The CMJ Music Marathon

The CMJ Music Marathon

We're lucky. There's always an enormous amount of great live music to be enjoyed in New York City, but this week is especially crammed with sound. The CMJ Music Marathon is here. As I type, our very own Mikey Fremer is moderating a discussion titled "Hi Fidelity for the Future." Panelists include NYU professor Jim Anderson; David Chesky of Chesky Records and <a href="http://www.stereophile.com/news/052008hdtracks/index.html">HDTracks.com…;; <a href="http://www.stereophile.com/news/11283/index.html">D&M Holdings</a>' Jeffrey Cowan; and <a href="http://news.cnet.com/audiophiliac/">the Audiophiliac</a>, Steve Guttenberg.

Greatest Single peice of HiFI

Hi

With DUP gone we can have a reasonable debate.

What would you rate as the single most iconic peice of hifi ? Something that you aspire to through your life. The obvious ones that jump out for me :

1 - Mcintosh amps

2 - Quad electrostatic speakers

Of course the granddaddy of them all and im thinking the landslide winner, the LP12.

Any other thoughts ?

Alan

Surrealistic Sound

Surrealistic Sound

Toward the end of the 1992 Summer CES in Chicago, <A HREF="http://www.stereophile.com/interviews/66">J. Gordon Holt</A> ambled into Audio Influx's demonstration room. He was curious about which <A HREF="http://www.stereophile.com/recordingofthemonth/592rotm">PDQ Bach CD</A> we were playing, as a fitting end to the show. We chatted about PDQ Bach live concerts and the grand-spoof entrances made by Professor Peter Schickele. Suddenly he said, "You know, these speakers sound real," going on to mention that he hadn't heard many real-sounding systems. I told JGH that most of what I heard at shows and in dealer showrooms nowadays was <I>sur</I>realistic sound.

Speaking of cables, a weird find a la a Playstation 1...

Forums

OK, putting on flame suit...and...

I was dorking around with some gear and forgot where I put my cable box. So, in a fit of expediency, I went to OSH and grabbed a pair of Phillips M62776 interconnects, and, dang...

...they sound pretty sweet.

They strike me along a similar vein as a PS 1, with no real sins of commission, so to speak, and they are only 12 dineros.

I am shocked.

Advertisement
Advertisement
Advertisement