If you review hi-fi long enough, you get to the point where you've heard it all before. Actually, there are several versions of that point: One is where you've heard all the claims before, and the other is where you could have sworn you've actually heard <I>this component</I> before.
<I>In his June, 2006 "<A HREF="http://www.stereophile.com/artdudleylistening/606listening">Listening</…; column, Art Dudley discussed the original Quad ESL loudspeaker, and started to describe the task of refurbishing a 47-year-old pair of them; this month, Art fries a pair of transformers and nearly ruins his new wall oven—but finishes the job nevertheless. Please remember that sharp tools, solder flux fumes, and the high voltages typically present inside an electrostatic loudspeaker can sicken or kill you if you don't proceed with caution, and neither </I>Stereophile<I> nor its parent company, Primedia, can be responsible for the suffering or loss that may befall readers who follow Art's advice. Thank you.</I>
You're absolutely right, Christian: I <i>do</i> have the bug. I do! I'm not ashamed to admit it, though it does come as a small surprise. Next thing you know, I'll begin to wonder silly wonders:
Based on the chap with the season tickets next to my concert seats, I'd say so! Hermione Eyre weighs in.
Bagheera displays a languor not unlike that of a Modigliani nude.
Huckleberry says it's too hot to be cute or amusing this week. Some other time, maybe.
At last, a theory that explains that I probably do have more readers than Stephen Mejias, John Atkinson, Buddha, Adam Sohmer, Alan in Victoria, Jeff Wong, Al Marcy, my wife, and Monty. According to the 1% rule, I actually have almost <I>one hundred</I> readers!
Why the man's a radical preservationist! But I agree with him more than not.
Part of NPR's <I>You Must Read This</I> series, which mostly seems like a better idea than it is. Anyway, this one intrigued me because <I>The Dain Curse</I> always struck me as nigh unto incoherent—perhaps it's time for a reconsideration.
