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Hi everybody,

I'm a newbie to the forums, but a long-time music lover and more recent devotee of the high-end. I'm also a graduate student at MIT studying the history and sociology of technology, and I've made the history of high-end audio the subject of my dissertation research. Part of my research includes going through old back issues of Stereophile and looking at equipment reviews, show reports, and other articles. Lucky for me, I was able to purchase many back issues through Stereophile (thanks again, Stephen!) but I'm still looking for some, particularly the period from the later 1960s through the late 1970s.

Stephen recommended that I post here to see if any of you have back issues from this period you'd be willing to donate or loan for my project. In the case of a loan, I should point out that I do most of my note-taking with voice recognition software so that my materials remain unmarked. If any of you can help out, feel free to reply here or send me an email -- kieran (at) mit.edu

Thanks a lot!!

Kieran Downes

Har har har, a likely story. You are just phishing for some free magazines.... You have to get up pretty early in the morning to fool this crowd.

Talk to Amar Bose, he works there don't he. He knows everything. He's worth more than any and all at the magazine, that means he knows what is best, he's sold it for 40+ years.

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Talk to Amar Bose, he works there don't he. He knows everything. He's worth more than any and all at the magazine, that means he knows what is best, he's sold it for 40+ years.

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Har har har, a likely story. You are just phishing for some free magazines.... You have to get up pretty early in the morning to fool this crowd.

Actually, this is a real academic project, not a scam. If folks are able to help, I'm happy to send any copies of their magazines back when I've finished reading through them. This isn't totally up to date, but if folks are interested, this page gives some more details about my program:

http://web.mit.edu/hasts/graduate/downes.html

Thanks!

Kieran

I know, I was just joking around....

I don't have any magazines, Kieran, but your area of research sounds very interesting. I may have a solid state amplifier, but I'll be buying a turntable soon!

Stereophile's homepage has lots of research material. Also, contact the editors. This here is the peanut gallery.