Stephen Mejias

Things are quiet now. Kristina's iPod has gone to sleep. Aside from some street noise — a passing siren or a honking horn — the only music in our office comes from the printer. Soon these coarse black and whites will be colorful glossies. These proofs will grow to be the pages you turn.

I'll have to check with JA to be sure (he remembers these things better than anyone), but I think it was Thursday, August 10, 2000 — exactly six years ago — that I first sat down in front of a computer screen for Stereophile.

KR: "What the hell did you people do to me?"

In her final blog entry, Kristina asks for your expert opinion. The girl needs a new pair of speakers. I think she's looking for something "wicked cute," as they say in Boston.

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The Tangent Audio AMP-100 and CD-100 cost $350 each.

VMAX Services' Richard Kohlruss followed-up with some">http://blog.stereophile.com/stephenmejias/072806sleek/">some information on Tangent Audio. Here's how the CD-100 looks on the inside.

I see her from across the pool. She's tall and beautiful and dressed all in white.