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RMAF 2006
Order Amidst Chaos
Jason Victor Serinus  |  Oct 23, 2006  |  0 comments
Photographed in a state of mild panic, as your truly was trying to figure out what was wrong with his new Canon digital camera [Answer: nothing but his brain], the dedicated Serinus RMAF work area at the Marriott is pictured in its characteristically unglorious state.
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RMAF 2006
Smiles and Blue Circles
Jason Victor Serinus  |  Oct 23, 2006  |  2 comments
Gilbert Yeung of Blue Circle Audio never fails to brighten my day. In this case, his electronics did likewise.
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RMAF 2006
Green Mountain Ecology
Jason Victor Serinus  |  Oct 23, 2006  |  0 comments
At the suggestion of a fellow BAAS (Bay Area Audiophile Society) member, I abandoned futile attempts to cover every room on a given floor, and instead pinpointed systems that had turned my brothers on. In this case, it was the room shared by Flying Mole Digital and Green Mountain speakers.
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Wes Phillips
Why the Hell Not?
Wes Phillips  |  Oct 23, 2006  |  0 comments
Texas' political scene is clearly crazy—which is just one more reason why Kinky Friedman might make the perfect Texas governor. The state has clearly elected clowns before, why not try a pro?
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Wes Phillips
Semper Dowland; Semper Sting
Wes Phillips  |  Oct 23, 2006  |  2 comments
Sting's recording of Dowland lute songs has certainly generated a lot of hooey—ranging from accusations of Sting making commercial move (yeah, recording a disc of lute songs is sooo calculated to run up the charts) to complaints about Sting's "inauthentic" performance.
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Wes Phillips
Björk 'er, Danno
Wes Phillips  |  Oct 23, 2006  |  0 comments
My gosh, Björk's new video is just lovely. How many levels of recursion can you spot?

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If you had to choose, which do you prefer: delayed Show coverage in the print magazine or live website Show coverage?
John Atkinson  |  Oct 22, 2006  |  0 comments

Until 2006, <I>Stereophile</I> covered audio Shows in the print magazine, usually between three and five months after the event. In 2006, its Show coverage was published almost entirely on this website, live during the Shows. (See, for example, our <A HREF="http://blog.stereophile.com/rmaf2006/">report from this weekend's Rocky Mountain Audio Fest.</A>) Do you appreciate this change in policy and if you had to choose, which do you prefer: delayed coverage in the print magazine or live website coverage?

If you had to choose, which do you prefer: delayed Show coverage in the print magazine or live website Show coverage?
Delayed magazine reports
30% (30 votes)
Live website coverage
65% (65 votes)
Neither
5% (5 votes)
Total votes: 100
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RMAF 2006
Amplifier Enlightenment
Jason Victor Serinus  |  Oct 22, 2006  |  3 comments
As mentioned in the introductory post to this blog, Peter "PJay" Smith (above), Bob Cordell, and Darren Kuzma presented gratis "Amplifier and Loudspeaker Listening and Measurement" clinics throughout the show. One of the clinics, which I was unable to attend, interpreted amplifier measurement data supplied by Stereophile's John Atkinson.
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RMAF 2006
New Sutherlands
Jason Victor Serinus  |  Oct 22, 2006  |  0 comments
My photo of the system in the Acoustic Sounds room featured the Manley Labs Snapper monoblock amplifiers. This was the system front-end, comprising (from top to bottom): Funk Firm Vector Turntable with MK3 tonearm and Lyra Dorian phono cartridge; Sutherland Direct Line Stage; Sutherland's new battery-powered Ph3D phono preamp; and Silver Circle Audio Pure Power One 5.0 power transformer. Rack is the Symposium Acoustics Isis.
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RMAF 2006
Sprays, Sprays, and More Sprays
Jason Victor Serinus  |  Oct 22, 2006  |  3 comments
Somewhere on the 5th floor, around the corner and through the woods on the way to Grandma’s house, I discovered a lovely woman distributing CD Clarity, a water-based, non-toxic spray said to clean, protect, and restore CDs and DVDs. ("Reduce background noise, improve tracking and enhance musical balance, while cleaning and protecting discs from future scratches," says the label). Developed by the late Dave Herren of Oregon, CD Clarity joins an assortment of highly touted treatments, some of which include products from Walker Audio, Jena Labs, Audiotop, Classic Records, and Optrix. Add to that batch Nordost’s Eco3 static inhibitor, which can be sprayed on the label side of CDs.
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