The 2007 edition of the <I>Stereophile Buyer's Guide</I> is now available! Absolutely bursting with technical specifications for more than 5000 audio components, the <I>Buyer's Guide</I> will help make your music sound better than ever. Honest.
<I>CJR</I>'s oral history of embedded journalists in Iraq 2003–2006.
<A HREF="http://musicgiants.com/">MusicGiants</A>, which bills itself as "the leader in HD music downloads," announced November 7 an agreement with <A HREF="http://www.inteset.com/cnsmr/Products/">Inteset</A>, which manufacturers high-end media servers and advanced extender systems.
On November 7, Dr. Mead C. Killion, founder and president of Etymotic Research, invited <I>Stereophile</I> to experience the company's newest in-the-ear high-fidelity earphone, the ety-8. What was so special about these half-ounce 'phones? No wires—the ety-8's are the industry's first and only in-the-ear, high-accuracy, noise-exclusion earphones.
"You think I can't?" sez Huckleberry. "Look at these ears—solid gold, baby."
It is a truth universally acknowledged, that an empty box in a good location, must be in want of a cat.
I know what you're thinking. "Did he ask 36 questions or just 35?" Well, to tell you the truth, in all this excitement I kind of lost track myself. But being as this is the most powerful melodic neuroimaging test in the world, and could blow your ears clean off, you've got to ask yourself a question: Do I feel lucky? Well, do ya, punk?
"Also," John DeVore continued, "we should have drinks soon. What do you say?"
My review of Nicholas Payton, Bob Belden, Sam Yehel, John Hart, Billy Drummond: <I>Mysterious Shorter: Music of Wayne Shorter</I> is now up at <I>Face the Music</I> blog.
<I>Chesky Jazz SACD 321.hybrid multilayer SACD Bob Belden, David Chesky, prods; Nicholas Prout, eng. DDD. TT: 60:00.