The Violence of the Lambs
I told you baaaad things happened when you monkey around with sheep.
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Dear Stephen,
The Ampitheater As Acoustic Filter
Why theater goers in Epidaurus could hear actors from 60m away.
Human/Sheep Chimera Created in Laboratory
As a sci-fi fan, I can assure you that this never ends well.
Would You Like Some Grue With That?
The story behind <I>The Raft of the Medusa</I>. Like the painting, it isn't pretty, but you can't look away.
Haydn and Mozart and Schubert, Oh My!
We attended the New York Philharmonic Saturday, and, if the classical record industry is in trouble, classical music is still vibrantly alive. <I>Ionarts</I> gets it precisely right, Saturday's concert was about as balanced a program as I've ever heard and it was a meeting of equals.
Is there an audio manufacturer's website you particularly like? Why?
Researching audio products not only involves listening, but these days can include a bit of web work. Is there an audio manufacturer's website you particularly like? Why?
Aperion University
On a recent tour of Manhattan, Aperion Audio's Win Jeanfreau and Lorraine Janeway took some time to lunch with <I>Stereophile</I>'s Stephen Mejias, Robert J. Reina, and me. Reina had just reviewed the $750/pair Aperion Intimus 533-T loudspeakers in the April <I>Stereophile</I>, so we assumed that would be the main topic of conversation. As far as Jeanfreau and Janeway were concerned, however, that was ancient history. They were excited about more recent developments and future plans.
Linn Majik CD player
In the early 1980s, <A HREF="http://www.stereophile.com/interviews/1101ivor">Ivor Tiefenbrun</A>, of Linn Products, Ltd., compared digital audio to "a nasty disease" that his company offered not to spread. Less than 25 years later, digital sources outnumber analog ones in Linn's product line—so much so that the venerable Scottish manufacturer has expanded its line of disc players to encompass two different formats: multi- and two-channel.
Shure E4 in-ear earphones
In New York and other major cities, I understand, bus accidents are a real problem. Buses turn right and failing to yield to pedestrians. Clueless pedestrians walk in front of buses. I haven't seen any statistics, but I'm guessing that in this era of cell phones and iPods, the problem has gotten worse: not only do such devices distract you, they make it harder to hear warning signs—such as the sound of a municipal bus bearing down on your ass.