KEF Reference Series, how do the different finishes sound?

What do you think the color to color variability is in the sound?

We also don't hear much about which veneers sound best on any given speaker.

Walnut? Cherry? Maple?

I'm sure they all have sonic differences, no?

(I mean, if someone can tell the best arrangement of screw tightening pattern for the lid of an amplifier, something as vast as veneer characteristics should have easily differentiated sonics.)

mr. dudley's phono cartridges

Mr. AD:

I am a long time reader going back to Listener. I enjoyed the article this month on the Electroc..... amps. When reading the section about the reviewer's gear, I noticed that you show a Shilabe cartridge. Can you tell me if you bought one, is it the same one that MF reviewed and if so, are you doing a second opinion on it to be published later. A friend has one and it is a cartridge that I am very interested in learning more about.
Thanks.

Tom

On Building Quality

Some MP3 files DO sound BETTER on cheap playback equipment. MP3 files CAN sound good on high resolution playback equipment. MP3 quality CAN be very good - or awful - or anywhere in between and ultimately depends on the talent of the recording/mixing/mastering engineer.

Is this a lot of juice?

In the papers following my amplifier, it says that it is capable of 150Wpc i 8 Ohms, 230Wpc i 4 Ohms, but a mindblowing +/- 40 Amperes of peak current.

In my book this is pretty much, but knowing my amp very well (on year 4 now), I have no reason to not believe it. How much current is your amp capable of letting go, compared to the Wattage?

You know you're...

You know you're a geek when
*you laugh like Goofy and carry glasses heavier than your shoes
*you prefer reading "Comprehensive C++" instead of going to a party
*you are able to quote correctly from comic books more than 20 years old
*you offer to read out loud for your class while the teacher gets a phone call
*you know the city train timetable by heart
*you can tell the number of brake Horsepower a Tupolev TU-134A develops from each engine
*you can tell what a Tupolev TU-134A is at all
*you're able to read at 3

Etymotic Research hf2 & hf5 in-ear headphones Measurements

Etymotic Research hf2 & hf5 in-ear headphones Measurements

Ah, how the times change. When I <A HREF="http://www.stereophile.com/headphones/805">reviewed</A&gt; Etymotic Research's ER-4S in-ear headphones in the July 1995 <I>Stereophile</I>, they seemed expensive to me at $330, but well worth that seemingly high price: at the time, they were the best headphones I'd heard. Nowadays, with reference headphones costing well north of a kilobuck, the price of the ER-4S seems relatively reasonable.

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61 Martin Lane
Elk Grove Village, IL 60007
(847) 228-0006
www.etymotic.com
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