On December 2, we posted an <A HREF="http://stereophile.com/news/120307samplerateconversion/">article</A> based on conversations with Benchmark Audio's John Siau, which described Siau's thoughts on the bit-transparency of later versions of iTunes. On December 9, Gordon Rankin weighed in with Wavelength Audio's <A HREF="http://stereophile.com/news/121007fixes/">thoughts on the subject</A>.
Coming this week: What everyone loves this time of the year—lists! Best jazz albums of the year! And not just that: Best jazz albums of the decade (so far)! Best newly discovered jazz treasures! Best living jazz musicians in various categories! Etc.!
Way back when, I mentioned that I'd discovered Tangent Audio while working on the <i>2007 Buyer's Guide</i>. Initially, I was attracted to the Tangent gear because of the affordable prices. Later, that attraction grew. First because I'd seen <a href="http://blog.stereophile.com/stephenmejias/072806sleek/">how handsome</a> the gear was, and then because <a href="http://www.vmax-services.com/home.html">Richard Kolhruss</a>, Tangent's US distributor, sold me on the company's <a href="http://blog.stereophile.com/stephenmejias/080706loctite/">attention to detail</a>. I was intrigued, and wondered if I'd wandered into something special and new.
<A HREF="http://www.holosonics.com/">Holosonics</A> is called the "audio spotlight" because it can project sound directly <I>into</I> your head, claiming that it is inaudible just a step away.
Bagheera likes the <A HREF="http://www.questforsound.com/tuners/tuners_R601PW.htm">R601W Tube Hi-Fi FM/AM Classic Radio</A>. What's not to like? It's tubed, has a walnut cabinet, and she looks good on it.
Huckleberry keeps his kitty velcro <I>very</I> sharp.
As the son of a hardware store owner, I'd call us men, the tool <I>hoarding</I> animals. According to a recent archeological find in Jordan, <A HREF="http://dsc.discovery.com/news/2007/12/13/ancient-toolkit.html?dcitc=w19… much has changed</A> in 14,000 years.
Fourteen years ago this week, when I was 16 years old and spending all my spare time memorizing the lyrics to Ini Kamoze's "Here Comes the Hotstepper," John Atkinson was busy penning <a href="http://www.stereophile.com/asweseeit/294awsi/">this "As We See It" essay</a>.
<a href="http://blog.stereophile.com/stephenmejias/120407bayridge/">Finally, at JA's</a>, you'll have a cup of coffee and sit down to listen to some music before packing up the big and beautiful 200-lb speakers. The freight service is scheduled to arrive in just a couple of hours, so you don't have much time. The speakers had sounded so good that JA just couldn't bear to pack them up any sooner. In fact, they may have been the very best speakers JA's ever heard in his room.
Satellites, it turns out, are <A HREF="http://www.skyandtelescope.com/news/12313846.html">more diverse (<I>read:</I> weirder)</A> than the planets they orbit.