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Fine Tunes
Fine Tunes #39
Jonathan Scull  |  Sep 23, 2001  |  0 comments
Last month I wrote about lasers of various pedigrees, so useful in marking walls to the sides and behind the listening position to ensure that your loudspeakers are toed-in, level, and equidistant from the sweet spot for best soundstage, imaging and focus. Using small Avery stick-'em labels makes this a snap. I've converged the tweeter axes of my JMlab Utopias somewhere about a foot into the wall behind the rearmost of our two listening chairs, and use two Studio Traps and a single Argent RoomLens between the speakers to cancel and damp the near-rear-wall reflections. With just a jiggle of the chair back or forward, suddenly I'm there.
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News
An Internet Source for Serious Music
Stereophile Staff  |  Sep 17, 2001  |  0 comments
There is an overwhelming amount of pop music available on the Internet, but where does the serious music fan go in search of jazz, classical, or opera?
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Vote
Do you prefer a euphonic audio sound or absolute accuracy?
Stereophile Staff  |  Sep 16, 2001  |  128 comments

There are numerous ways to voice an audio system, ranging from lush sound (no matter what the source) to a "warts-and-all" honesty that may be hard to listen to at times. Which do you prefer?

Do you prefer a euphonic audio sound or absolute accuracy?
I want honesty
40% (126 votes)
A little of both
47% (148 votes)
I want lush sound
13% (40 votes)
Total votes: 314
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News
AES Convention Postponed
Jon Iverson  |  Sep 16, 2001  |  0 comments
As a result of the terrorist attacks last week, the Audio Engineering Society (AES) has decided to postpone its AES 111th Convention until November 30. The annual audio event, which was to have been held this week in Manhattan at the Jacob Javits Convention Center, will now be held Friday, November 30–Monday, December 3, 2001. The AES says that the convention will use the same exhibit, demo, and conference space as would have been used next week.
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News
Chesky Debuts Multichannel SACDs
Stereophile Staff  |  Sep 16, 2001  |  0 comments
The number of two-channel Super Audio Compact Discs seems to grow by the week. There are now several hundred titles to choose from—and hundreds on the way, with the recent endorsement of the format by major record labels. Even so, there are still very few SACDs that exploit the multichannel capabilities of Direct Stream Digital.
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News
Major Investor Calls for Liquid Audio Sale
Barry Willis  |  Sep 16, 2001  |  0 comments
Citing increasing competition from stronger companies and online music ventures about to debut from major record labels, an investment group has taken the drastic step of calling for the sale of Liquid Audio.
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News
Audio Auction for Charity
Jon Iverson  |  Sep 16, 2001  |  0 comments
In the wake of last week's disasters in New York, Washington, DC, and Pittsburgh, Audio Asylum and Audiogon have banded together to co-sponsor a charity auction of audio equipment to benefit the NY Firefighters' Fund and other related charities.
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News
Added to the Archives This Week
Stereophile Staff  |  Sep 16, 2001  |  0 comments
Wes Phillips pries a hard-to-acquire Ayre Acoustics V-3 power amplifier out of company hands and puts it to the sonic test. Does the amp live up to its legendary "Best of Show" status? Phillips has the answer.
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Recording of the Month
Recording of September 2001: A Tribute to the Music of Mississippi John Hurt
John Swenson  |  Sep 16, 2001  |  0 comments
AVALON BLUES: A Tribute to the Music of Mississippi John Hurt
Dave Alvin, Beck, Peter Case, Bruce Cockburn, Justin Earle, Steve Earle, Richard Greene, Ben Harper, Alvin Youngblood Hart, John Hiatt, Taj Mahal, Bill Morrissey, Clare Muldaur, Geoff Muldaur, Jenni Muldaur, David Rawlings, Mark Selby, Chris Smither, Gillian Welch, Lucinda Williams, Victoria Williams
Vanguard 79582-2 (CD). 2001. Peter Case, prod.; Francisco Lugo, Dawn Hopkins, Ray Kennedy, Mark Raines, Mark Wilkins, Jeff Landrock, Matt Andrews, David Rawlings, engs. AAD.? TT: 51:29
Performance ****
Sonics ***?
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CD Player/Transport Reviews
47 Laboratory 4704 PiTracer CD transport
Jonathan Scull  |  Sep 14, 2001  |  0 comments
Every once in a while, a piece of super-esoteric gear crosses my path that, on the face of it, makes no sense whatsoever. Eventually, however, the component is revealed as being "merely" simple and elegant, begging the question: Must it always be done the way it's always been done?
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