LATEST ADDITIONS

<B><I>The Incredible String Band</I></B><BR>
Hannibal HNCD 4437 (CD only). TT: 45:15<BR>
<B><I>The 5000 Spirits or The Layers of the Onion</I></B><BR>
Hannibal HNCD 4438 (CD only). TT: 50:06<BR>
<B><I>The Hangman's Beautiful Daughter</I></B><BR>
Hannibal HNCD 4421 (CD only). TT: 50:12<BR>
<B><I>Wee Tam &amp; the Big Huge</I></B><BR>
Hannibal HNCD 4802 (2 CDs only). TT: 87:49<BR>
<B><I>Changing Horses</I></B><BR>
Hannibal HNCD 4439 (CD only). TT: 50:24<BR>
<B><I>I Looked Up</I></B><BR>
Hannibal HNCD 4440 (CD only). TT: 41:30<BR>
<I>All above:</I> Joe Boyd, prod.; John Wood, eng. AAD.

Not too many years ago, high-fidelity movement was being hailed from all quarters (and many halves) as a revolution. In the sense that it took the country storm, and made billions of dollars for many entrepreneurs during heyday, it was indeed a revolution. But now the public has grown tired of high fidelity and is turning other electronic diversions&#151;video, video games, and computering. And what, as of this summer of 1982, do we have to show for the high-fidelity revolution?

The Vivian Girls’<br>
perceptive Cassie Ramone<br>
reads <i>Stereophile</i>.

Let's face it, keeping up with new music gets harder as we get older. If you're over 30, do you still buy new music?

I hate audio shows. All those manufacturers and retailers desperately demonstrating their products, knowing how impossible it is to do them justice in a hotel room. They might be saying, "It has gold-plated circuit boards and unobtainium binding posts," but all I hear is <I>Please love it, please love it, oh puhleeze . . .</I>

We’re currently working on our July 2010 issue, which will include Wes Phillips’ review of the Vivid Audio G1Giya loudspeaker ($65,000/pair). Near the end of Wes’ auditioning, the domes of both upper-midrange units were inexplicably damaged. As you can see from <a href="http://blog.stereophile.com/stephenmejias/damaged_domes/">the picture</a>, it appears the domes were poked by some sort of dull object. Wes didn’t do it; Wes’ wife didn’t do it. We’ll never know how the damage occurred. What we do know is that the aluminum-dome midrange unit is incredibly delicate and has a strong magnetic pull.

Every job requires a specific tool and replacing the Vivid G1Giya’s midrange unit would take a 6mm hex key, which we didn’t have. On our way to Wes’ place, therefore, John Atkinson and I made a quick stop at the local hardware store and purchased a hex key set. Then, we were ready to get to work.