Lo Res Labels

Lo Res Labels

Insider music biz stuff should in most cases stay that way because normal folk, what I like to call "civilians," don't care about who said what to whom in the bowels of some label HQ in Burbank or Manhattan. There's also something pitifully self-indulgent and exclusionary and ultimately pathetic about people who are in the know about the music biz and live to tell you about it.

Starring Bruce Willis as the Jeep

Starring Bruce Willis as the Jeep

Jon Carroll has a fine <A HREF="http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/2007/…; this morning (no surprise there) that meanders from his thoughts on <I>Die Hard</I> (very Aristotlian) to the making of the Jeep and how the humvee influences our presence in Iraq.

Hello Grado

Hello Grado

As I venture further into the hi-fi universe, I can start to understand what I like and what to listen for in my equipment: natural musical delivery, groove, and clarity. I'm excited.

Deep Linkage

Deep Linkage

<I>Cafe Aman</I> posts an Antonio Machado poem, thanking Osvaldo Golijov for introducing him to it. I wish I could name drop OG&mdash;I think that he and Jennifer Higdon are the most consistently satisfying composers writing today.

Phase linear preamplifier 4000 and 400W amplifier

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hi, I got an old Phase linear preamplifier 4000 and 400W amplifier and it sounded great till a disturbing noise started appearing each time i was switching it on and off. It seems to me as there should be some kind of fuse between the preAmpl and the speakers?? anyone has experience on that?

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