Important, the two DHS right wing extremist reports

Submitted by JIMV on

In July of 2008 the DHS released a report on right wing terrorism to the security and police services. In April they released a NEW report to the same folk...both, of course, were leaked. Here are links to both reports:

http://cryptome.org/spy-whites.pdf#page=8

http://www.gordonunleashed.com/HSA%20-%20Rightwing%20Extremism%20-%2009%...

"Stygian"

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Submitted by linden518 on

I don't know if it's just me but have other people noticed different writers over-using the word "Stygian" to refer to deep bass from speakers, etc.? Is this a newly coined cliche or has it always been used in audio-speak? It's pretty lame and annoying. Aside from the fact that Styx runs in the mythological "under"world (har har), what the hell does it have to do with bass? Did the sound of its waves register at 16 Hz according to Hesiod or something?

Now on Newsstands: Stereophile, Vol.32 No.6

Now on Newsstands: Stereophile, Vol.32 No.6

May 14, 2009

The June 2009 issue of <i>Stereophile</i> is now on newsstands. At first, I was against the green border and font for the front cover, favoring <a href="http://blog.stereophile.com/stephenmejias/in_shades_of_orange/">a red and orange motif</a> instead, but I now think the green treatment looks excellent. It is appropriate for spring, and the Klipsch Palladium P-39F loudspeaker seems to leap right from the page. Like a (really freaking) gigantic squirrel leaping from the branch of a blossoming tree.

In Shades of Orange

In Shades of Orange

May 14, 2009

This was my initial choice of cover motif for our June 2009 issue. We were concerned that these colors, however, would appear too similar to those used for <a href="http://blog.stereophile.com/stephenmejias/now_on_newsstands_stereophile… May issue</a>. One goal in designing a cover is to make it look as different as possible from the cover preceding it. So that buyers don't get confused, or something, I guess. While I understand the point, I must say that the Klipsch Palladium P-39F loudspeaker looks nothing like <a href="http://www.stereophile.com/turntables/sme_model_2012_turntable_312s_ton… SME 20/12 turntable</a>.

Whither J. Gordon Holt?

Submitted by jcharlesholt on

As some of you you may know, J. Gordon Holt has been of ill health of late, and according to his doctor he doesn't have a lot of time left. He has late stage COPD (emphysema), and is about to return from the nursing home to live out the rest of his days under hospice care at home with friends, family, and his beloved martinis.

Channel Classics Continues With SACD

Channel Classics Continues With SACD

May 14, 2009

Despite the recent affirmation by <I>Stereophile</I>'s Kalman Rubinson that the Super Audio Compact Disc remains "the best available all-around physical medium for music" (May 2009, p.47), audiophiles in the US continue to declare it a dead format. Regardless, independent record producers such as Jared Sacks, founder and managing director of Holland's Channel Classics Records, continue to champion and promote SACD.

Chance Favors the Prepared Mind

Submitted by Stephen Mejias on

In his recent Gizmodo article, "Why We Need Audiophiles," John Mahoney ventured:


Quote:
Audiophiles are basically synesthesiacs. They "see" music in three-dimensional visual space. You close your eyes in Fremer's chair, and you can perceive a detailed 3D matrix of sound, with each element occupying its own special space in the air.

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