LATEST ADDITIONS

"They're <I>cuuuute!</I>" Not a very professional reaction, but what can I say? When the Monster Cable folks pulled out their new Entech Number Crunchers during a recent visit to Santa Fe, I couldn't help myself. I was edging John Atkinson and Wes Phillips out of the way, using my long arms to reach over...gotta get one! There would be time later for the critical evaluation and cool, detached objectivity&mdash;first, I had to get one. The Entechs are the Beanie Babies of the audio world

If you think I burned out cartridge-wise at the end of my and JE's It's A Mad Mad Mad Mad World cartridge survey at the beginning of the year (Vol.18 Nos.1 & 2), you're wrong. If you think I <I>ought</I> to burn out and give it a rest, you'll be disappointed. If you think analog doesn't matter anymore, you have my semi-sincere condolences. But if you think, as I do, that analog is enjoying a resurgence of epic proportions (twilight or no), and that LP playback has reached a new zenith of musical wonder, then hang on&mdash;here I go again!

I’ve been cramming to make a deadline all week, much of it spent out of town reporting, but here’s a quick preview of bloggings to come:

As it has for the last 11 years, <A HREF="http://www.thecableco.com/">The Cable Company</A>, along with many of its vendors, is dedicating August to help some of "the poorest people in the most ravaged regions of the world."

You know how sometimes you can't tell how wonderful an audio component is until after you've <i>removed it</i> from your system?

The "Summer of Love" didn't swing quite as hard&mdash;or at least not as ubiquitously&mdash;as rumor would have it.

Bagheera's got 'em.