Pocahaunted: Make It Real
Make it real, make it real, make it real. Make it real what? Make it real good. Make it real hard. Make it real long. Make it real.
Stephen Mejias
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Bag of Tapes
I brought a bag of tapes to work today.
A More (or Less) Enjoyable Listening Experience
So, this is what the">http://blog.stereophile.com/stephenmejias/the_weight_of_my_loneliness/"… mess looks like right now.
The Audiophillie Music Awards For Excellence In Recorded Sound
In our">http://blog.stereophile.com/stephenmejias/now_on_newsstands_stereophile… March 2010 issue, Steve Guttenberg offered an excellent As We See It, detailing his newly rekindled relationship with vinyl playback. Over at CNET, Steve is known as the">http://news.cnet.com/audiophiliac/">the Audiophiliac, discussing a wide range of news, events, and ideas, all in the worlds of music and hi-fi. Now the Audiophiliac and his colleagues at the 404 Podcast present the Audiophillie Awards: They’re asking recording engineers and hobbyists of all levels to submit their best work, with the chance to win some fun prizes.
Heroes of the Open End
Remember our old intern, Ariel">http://blog.stereophile.com/stephenmejias/the_system_is_down/">Ariel Bitran? He left us to become a rock and roll star. (But only after we managed to infect">http://www.stereophile.com/asweseeit/1108awsi/">infect him with a taste for high-quality sound and an even deeper appreciation for music.) His band, Heroes of the Open End, will be performing tomorrow night at Arlene’s Grocery (95 Stanton Street, Lower East Side, Manhattan). This is one of those extremely important shows in the life of any aspiring band: You know, if you don’t draw at least 15 or so people, the club’s manager holds your head down in the toilet bowl while the bouncer pulls out your toenails. It’s bad.
The Weight of My Loneliness
Remember when my living room looked like thishttp://forum.stereophile.com/photopost/showphoto.php/photo/2173/size/bi…;? Cozy, comforting, warm, functional, and tidy. Not bad at all.
Update
At home, I’ve been playing around a little bit with my new Anniversary Ringmat 330 replacement platter mat for my Rega P3-24 turntable. However, I haven’t been in the best mood for comparative listening sessions—I came home from work with a">http://blog.stereophile.com/stephenmejias/100705advil/">a headache the last two nights, and I’ve stillhttp://blog.stereophile.com/stephenmejias/030706dragonflies/">still; been suffering from some post-static stress disorder (PSSDhttp://blog.stereophile.com/stephenmejias/armed_and_ready/">PSSD;) while playing LPs—so I’m not ready to make any value judgments.
Armed and Ready
A couple of friends came over this weekend to listen to records, and I’m happy to report that we experienced no trouble at all. No static, no distortion, no woman, no cry. Record after record, beer after beer, the Rega sounded just fine. I do believe my">http://blog.stereophile.com/stephenmejias/all_schmutzed_up_and_i_dont_k… days of vinyl misery are over. But just in case the static monster decides to come round again, I also picked up a can of StaticGuard ($4 at DuaneReade). Before the dudes came over, I sprayed the stuff on the rug in front of my system, as well as on the curtains behind the system. The smell wasn’t so bad and the dry mist evaporated quickly. My apartment has never been so static-free.
Making Music Again
It’s alive! Nirvana brings nirvana to SM’s listening room.
Being Ultrasonic and All
The">http://blog.stereophile.com/stephenmejias/all_schmutzed_up_and_i_dont_k… problem has not been solved.