<B><I>TOUS LES MATINS DU MONDE</I> (soundtrack)</B><BR>
Jordi Savall, Christophe Coin, bass viols; Les Concert des Nations, Jordi Savall, dir.<BR>
Valois/Auvidis V 4640 (CD only). Pierre Verany Studios, production & engineering. DDD. TT: 76:00

In July 1877, Thomas Edison wrote that he was sure he would "be able to store up & reproduce at any future time the human voice perfectly," and the word <I>phonograph</I> soon began showing up in his lab notes. By the time <A HREF="http://www.stereophile.com/interviews/457/">Ivor Tiefenbrun</A> stepped onto the audio industry soundstage, nearly a century had passed, and even discriminating listeners took the record player for granted. But Tiefenbrun had discerned sonic differences among players, and he knew that his <A HREF="http://www.stereophile.com/analogsourcereviews/1103linn/">LP12</A>&mdas… had built a prototype for personal use&mdash;was a superior performer. When people told him that turntables do no more than go 'round and 'round, he would rebut them by pointing out that speakers merely go in and out.

In July 1877, Thomas Edison wrote that he was sure he would "be able to store up & reproduce at any future time the human voice perfectly," and the word phonograph soon began showing up in his lab notes. By the time Ivor Tiefenbrun stepped onto the audio industry soundstage, nearly a century had passed, and even discriminating listeners took the record player for granted. But Tiefenbrun had discerned sonic differences among players, and he knew that his LP12—he had built a prototype for personal use—was a superior performer. When people told him that turntables do no more than go 'round and 'round, he would rebut them by pointing out that speakers merely go in and out.

Long before the Swedes at Ikea did it, the singular Scotsman <A HREF="http://www.stereophile.com/interviews/1101ivor/">Ivor Tiefenbrun</A> began giving his products funny-sounding names. For some reason positively phobic about the letter <I>c</I>, he banned its use in any of those names. Someone once told me his real last name is Tiefencrun, but since it wouldn't <I>sound</I> any different with a <I>k</I>, he settled for a <I>b</I>. "I could have been Ivor Tiefendrun, or Tiefenfrun, or Tiefengrun, for that matter," he's quoted as having said once while krunching a krakker.

Long before the Swedes at Ikea did it, the singular Scotsman <A HREF="http://www.stereophile.com/interviews/1101ivor/">Ivor Tiefenbrun</A> began giving his products funny-sounding names. For some reason positively phobic about the letter <I>c</I>, he banned its use in any of those names. Someone once told me his real last name is Tiefencrun, but since it wouldn't <I>sound</I> any different with a <I>k</I>, he settled for a <I>b</I>. "I could have been Ivor Tiefendrun, or Tiefenfrun, or Tiefengrun, for that matter," he's quoted as having said once while krunching a krakker.

Long before the Swedes at Ikea did it, the singular Scotsman <A HREF="http://www.stereophile.com/interviews/1101ivor/">Ivor Tiefenbrun</A> began giving his products funny-sounding names. For some reason positively phobic about the letter <I>c</I>, he banned its use in any of those names. Someone once told me his real last name is Tiefencrun, but since it wouldn't <I>sound</I> any different with a <I>k</I>, he settled for a <I>b</I>. "I could have been Ivor Tiefendrun, or Tiefenfrun, or Tiefengrun, for that matter," he's quoted as having said once while krunching a krakker.

Long before the Swedes at Ikea did it, the singular Scotsman <A HREF="http://www.stereophile.com/interviews/1101ivor/">Ivor Tiefenbrun</A> began giving his products funny-sounding names. For some reason positively phobic about the letter <I>c</I>, he banned its use in any of those names. Someone once told me his real last name is Tiefencrun, but since it wouldn't <I>sound</I> any different with a <I>k</I>, he settled for a <I>b</I>. "I could have been Ivor Tiefendrun, or Tiefenfrun, or Tiefengrun, for that matter," he's quoted as having said once while krunching a krakker.

Long before the Swedes at Ikea did it, the singular Scotsman <A HREF="http://www.stereophile.com/interviews/1101ivor/">Ivor Tiefenbrun</A> began giving his products funny-sounding names. For some reason positively phobic about the letter <I>c</I>, he banned its use in any of those names. Someone once told me his real last name is Tiefencrun, but since it wouldn't <I>sound</I> any different with a <I>k</I>, he settled for a <I>b</I>. "I could have been Ivor Tiefendrun, or Tiefenfrun, or Tiefengrun, for that matter," he's quoted as having said once while krunching a krakker.

Before the advent of big-screen projection televisions, manhood was measured more conventionally: by the size of one's crate-sized, boat-anchor-heavy, brushed-aluminum-fronted power amplifiers. Those days are long gone.

Before the advent of big-screen projection televisions, manhood was measured more conventionally: by the size of one's crate-sized, boat-anchor-heavy, brushed-aluminum-fronted power amplifiers. Those days are long gone.