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Fine Tunes
Fine Tunes #7
Jonathan Scull  |  Jan 03, 1999  |  0 comments
Let's talk cable dressing. Make mine vinaigrette! (And you thought I'd go for French . . . ) Cable dressing is actually a rather delicate issue that requires a certain leap of faith. The concept is so simple that even I can explain the science to you. But the leap occurs when you realize how the positioning of cables and interconnect can make a real difference in the sound of your system. In spite of this, I've seen power cords and interconnects tangled up in a hopeless mess at the back of some pretty serious components.
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Floor Loudspeaker ReviewsAudacious Audio
Wilson Audio Specialties X-1/Grand SLAMM loudspeaker system
Martin Colloms  |  Dec 31, 1998  |  First Published: Dec 31, 1994  |  0 comments
How can a reviewer possibly put a value on a loudspeaker as costly as the Wilson Audio Specialties X-1/Grand SLAMM? When he reviewed Wilson's WATT 3/Puppy 2 system ($12,900-$16,000/pair, depending on finish) a few years back (footnote 1), John Atkinson said that it was "one of the more expensive loudspeakers around." The Grand SLAMM costs almost five times as much!
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Recording of the Month
Recording of December 1998: Spyboy
Robert Baird  |  Dec 31, 1998  |  0 comments
EMMYLOU HARRIS: Spyboy
Eminent EM-25001-2 (CD). 1998. Emmylou Harris, prod.; Buddy Miller, prod., eng.; Dean Norman, Doug Dawson, engs. AAD? TT: 67:07
Performance ****?
Sonics ****?
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News
UK's Mordaunt-Short Speaker Brand Acquired by Richer Sounds
Paul Messenger  |  Dec 30, 1998  |  0 comments
The shock news on November 18, 1998---that the highly regarded British speaker brand Mordaunt-Short was to be closed down (see previous story)---seems to have achieved the desired result. On December 30, Audio Partnership plc announced it was acquiring the Mordaunt-Short brand from TGI plc (Tannoy Goodmans International).
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News
Audio Divinations for 1998, Part Three
Stereophile Staff  |  Dec 28, 1998  |  0 comments
As this is filed, there are only a couple of days until the end of the year, but still plenty of time to get these predictions under the interconnect. You can find part one here, and part two here.
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News
The Abso!ute Sound's Ann Turner passes away
John Atkinson  |  Dec 28, 1998  |  0 comments
We are saddened to learn of the passing, on December 13, of audio writer Ann Turner. Ann, who was diagnosed earlier in the year as suffering from clear cell carcinoma, was a stalwart of high-end audio magazine The Abso!ute Sound---Editor Harry Pearson tells me he used to refer to her as "the Aquarian War God," a phrase she liked. She was also the inspiration and the driving force behind that publication's web site, The Abso!ute Sound.
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Vote
Other than equipment and music reviews, what is your favorite part of Stereophile?
Stereophile  |  Dec 27, 1998  |  0 comments

Our question about <I>Stereophile</I>'s equipment reviews two weeks back generated hundreds of responses. Let's dig a little deeper: Other than equipment and music reviews, what do you find most useful or enjoyable in the magazine?

Other than equipment and music reviews, what is your favorite part of <I>Stereophile</I>?
As We See It
1% (2 votes)
Letters
10% (25 votes)
Industry Update
18% (45 votes)
Sam's Space
29% (71 votes)
Analog Corner
17% (43 votes)
Astor Place/"Undercurrents"
6% (14 votes)
Fine Tunes
8% (19 votes)
Car Tunes/"Quarter Notes"
2% (4 votes)
Manufacturers' Comments
4% (9 votes)
The Final Word
0% (0 votes)
Building a Library
3% (7 votes)
Feature stories/Interviews
3% (8 votes)
Total votes: 247
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News
A Peek into the Audio Future
Stereophile Staff  |  Dec 27, 1998  |  0 comments
Time to yank out the old oxygen-free crystal interconnects and gaze into audio's future for 1999. Now that www.stereophile.com has a year under its online belt, we should be able to read the sonic omens with greater resolution, or at least confine our mistakes to minor stumbles. First, we'll see how our prognostications for 1998 panned out, and spin them a little to tune in 1999. We'll add reader predictions at the bottom. Got your own predictions? Send 'em in!
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Added to the Archives This Week
Stereophile Staff  |  Dec 27, 1998  |  0 comments
J. Gordon Holt, founder not only of Stereophile but also of high-end audio journalism as we know it, reveals all in a comprehensive interview with writer Steven Stone: 35 Years and Just Getting Started.
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News
Bang & Olufsen Gets Branded
Jon Iverson  |  Dec 27, 1998  |  0 comments
Branding was once reserved for cowhide and breakfast cereals, but changes in the retailing landscape have fostered new approaches for everything from running shoes (Niketown) to cartoon-character merchandise (Disney and Warner Bros. stores) to clothes (Gap, etc.). In the audio market, Bose stores are now common sites in shopping malls, but few higher-ticket companies have taken the brand-store plunge.
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