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Mikey!

Bob Reina.

I'd invite Sam Tellig over to my house. Sam is right on with his recommendations and he's witty and engaging. Obviously, we'd have a great time listenting to music, discussing equipment, drinking vodka together, and talking about all the colorful friends, relatives, and pets that make cameo appearances in Sam's column!

None. Stereophile writers are too fussy. Nothing is ever quite good enough, and every product reviewed, no matter how expensive, has some sort of flaw. My real-world working-Joe system would undoubtedly have Stereophile's "golden ears" running and screaming in agony.

Sam Tellig. I'd like to show him why you need a flat (benign) impedance for tube amps.

Why stop at one? Art, Mikey, Sam, John

Fremer! He's far and away my favorite writer. We could talk politics all night, too.

Sam Telig. I value his opinion on audio products.

sam tellig

Art Dudley. We could talk about politics. I was going to say Wes, because he's the wittiest and funniest (they're not always the same, unfortunately) guy you have. But why waste time laughing when you can argue? Still, I've never seen Elizabeth. Hmmmm...now, there's an idea!

Sam Tellig because he reviews things I can afford. Art Dudley because I think he has a screw loose somewhere and would be fun to talk to.

My parties alway have the music as the central focus, not the neurosis of listening to half a track before changing cables, fiddling with VTA, adding or subtracting Mpingo doo-hickies, re-wiring the listening room back to the mains etc. I'd be happy to indulge their obsessions on any other occasion but NEVER DURING A PARTY!

Sam Tellig, because he tells the best stories and has the sharpest wit.

I'd pick one of Stereophile's music reviewers, like Thomas Conrad or Robert Levine, and preferably both of those gentlemen. An evening discussing music sounds far preferable to an evening spent picking nits with one of your hardware writers.

This is very hard to answer because I find Stereophile's writers to be extremely interesting. First selection: Art Dudley

I'd pick Michael Fremer for an audio party because he's flamboyant, colorful, opinionated, and entertaining.

Robert Baird and I would pester him for all those stories about musicians that he just tells his dinner guests.

Wes Phillips. His writing always makes me feel like I'm right beside him checking out a new component. He also likes odd music which is where I'm at too.

Michael Fremer, no doubt. Even a turntable like my simple Rega is way tweakier than any other piece of hi-fi kit. Oh, and Mikey, there's a good one thousand LPs to clean here.. ;)

Aww....why can't we select? I want to see who won without trawling through pages of words counting up names!

Art Dudley, whether he helped me improve the system or not, he seems like he'd a fun person to spend an evening working and talking around audio and any and all other subjects.

Could we choose Roy Hall? He seems to think he owns your rag.

I would probably pick Art Dudley. He's intelligent, thought provoking, with a great sense of humor whose politics would make for some lively conversation. To top things off, he's not a bad reviewer either.

John Marks

Kalman Rubinson, he's the only one interested in surround sound.

Sam Tellig! He is a great conversationalist. I love his articles!

Open invitation hereby publicly issued to the one(s) most in need of a break from conversation about stereo equipment. Come on over and let's talk about Wm Burroughs, Salman Rushdie, contemporary art, contemporary politics and the shift of power from states to corporations, the demise of constitutionalism, contemporary wars that nobody follows, Henry V, Burgundies, slow food, the promise of love and the blessings of music on our lives. That should be so much more rewarding than babbling technology back and forth.

mr. atkinson...

Sam Tellig. He writes the most interesting articles.

Michael Fremer for his great sense of humor, love of vinyl and overall knowledge.