1. RJR says that the previous NHT SB3 was "bass-reflex". It was not. Not sure how he made that mistake after owning them for three or four years!

2. He said:

"The Nola Mini had a natural midrange as well as extended and detailed highs. Midrange inner detail was more revealing through the Nola, however, and its bass extension and high-level dynamic capabilities were superior to the those of the NHT Three." (The Nola is better, but the Nola is better"?!?)

But I'm 95% sure, based on context he actually meant this:

Can anyone tell me why the Branford Marsalis CD "Braggtown" review is repeated in the December issue after it first appeared in the November issue? I started reading it and thought that I've read this somewhere before and sure enough, it's November all over again. Along with the strange Tara cables ad, is anybody proofing before Sterophile goes to the printers?

A couple of days ago I received this cd, tribaljazz from my roommate who works at UMGD. Its John Densmore

Opinions please:
What is the "best" $100 +/- a few but no more than $200 power cable? I cannot pay the big bucks some of these things cost. Oh, I could but I would become a single person quite quickly thanks in advance for your opinions

Even though they've been around for about 10 years, I just started listening to Porcupine Tree. They play some very etherial and intricate music. Fascinating lyrics (and they can really sing!) and the recording quality is excellent. They also release on vinyl.

Adrian Belew and Robert Fripp opened for them a few times on their last tour. That will give you an idea what camp they are in. This is not mindless rock n' roll.

Here are the albums I own:
(I've made a killer collage CD from them)

The recent hooha on Tara (along with its inconclusive conclusion) begs a few questions about interconnecting cables. I can understand Michael's wanting to begin the cable auditioning process with the preamp-to-phono preamp connection -- the phono preamp, as my tiny brain understands the situation, is asked to perform a more delicate task than other links in the chain.