Paleography

Paleography

Jan 05, 2007

One of the treats of my Thanksgiving was an up-close-and-personal analysis of my 14<SUP>th</SUP> century musical manuscript by Metropolitan Museum fellow Eric Weaver. I was reasonably sure of its date, based on the staff structure and mensuration, but Eric taught me an immense amount about parchment, calligraphy, illumination, monastic culture, and medieval guilds in the 30 minutes or so that he discussed my musical fragment. In short, he took an object I see above my hi-fi every day and made an epoch come alive&mdash;conversationally and off-the-cuff.

iPod vs. CD Player

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Submitted by serpiko42 on

For Christmas I received the Marantz iPod docking system. As I have been listening to my iPod through this new toy, I wondered about the sound quality of the iPod playing lossless music (through the Marantz and into my audiophile level system) versus the sound from my cd player. Let me be more specific. I am under the asumption (through things I have read in Stereophile) that cd players are flawed (and that the cd itself is flawed). And, again, I could be wrong, but my understanding is that the flaws come from the mechanics of the cd player when it comes to playback.

iPod vs. CD Player

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Submitted by serpiko42 on

For Christmas I received the Marantz iPod docking system. As I have been listening to my iPod through this new toy, I wondered about the sound quality of the iPod playing lossless music (through the Marantz and into my audiophile level system) versus the sound from my cd player. Let me be more specific. I am under the asumption (through things I have read in Stereophile) that cd players are flawed (and that the cd itself is flawed). And, again, I could be wrong, but my understanding is that the flaws come from the mechanics of the cd player when it comes to playback.

More James Brown Fallout

More James Brown Fallout

Jan 04, 2007

Watched James Brown's widow Tomi (not Tammy, she’s touchy), on <I>Larry King</I> last nite. Larry, who was at low ebb last nite and looked real bored by being used as a platform in a marriage dispute, wasn't buying any of it. Larry, bad manicure and all, looks like he's interviewed enough grieving, flaky&ndash;as&ndash;hell rock star widows.

Audiophile Challenge: Best $3000 Setup

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Submitted by Rodolfo on

Hello stereophile readers,
It's a pleasure to be joining the ranks of audio experts. New to the audiophile world, I'm looking to all of you for some direction and guidance with helping me create my first-ever audiophile home audio setup. I'll be moving into a new construction high-rise condo unit in April '07. The challenge? To create the best value audiophile quality system for ~$3000. Here are some constraints:

Audiophile Challenge: Best $3000 Setup

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Submitted by Rodolfo on

Hello stereophile readers,
It's a pleasure to be joining the ranks of audio experts. New to the audiophile world, I'm looking to all of you for some direction and guidance with helping me create my first-ever audiophile home audio setup. I'll be moving into a new construction high-rise condo unit in April '07. The challenge? To create the best value audiophile quality system for ~$3000. Here are some constraints:

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