We're extremely happy to have Ariel Bitran working with us as our new, full-time editorial assistant. In that role, he will join me as a Forum Administrator.

In the past, Ariel has also worked with us as a summer intern, working to create our annual Buyer's Guide. He distinguished himself as a hardworking, caring, and thoughtful member of our team, forming a strong bond with the magazine in a relatively short amount of time. He is also an outstanding guitarist for a local rock band, Heroes of the Open End, and a very active member of the NYC music scene.

Comments on:
Why Music Matters: Enjoyment, Illusion, and the Audiophile
By Michael Lavorgna
Stereophile October 2010

Michael talks about the

http://www.heraldscotland.com/arts-ents/music-features/nick-cave-gets-a-touch
-of-evil-from-his-grinderman-sessions-1.1054776
Nick Cave gets a touch of evil from his Grinderman sessions
Edd McCracken

13 Sep 2010
Cut off from the outside world in their studio, the Bad Seeds offshoot create
an unholy racket.

This is such a brilliant album. in my top 5 of all time. The documentary, Benjamin Smoke, is riveting. Check it out. It is a classic.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iaSLSCXOZLQ

http://www.amazon.com/o/ASIN/B00000488J?tag=betteraddons-20

I own quite a few Bookshelf speakers and love to swap them in and out in my system....Different moods...Different sounds. I generally have high level (speaker level) going to my subwoofer and from there I connect my main speakers. Now the problem is when I connect a pair of speakers that has a second order crossover the subwoofers output is greatly reduced or it seems each channel is of different phase, cancelling out a good portion of bass. Is this due to the drivers being wired out of phase in a 2nd order crossover.