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Wes Phillips
Love to Hate You, Baby
Wes Phillips  |  Nov 14, 2006  |  1 comments
Why we love to hate Paris Hilton—not that most of us would behave any differently had we been given the chance to grow up entitled and ignorant.
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Stephen Mejias
Rhymes with iPod
Stephen Mejias  |  Nov 13, 2006  |  0 comments
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Wes Phillips
Reverse Dictionary
Wes Phillips  |  Nov 13, 2006  |  0 comments
Ever been stuck for a word—say, you know exactly what it means, but you just can't remember le mot juste? A good reverse dictionary can help.
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Wes Phillips
Symbolic Logic
Wes Phillips  |  Nov 13, 2006  |  0 comments
Jeff Wong sends along a link to the Oxford University Press's "Ask the Experts" page. I like the "Jargon Buster" grammar feature, but this page on symbols is cool, too.
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The Trouble With Truffles
Wes Phillips  |  Nov 13, 2006  |  0 comments
The Amateur Gourmet received a press release promoting Alain Ducasse's $320 white truffle prix fixe menu. He wrote back that neither he nor his readers could afford that, but he'd gladly come taste it and report on his experiences. Ducasse said sure and TAG posted his report, as promised.
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Monday Cat Blogging
Wes Phillips  |  Nov 13, 2006  |  0 comments
"The Cat Attack uses the latest research in chaos theory and complex systems to emulate the movements and personality of a cat's favorite prey. This "virtual mouse" technology utilizes algorithms based on a six-dimensional coupled nzmap system modeled on the neural network of a real mouse. What that all means is that the Cat Attack's "virtual mouse" will become your cat's new best friend!"
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What is your product of the year?
Stereophile  |  Nov 12, 2006  |  38 comments

The 2006 <I>Stereophile</I> Products of the Year have just been revealed in the December issue. What is <I>your</I> product of the year?

What is your product of the year?
Here it is
71% (37 votes)
Don't have one
29% (15 votes)
Total votes: 52
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Music and Recording Features
There Lies the Disc, the making of the new Cantus CD
Wes Phillips, John Atkinson  |  Nov 12, 2006  |  First Published: Dec 12, 2006  |  0 comments
Wes Phillips on the Sessions
One of the enduring myths of audiophilia is that of the recording as a true and honest picture of a musical event—a sonic "snapshot" that captures a unique moment of time the way a photograph captures the light of a day long since past.
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Solid State Preamp Reviews
Simaudio Moon Evolution P-8 preamplifier
Kalman Rubinson  |  Nov 12, 2006  |  0 comments
The P-8 ($11,000) is the second of Simaudio's Moon Evolution series that has passed through my system, following on the heels of the Moon Evolution W-8 power amplifier, which I reviewed in March 2006. Fortunately, the P-8's arrival preceded the W-8's departure, so I was able to use them together as well as with other components.
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As We See It
Horses for Courses
John Marks  |  Nov 12, 2006  |  0 comments
The single most enduring controversy in audio is: What method or methods should we use to evaluate the performance of audio equipment?
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