Richard Shahinian has been offering loudspeakers to music lovers for more than 15 years. I use the word "offering" here in its strictest sense, because Dick has never "sold" his products—by pushing them. Indeed, he is probably one of the worst self-promoters in the business. If we think of "soft sell" in the usual context of laid-back and low-pressure, then Shahinian's approach would have to be called "mushy sell."
Epiphanies only come when you stop looking for them, and <I>mine</I> came in a room full of preschoolers watching cartoons at a Pizza Hut. I was taking my little nieces Alix (4) and Casey (1) out for dinner, and the last thing on my mind was <I>audio</I>; we wanted to PARTY! So my girlfriend Dara and I bundled them up in their car-seats and we high-tailed it over to the Hut, with visions of continuous-loop Tom'n'Jerry and cheap buffet pizza dancing in our heads.
I’ve had this headache for two years now.
<a href=http://www.benkrieger.com/>Ben Krieger</a> keeps an appropriately weird and mysterious blog called <a href=http://haikutenanny.blogspot.com/>Haikutennany</a>: Personal Music Reflections in 17-syllable Bursts.
<i>It seems that the only ordinary thing in life is that we overlook the little wonders around us.</i><br>
—<a href="http://www.marcelwanders.com/">Marcel Wanders</a>
She nodded her head yes and lied when I asked her if she was alright. Her brown eyes blinked a song in perfect time to keep from letting loose tears. My lovely friend was sad.
Here's one you don't see every day: competing press releases over a store dropping a product line—or vice versa.
Remember that whole "broadcast flag" kerfluffle? Well, it ain't over yet—not if the Home Recording Rights Coalition (HRRC) and the Electronic Freedom Foundation (EFF) have anything to say about it. If you <I>don't</I> remember the broadcast flag imbroglio, or if you thought it had been vanquished by the DC Circuit Court in May 2005, here's an update.
While we should always try to look on the brighter side of life, there are bound to be aspects of high-end audio that bug you no end. What are they?