My great friends, Omar and Mikey, striking The Audiophile Pose, at Audio Connection in Verona, New Jersey.

"Dude, my system sounds <i>awesome!</i>"

<I>Room lock</I> occurs when a set of loudspeakers reproduces the deep-bass notes of a pipe organ powerfully enough that the sounds can be felt as pressure waves. On Day 2 of the <A HREF="http://blog.stereophile.com/he2007">2007 Home Entertainment Show</A>, in one of the Sound By Singer rooms, our own <A HREF="http://www.stereophile.com/thefifthelement/">John Marks</A> played his recording of organist James Busby performing Herbert Howells' <I>Master Tallis's Testament</I> through a pair of Fremont loudspeakers from Escalante Design. The sustained bass note at the end of the passage took my breath away&mdash;the stand-mounted Fremonts sounded as open and dynamic as anything else I heard at HE2007. I wondered if they'd sound as good in my home listening room.

<I>Room lock</I> occurs when a set of loudspeakers reproduces the deep-bass notes of a pipe organ powerfully enough that the sounds can be felt as pressure waves. On Day 2 of the <A HREF="http://blog.stereophile.com/he2007">2007 Home Entertainment Show</A>, in one of the Sound By Singer rooms, our own <A HREF="http://www.stereophile.com/thefifthelement/">John Marks</A> played his recording of organist James Busby performing Herbert Howells' <I>Master Tallis's Testament</I> through a pair of Fremont loudspeakers from Escalante Design. The sustained bass note at the end of the passage took my breath away&mdash;the stand-mounted Fremonts sounded as open and dynamic as anything else I heard at HE2007. I wondered if they'd sound as good in my home listening room.

<I>Room lock</I> occurs when a set of loudspeakers reproduces the deep-bass notes of a pipe organ powerfully enough that the sounds can be felt as pressure waves. On Day 2 of the <A HREF="http://blog.stereophile.com/he2007">2007 Home Entertainment Show</A>, in one of the Sound By Singer rooms, our own <A HREF="http://www.stereophile.com/thefifthelement/">John Marks</A> played his recording of organist James Busby performing Herbert Howells' <I>Master Tallis's Testament</I> through a pair of Fremont loudspeakers from Escalante Design. The sustained bass note at the end of the passage took my breath away&mdash;the stand-mounted Fremonts sounded as open and dynamic as anything else I heard at HE2007. I wondered if they'd sound as good in my home listening room.

<I>Room lock</I> occurs when a set of loudspeakers reproduces the deep-bass notes of a pipe organ powerfully enough that the sounds can be felt as pressure waves. On Day 2 of the <A HREF="http://blog.stereophile.com/he2007">2007 Home Entertainment Show</A>, in one of the Sound By Singer rooms, our own <A HREF="http://www.stereophile.com/thefifthelement/">John Marks</A> played his recording of organist James Busby performing Herbert Howells' <I>Master Tallis's Testament</I> through a pair of Fremont loudspeakers from Escalante Design. The sustained bass note at the end of the passage took my breath away&mdash;the stand-mounted Fremonts sounded as open and dynamic as anything else I heard at HE2007. I wondered if they'd sound as good in my home listening room.

<I>Room lock</I> occurs when a set of loudspeakers reproduces the deep-bass notes of a pipe organ powerfully enough that the sounds can be felt as pressure waves. On Day 2 of the <A HREF="http://blog.stereophile.com/he2007">2007 Home Entertainment Show</A>, in one of the Sound By Singer rooms, our own <A HREF="http://www.stereophile.com/thefifthelement/">John Marks</A> played his recording of organist James Busby performing Herbert Howells' <I>Master Tallis's Testament</I> through a pair of Fremont loudspeakers from Escalante Design. The sustained bass note at the end of the passage took my breath away&mdash;the stand-mounted Fremonts sounded as open and dynamic as anything else I heard at HE2007. I wondered if they'd sound as good in my home listening room.

"Where did the music go?" I remember vividly the crestfallen looks on the faces of the listeners when, at the demonstrations I did at last October's <A HREF="http://blog.stereophile.com/rmaf2007/">Rocky Mountain Audio Fest</A>, I played the MP3.