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As We See It
A View Into the Soundstage
John Atkinson  |  Jun 09, 2007  |  First Published: Mar 09, 1990  |  0 comments
Stuck out here in the desert depths of the Southwest, we look forward to visits from out-of-towners. So when David Wilson, one-time audio reviewer but now full-time high-end manufacturer, called to say he was going to be in Santa Fe, there was a flurry of activity. David had agreed to an interview, so I started going through back issues of The Absolute Sound and Stereophile for background. Vol.6 No.2 of Stereophile from 1983, with its front-cover photograph of David and Sheryl Lee Wilson with their WAMM speaker system, seemed a good place to start—except that nothing inside the magazine corresponded to the cover picture. It was the next issue that had featured Larry Archibald's write-up on the WAMM, and once I opened its pages, I got trapped into reading the entire issue.
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As We See ItJ. Gordon Holt
Transparent, My Dear Watson
J. Gordon Holt  |  Jun 09, 2007  |  First Published: Apr 09, 1986  |  0 comments
Much of the descriptive terminology used in subjective reporting describes things we hear in live music, and expect—or, rather, hope—to hear from reproduced music, too. I'm referring to terms like width, depth, perspective, spectral balance, and tonal accuracy. If you read our reports, you know these terms as well as I do, and since they are (for most people) self-explanatory, I will devote no more time to them.
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Integrated Amp Reviews
Bow Technologies Wazoo integrated amplifier
Kalman Rubinson  |  Jun 09, 2007  |  First Published: Feb 09, 1999  |  0 comments
I hate all those automobile reviews that go on and on about a car's design aesthetics. C'mon, I can see what it looks like, even if only in the pictures. Just tell me things I can't appreciate without a run on the Autobahn.
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Wes Phillips
Panamania
Wes Phillips  |  Jun 08, 2007  |  0 comments
As much as I loved the zen of sourdough maintenance and loved the resulting loaves, I gave up my weekly baking sessions because of the "tyranny of the dough." Honest to God, it was like having another pet—worse, in some ways. Huck and Bagheera are cute enough that we can get cat-sitters when we travel. Ever tried to get anybody to feed your sourdough starter?
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Ready For Her Close-Up
Wes Phillips  |  Jun 08, 2007  |  1 comments
Bagheera makes sure I get her good side.
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Semaphore
Wes Phillips  |  Jun 08, 2007  |  0 comments
Huckleberry signals for more canned mice.
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Drop Dead Gorgeous
Wes Phillips  |  Jun 08, 2007  |  0 comments
Daniela Edburg chronicles death by Oreos, M&Ms, and all our little binges.
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Stephen Mejias
Regarding My mindPod
Stephen Mejias  |  Jun 07, 2007  |  6 comments
I suppose it was about five years ago. Erica was explaining that some dude had accidentally erased all of the music on her "iPod." This, apparently, was some sort of tragedy. I tried to sympathize. "I can't believe that jerk! Are you alright?" I consoled.
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Wes Phillips
50 By 50
Wes Phillips  |  Jun 07, 2007  |  1 comments
Fifty things you ought to know by age 50.
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Ida Red
Wes Phillips  |  Jun 07, 2007  |  1 comments
Is there a better Bob Wills clip than this? I've never seen it, if so. BTW, these were designed to be rear-projected, so everything is reversed —that's why Wills, Joe Holley, Bobby Koefer, and Cotton Whittington all seem to be playing leftie.

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