...and I say that even though I started the topic on here re the Holt interview. It made me think, even if I didn't agree with all of it.

A particular standout was Art Dudley's review of the XT-100 amp.

In fact, it's because of Art's writing that I subscribe to Stereophile. I subscribed previously to the late, lamented (though not by HIM, I'm sure!) Listener magazine.

Other standouts were the articles about Tim de Paravicini, the Brilliant Classics CDs, and Bettye LaVette.

Kudos to the editorial staff and writers for the overall excellence of the December 2007 issue!

Great articles, and an EXCELLENT manufacturer's response from Boulder!

I especially enjoyed the articles on the New Orleans music scene, MF's discussion of Intelligent Record-Cleaning Fluid, and Art Dudley's review of the Zu Audio cartridge.

Hello All:

I recently ventured into the world of hi-end audio and stumbled upon this forum. My budget afforded me:

Audio Research VSi55 Integrated Amp
Rega Apollo CD Player
Wilson Benesch ARC Speakers
An AC Filter and high-end cables

Hi,
I just read Keith Howard's article, "Heavy Load: How Loudspeakers Torture Amplifiers" and was wondering what the formula was that he used to generate the EPDR graphs? I tried deriving it myself, but got stuck halfway though.

It is said over and over that hi end audio stores' margins are paper thin. I have found out today that this is complet and total bullshit.

I was at a high end store today and I sneaked a peak at their computer screen while they were doing a component lookup and their cost came up. It was just as I suspected: they get a 100% markup on components (this was an amp, not cables). In fact the markup for this particular component was 110%

So, we are getting raped when we buy new by dealers who are not even all that nice to us.

The CD upset him? Is this normal? http://www.campuslife.cornell.edu/campuslife/housing/undergraduate/upload/Fremer.pdf

My copy of Stereophile came late, so I just finished reading AD's Listening section. He wrote about SET components and a mono record that he newly rediscovered and enjoyed. Towards the end of the article, AD writes:

Quote:

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"The next time someone tells me that they know that the realistic reproduction of music in the home requires