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Wes Phillips
Joni's Back Pages
Wes Phillips  |  Oct 09, 2006  |  0 comments
The story behind Hejira—on its 30th anniversary.
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New Reviews
Wes Phillips  |  Oct 09, 2006  |  0 comments
Check out the new music reviews I've posted in Music Room: Face the Music.
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Face The Music
Rob Schwimmer
Wes Phillips  |  Oct 09, 2006  |  0 comments
Beyond the Sky
NuNoise Records
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Face The Music
Nemesis
Wes Phillips  |  Oct 09, 2006  |  0 comments
Nemesis
Fidelio FACD017
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It All Depends On Your Definition of "Random"
Wes Phillips  |  Oct 09, 2006  |  2 comments
How random is the iPod shuffle? Steven Levy is of two minds (at least) on the subject.
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More Beer Here
Wes Phillips  |  Oct 09, 2006  |  0 comments
The longneck tail.
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The Truth About American Beer
Wes Phillips  |  Oct 09, 2006  |  0 comments
You can't handle the truth! Well, maybe the 3.2% variety.
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Budget Component ReviewsIntegrated Amp Reviews
Rega Mira integrated amplifier
Sam Tellig, Jim Austin  |  Oct 08, 2006  |  First Published: Apr 08, 2001  |  0 comments
The Rega Couple interconnect ($150/1m pair) comes in a plastic pouch rather like a Ziploc veggie bag—just the pouch and a printed card. How much could the packaging cost? Ten cents?
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Floor Loudspeaker Reviews
MBL 111 loudspeaker
John Atkinson  |  Oct 08, 2006  |  First Published: Apr 08, 1997  |  0 comments
The speaker review in the July 1996 issue of the German audio magazine Stereoplay didn't hold back the praise. "Absolut Spitzenklasse III Referenz" was their overall rating, which I guess translates to "You'd better hear this, buddy," in American English. So when MBL of America's Marc Lawrence called to find out if I wanted to review the subject of that review, the MBL 111, I didn't need to be asked twice.
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InterviewsJ. Gordon Holt
Bill Firebaugh: The Well-Tempered Innovator
J. Gordon Holt  |  Oct 08, 2006  |  First Published: Oct 08, 1987  |  0 comments
Bill Firebaugh's first product, the outrageous-looking Well-Tempered (tone) Arm, established him as one of audio's most innovative designers. At the 1985 Winter CES, he showed a prototype companion product—the Well-Tempered Turntable—and was producing production units by January 1987. He discusses here the WTT's unusual design features. (Readers should note that, since we have not yet tested the new turntable, this interview is not to be interpreted as an endorsement of the product.)
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