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"At a mere $65,000," Martin Colloms states, the Wilson Audio Specialties X-1/Grand SLAMM loudspeaker system "could be regarded as something of a bargain." MC then goes on to explain himself in great detail. The "longest, most thorough speaker review we have ever published!" notes John Atkinson, wiping the sweat from his brow.

Next, JA invents the explicative audio term "sniffy" as he reviews the Monitor Audio Studio 6 loudspeaker. The Studio 6 may have a bit of a cold, but JA finds that there are still plenty of endearing qualities in this two-way miniature design.

"Each new product that arrives at your door could be the one to pass the J. Gordon Holt 'goose-bump' test, to leave the hairs on your arms permanently erect," JA points out, firing up the Apogee Caliper loudspeaker. Atkinson's 1986 review of the moving-ribbon design fully explains why, for better or worse, they gave him the shivers.

From January 1997, we have Barry Willis' review of the PBN Montana SP loudspeaker. Willis noted, "Inseparable from my personal soap opera, my little audio odyssey has taken some interesting and unexpected turns in the past two dozen months." Also included is BW's followup from August, 2003.

Finally, the most recent installment in our "Recording of the Month" series for the online archives: Recording of March 1994, Pärt: Te Deum, etc. Les Berkley listens to the music of Arvo Pärt and gets all mystic-eyed.