Paradise Underground

Paradise Underground

Baldasare Forestiere created an underground dwelling that included a network of 100 niches, courts, patios, and passageways, including plantings of trees such as Strawberry, Carob, Jujube, citrus (sometimes multiple graftings on single trunks), Pomegranate, Mulberry, Date Palm, Avocado, Quince, and Persimmon.

Sutherland DLS volume display

When I originally finished this article I was very interested in this product except for one nagging question. How do I see the level of the volume control? I reread the article only to discover that this important piece of information is not present. I downloaded the manual from the supplied web site and found this piece of information:

Do you have a favorite "Indie" music label? What is it, and why do you like it?

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For a lot of folks, the major record labels have lost their musical way. But independent, or "indie", labels are considered a bright spot by many. Do you have a favorite "indie" music label? What is it, and why do you like it?

Who is Jason Victor Serinus?

Did I miss something? Was this writer ever introduced to us or am I correct that he was more like thrust upon us.

A google of the name would indicate he is a whistler, writer, music and audio reviewer, and a healer! No ordinary healer mind you, but a whistling healer! That's correct...whistle tones used to heal.

Kinda reminds me of the TV commercial, you know the one...Bob's Plumbing and Marriage Counseling.

Frequency of Repair

I call the following "the dirty little secret in audio" and that is frequency of repair. I sent a suggestion to Robert Harley (actually based upon an idea HP had many many years ago) but he has never responded.

First a note I wrote to a reviewer a Mr. Nack (on Positive Feeback Online) who wrote that two weeks after testing interconnects that retail for $5,000, the plugs fell off!

Dear Mr. Nack,

Warner Bros. "Gives Up" on Classical

Warner Bros. "Gives Up" on Classical

This is old news, but you may not have read it anywhere: Warner Classics no longer exists as an "active" label. <I>Gramophone</I> published a news item breaking the story on June 2 and Norman Lebrecht apparently analyzed and excoriated the move in his <I>La Scena Musicale</I> web log shortly thereafter. We say "apparently," since Lebrecht's site now reads www.scena.org is now expired.

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