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Wes Phillips
Father of the Century
Wes Phillips  |  Oct 16, 2006  |  1 comments
Steve Silberman passes along this article and video on Dick Hoyt and his son, Rick. Put fragile documents away before you read this one—unless tear stains won't bother you.
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Reader Don Reid wants to know what pet issues you've had with your audio equipment
Don Reid  |  Oct 15, 2006  |  0 comments

Cats love to claw speaker grilles, while puppies prefer to chew on cables. Reader Don Reid wants to know what pet issues you've had with your audio equipment

Reader Don Reid wants to know what pet issues you've had with your audio equipment
I have a cat or two (or three). . .
42% (38 votes)
I have a dog or two (or three) . . .
20% (18 votes)
I have something else . . .
7% (6 votes)
I have a variety of pets . . .
16% (14 votes)
Don't have any pets
16% (14 votes)
Total votes: 90
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News
Apogee Rides Again
Wes Phillips  |  Oct 15, 2006  |  0 comments
If you didn't follow Paul Messenger's 2006 Hi-Fi News Show Report—and really, you missed some fine reporting if you didn't—you may be unaware of the fact that Apogee Acoustics has been reborn in the Antipodes.
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Advanced Audio Celebrates 20th Anniversary With a Seminar
Wes Phillips  |  Oct 15, 2006  |  0 comments
On July 1, 1986, Advanced Audio Systems opened for business. On Saturday, November 11, it's going to celebrate with what Curtis Havens calls "an open format seminar" at the Sheraton Tacoma Hotel (1320 Broadway Plaza, Tacoma, WA 98402. Tel: (253) 572-3200).
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Integrated Amp Reviews
ASR Emitter II Exclusive integrated amplifier
Michael Fremer  |  Oct 15, 2006  |  0 comments
As you read this, are you listening to your stereo? Whatever the music, what you're actually hearing is your public utility's AC as modulated by your power amplifier. No matter how good the gear, the final result can be only as pure as the power feeding your components. Unfortunately, plenty of sonic schmutz usually comes along for the ride.
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Solid State Power Amp ReviewsBudget Component Reviews
Sonic Impact Model TA2024 Super T power amplifier
Wes Phillips  |  Oct 15, 2006  |  0 comments
Why don't you review affordable gear?
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As We See It
500 Components. Recommended.
John Atkinson  |  Oct 15, 2006  |  0 comments
It's a jungle out there. The shrinking shelves of your neighborhood newsstand drip with the blood and corpses of magazines that have gone under in the intense battle for browsers' eyeballs. And only if we can make our latest issue's cover sufficiently eye-catching to get enough newsstand browsers to pick up and buy a copy do we get to play another round of the game. (Conventional publishing wisdom holds that, at most, a magazine's cover has six seconds to get its message across.)
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Recording of the Month
Recordings of October 2006: Tokyo Solo & The Carnegie Hall Concert
Richard Lehnert  |  Oct 15, 2006  |  0 comments
KEITH JARRETT: Tokyo Solo & The Carnegie Hall Concert
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News
Focal-JMlab Does It All In-House
Michael Fremer  |  Oct 15, 2006  |  0 comments
A four-day break between the Top Audio Show in Milan (September 14–17) and the Hi-Fi News Show in London (September 22–24) presented the perfect opportunity to accept a longstanding invitation from speaker manufacturer Focal-JMlab to visit its manufacturing facilities in France.
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Classical Music Lovers Keen Downloaders
Jason Victor Serinus  |  Oct 15, 2006  |  0 comments
Surprise! If you love Beethoven, Schnittke, Reich, and Richard Strauss, and frequently play classical music on your iPod or hard drive, you're far from alone. Results of an Internet poll of classical music listeners commissioned by the British magazine Gramophone reveal that 75% of those surveyed use 21st-century media—everything from PCs to MP3 players—and 57% have ripped some of their classical CD collection to another digital format. In fact, 20% of respondents not only download classical music legally, but prefer to listen to it on their MP3 or other digital music player.
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