"To be natural," Oscar Wilde said, "is such a very difficult pose to keep up."

"To be natural," Oscar Wilde said, "is such a very difficult pose to keep up."

"To be natural," Oscar Wilde said, "is such a very difficult pose to keep up."

"To be natural," Oscar Wilde said, "is such a very difficult pose to keep up."

"To be natural," Oscar Wilde said, "is such a very difficult pose to keep up."

"To be natural," Oscar Wilde said, "is such a very difficult pose to keep up."

Phil Jones, the loudspeaker designer who pioneered the resurgence of metal-cone woofers with first Acoustic Energy in the UK, then Boston Acoustics' Lynnfield series, and finally his own company, Platinum Audio, is no longer with Platinum.

The one-two punch known as the Holiday Season is only half finished; Christmas is simply the warmup for the biggest blowout of the year. For a successful New Year's party, the only ingredient more essential than a well-stocked liquor cabinet is an ample supple of party tunes. (Recommended accessory: a reliable CD changer. It's hard to play host and DJ at the same time.)

<B>Larry Archibald on CD:</B> <BR> This article on Compact Discs and CD players is by Doug Sax, president of Sheffield Records and a longtime opponent of digital recording. J. Gordon Holt offers a <A HREF="http://www.stereophile.com//digitalsourcereviews/193/">response</A&gt; elsewhere in this issue, in which he advises readers to buy a Compact Disc player as soon as they can afford it. Gordon in general hails the Compact Disc as the greatest thing to hit audio since the stereophonic LP.

<B>Larry Archibald on CD:</B> <BR> This article on Compact Discs and CD players is by Doug Sax, president of Sheffield Records and a longtime opponent of digital recording. J. Gordon Holt offers a <A HREF="http://www.stereophile.com//digitalsourcereviews/193/">response</A&gt; elsewhere in this issue, in which he advises readers to buy a Compact Disc player as soon as they can afford it. Gordon in general hails the Compact Disc as the greatest thing to hit audio since the stereophonic LP.