite corporate action on the part of Borrower and this Amendment has been duly executed and delivered by Borrower; and all of the representations and
warranties made by Borrower in the Credit Agreement are true and correct on and as of the date hereof. 

        6.    Breach of Amendment.    This Amendment shall be part of the
Credit Agreement and a breach of any of any representation, warranty or covenant herein shall constitute an Event of Default. 

        7.    Expenses of Agent and Lenders.    Borrower agrees to pay,  on demand,
all reasonable costs and expenses incurred by Agent and Lenders in connection with the preparation, negotiation and execution of this
Amendment and any other Loan Documents executed pursuant hereto and any and all amendments, modifications, and supplements thereto, including, without limitation, the costs and fees of Agent's legal
counsel and any taxes or expenses associated with or incurred in connection with any instrument or agreement referred to herein or contemplated hereby. 

        8.    Effectiveness; Governing Law.    This Amendment shall be
effective upon acceptance by Agent and Lenders (notice of which acceptance is hereby waived), whereupon the same shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the internal laws of the State of
New York. 

        9.    Successors and Assigns.    This Amendment shall be binding upon
and inure to the benefit of the parties hereto and their respective successors and assigns. 

        10.    No Novation, etc.    Except as otherwise expressly provided in
this Amendment, nothing herein shall be deemed to amend or modify any provision of the Credit Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents, each of which shall remain in full force and effect. This
Amendment is not intended to be, nor shall it be construed to create, a novation or accord and satisfaction, and the Credit Agreement as herein modified shall continue in full force and effect. 

        11.    Counterparts; Telecopied Signatures.    This Amendment may be
executed in any number of counterparts and by different parties to this Amendment on separate counterparts, each of which, when so executed, shall be deemed an original, but all such counterparts
shall constitute one and the same agreement. Any signature delivered by a party by facsimile transmission shall be deemed to be an original signature hereto. 

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        12.    Further Assurances.    Borrower agrees to take such further
actions as Agent and Lenders shall reasonably request from time to time in connection herewith to evidence or give effect to the amendments set forth herein or any of the transactions contemplated
hereby. 

        13.    Section Titles.    Section titles and references used in this
Amendment shall be without substantive meaning or content of any kind whatsoever and are not a part of the agreements among the parties hereto. 

        14.    Release of Claims.    To induce Agent
and Lenders to enter into this Amendment, Borrower hereby releases, acquits and forever discharges Agent and each Lender, and all their respective officers, directors, agents, employees, successors
and assigns of Lender, from any and all liabilities, claims, demands, actions or causes of action of any kind or nature (if there be any), whether absolute or contingent, disputed or undisputed, at
law or in equity, or known or unknown, that Borrower now has or ever had against Agent and each Lender arising under or in connection with any of the Loan Documents or otherwise. Borrower represents
and warrants to Agent and Lenders that Borrower has not transferred or assigned to any Person any claim that Borrower ever had or claimed to have against Agent or any Lender.  

        15.    Waiver of Jury
Trial.    To the fullest extent permitted by Applicable Law, the parties hereto each hereby waives the right to trial by jury in any action,
suit, counterclaim or proceeding arising out of or related to this Amendment.  

        IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Amendment to be duly executed under seal, and delivered by their respective duly authorized officers on
the date first written above. 

	ATTEST:	 	AAF-MCQUAY INC.

("Borrower")
	

 	
 	

 	
 	

By:	

	Name:	 	
	 	Name:	

	Title:	 	
	 	Title:	

	

 	
 	

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	 	 	PNC BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as a Lender and as Agent
	

 	
 	

By:	

	 	 	Name:	

	 	 	Title:	

	

 	
 	
 BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., as a Lender
	

 	
 	

By:	

	 	 	Name:	

	 	 	Title:	

	

 	
 	
 US BANK N.A. (f/k/a Firstar Bank, N.A.), as a Lender
	

 	
 	

By:	

	 	 	Name:	

	 	 	Title:	

	

 	
 	
 FLEET CAPITAL CORPORATION, as a Lender
	

 	
 	

By:	

	 	 	Name:	

	 	 	Title:	

	

 	
 	
 BANK ONE, MICHIGAN, as a Lender
	

 	
 	

By:	

	 	 	Name:	

	 	 	Title:	

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