One of my favorite albums of the year comes from Brooklyn-based artist <a href="http://www.myspace.com/juliannabarwick">Julianna Barwick</a>. The album is called <i>Florine</i>. Michael Lavorgna <a href="http://www.twitteringmachines.com/2010/03/julianna-barwick/">told me about it</a>. It was months ago and I remember leaving work that day and rushing over to <a href="http://www.othermusic.com/">Other Music</a> to buy the album. I got one of the first 200, pressed on white vinyl. <a href="http://blog.stereophile.com/stephenmejias/last_night_in_other_music/">K…; congratulated me and told me that I’d be very happy with the music.

Michael Lavorgna’s October issue “As We See It” generated many more responses than we had space for in our December issue “Letters” section (a great bunch!), so we’ve appended all of the letters to the Web reprint, which you can find <a href="http://www.stereophile.com/asweseeit/why_music_matters_most/index.html"… here</a>.

There are two kinds of audiophiles: those who own original Quad ESL speakers and those who don't (footnote 1). This review is for the former, although the latter may find it of some interest. The Gradient SW-57 subwoofer attempts to do for the <A HREF="http://www.stereophile.com/artdudleylistening/706listening">original Quad</A> (footnote 2) what Gradient's SW-63 (footnote 3) does for the <A HREF="http://www.stereophile.com/floorloudspeakers/416">Quad ESL-63</A>: supply the bottom octave while relieving the ESLs of the strain of reproducing low bass.

There are two kinds of audiophiles: those who own original Quad ESL speakers and those who don't (footnote 1). This review is for the former, although the latter may find it of some interest. The Gradient SW-57 subwoofer attempts to do for the <A HREF="http://www.stereophile.com/artdudleylistening/706listening">original Quad</A> (footnote 2) what Gradient's SW-63 (footnote 3) does for the <A HREF="http://www.stereophile.com/floorloudspeakers/416">Quad ESL-63</A>: supply the bottom octave while relieving the ESLs of the strain of reproducing low bass.

There are two kinds of audiophiles: those who own original Quad ESL speakers and those who don't (footnote 1). This review is for the former, although the latter may find it of some interest. The Gradient SW-57 subwoofer attempts to do for the <A HREF="http://www.stereophile.com/artdudleylistening/706listening">original Quad</A> (footnote 2) what Gradient's SW-63 (footnote 3) does for the <A HREF="http://www.stereophile.com/floorloudspeakers/416">Quad ESL-63</A>: supply the bottom octave while relieving the ESLs of the strain of reproducing low bass.

There are two kinds of audiophiles: those who own original Quad ESL speakers and those who don't (footnote 1). This review is for the former, although the latter may find it of some interest. The Gradient SW-57 subwoofer attempts to do for the original Quad (footnote 2) what Gradient's SW-63 (footnote 3) does for the Quad ESL-63: supply the bottom octave while relieving the ESLs of the strain of reproducing low bass.

When it comes to ripping CDs and downloading music, I've been sitting on the sidelines feeling more than a bit of envy. <I>Stereophile</I>'s reviews of various media servers have whetted my appetite, but not so much as to overcome my timidity about getting into a new realm of technology in which I would be a beginner all over again. Still, I've sneaked a few peeks.