Kal Rubinson gets in shape for some heavy lifting to review the B&W Signature 800 loudspeaker. "The Signature 800 is part of B&W's Prestige line, which represents the best that B&W can do with present loudspeaker technology," reports Kal, who watched with anticipation as a team of four hefted the 275-pound beauties into place."Sometimes it all comes down to the shape of the side panels . . . a love affair with an enclosure?" asks Larry Greenhill as he falls in love with the graceful design of the Burmester Audiosystems B99 loudspeaker. But Greenhill decides that sound is still what matters, and puts the B99s to the sonic test.Subjectivist or objectivist? Both wrong, says Barry Willis in his "As We See It" from 1992, "Across the Great Divide." Willis maintains, "The vociferousness with which this issue is being argued is unjustifiable. Neither side has a case which ultimately can be proved or disproved."
It all started in 1998, as Jonathan Scull began his monthly column of tips and tweaks. This month's "Fine Tunes #48" is Scull's final installment in his popular series, where we find him fixing the bright bounce syndrome, treating rubber, and stacking the footers. Thanks again, J-10!Finally, the current installment in our "Recording of the Month" series for the online archives: Recording of June 2002, Wilco: Yankee Hotel Foxtrot. Robert Baird follows the progress of an album that was rejected by the band's label, only to find its happy home as Nonesuch Records' first rock release.
