A Most Unfortunate Error

It is Stereophile's strict policy that we do not allow ads from a product's manufacturer to appear within or even close to a review of that product. Every month, publisher Keith Pray, assistant editor Stephen Mejias, and I look at the issue's finalized layout or "map" to ensure that this does not happen.

Well, when you receive your May issue, you will see that we screwed up. On p.76, in the middle of Art Dudley's review of the Roksan Kandy K2 integrated amplifier, is an advertisement for the Roksan Kandy K2 amplifier!

Well, dang. Malcom McLaren died.

Dead and gone.

I like Bow Wow Wow and really enjoyed his way of "Spike Jones-ing" the opera genre with his album "Fans."

My favorite opera line was from that album...."Oh donkey donkey donkey doe" from Madam Butterfly.

Time to raise a pint in his honor.

It was great how he got Cate Blanchett to pose for the cover of that album.

Arc Angles: Optimizing Tonearm Geometry Page 5

Arc Angles: Optimizing Tonearm Geometry Page 5

As Chester Rice, co-inventor of the moving-coil loudspeaker, once ruefully observed: "The ancients have stolen our inventions." So often, what is painted as new and innovative turns out to be something someone thought of long before. We have a habit of forgetting, and that applies not only to inventions, but to knowledge of other kinds as well.

Arc Angles: Optimizing Tonearm Geometry Page 4

Arc Angles: Optimizing Tonearm Geometry Page 4

As Chester Rice, co-inventor of the moving-coil loudspeaker, once ruefully observed: "The ancients have stolen our inventions." So often, what is painted as new and innovative turns out to be something someone thought of long before. We have a habit of forgetting, and that applies not only to inventions, but to knowledge of other kinds as well.

Arc Angles: Optimizing Tonearm Geometry Page 3

Arc Angles: Optimizing Tonearm Geometry Page 3

As Chester Rice, co-inventor of the moving-coil loudspeaker, once ruefully observed: "The ancients have stolen our inventions." So often, what is painted as new and innovative turns out to be something someone thought of long before. We have a habit of forgetting, and that applies not only to inventions, but to knowledge of other kinds as well.

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