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To Have & To Hold

Stephen Mejias First Published: Apr 28, 2010

I was directed to this video via the Stereophilehttp://twitter.com/stereophilemag">Stereophile; Twitter page, in a tweet from Bowers">http://blog.bowers-wilkins.com/sound/formats/to-have-and-to-hold-vinyl-… & Wilkins, who’d seen it first at Audiophiliahttp://www.audiophilia.com/wp/?p=4383">Audiophilia;. Moments after I’d watched the video, Stereophile contributor Jim Austin also sent me the link.

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Attention Screen at YASI

Stephen Mejias First Published: Apr 26, 2010

And on Saturday, April 24th, Attention Screen performed at Yamaha’s Artist Services concert hall. The performance was recorded by John Atkinson for a future Stereophile CD, the band’s third, scheduled to be released at the 2010 Rocky Mountain Audio Fest in October. It was an excellent night of music. Check out the images in our">http://forum.stereophile.com/photopost/showphoto.php/photo/2232/size/bi… Gallery.

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Can't Get Over You

Stephen Mejias First Published: Apr 26, 2010

Exactly six months after we’d seen them perform in Puerto Rico, at that strange island bar, Bamboo Beach (see “Records to Die For,” February 2010, pages 71-72), the Vivian">http://blog.stereophile.com/stephenmejias/when_im_gone/">Vivian Girls performed on Saturday night, this time so much closer to home, at Maxwell’s in Hoboken. I bought tickets for the whole crew&#151Rizzo, Fritzy, Papi Chulo, Fuzzy, and Tigga&#151so that, together again for the first time since that memorable trip, we could relive">http://blog.stereophile.com/stephenmejias/what_happened_in_puerto_rico/… the magic. We ate well, drank too much, laughed, danced, and sang along as the Vivian Girls burned through their energetic set.

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A Fun Day of Work

Stephen Mejias First Published: Apr 23, 2010

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 the">http://blog.stereophile.com/stephenmejias/damaged_domes/">the picture, 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.

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The Proper Tool

Stephen Mejias First Published: Apr 23, 2010

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.

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