"Tonearm?" muttered John Crabbe, my erstwhile editor at <I>Hi-Fi News & Record Review</I>, as he bent over my shoulder some 12 years ago to see what I was writing about. "A <I>tone</I>arm belongs on an acoustic gramophone&mdash;you should use the term 'pickup arm,' which doesn't suggest that the arm has a sound of its own."

"Tonearm?" muttered John Crabbe, my erstwhile editor at <I>Hi-Fi News & Record Review</I>, as he bent over my shoulder some 12 years ago to see what I was writing about. "A <I>tone</I>arm belongs on an acoustic gramophone&mdash;you should use the term 'pickup arm,' which doesn't suggest that the arm has a sound of its own."

"Tonearm?" muttered John Crabbe, my erstwhile editor at <I>Hi-Fi News & Record Review</I>, as he bent over my shoulder some 12 years ago to see what I was writing about. "A <I>tone</I>arm belongs on an acoustic gramophone&mdash;you should use the term 'pickup arm,' which doesn't suggest that the arm has a sound of its own."

"Tonearm?" muttered John Crabbe, my erstwhile editor at <I>Hi-Fi News & Record Review</I>, as he bent over my shoulder some 12 years ago to see what I was writing about. "A <I>tone</I>arm belongs on an acoustic gramophone&mdash;you should use the term 'pickup arm,' which doesn't suggest that the arm has a sound of its own."

"Tonearm?" muttered John Crabbe, my erstwhile editor at <I>Hi-Fi News & Record Review</I>, as he bent over my shoulder some 12 years ago to see what I was writing about. "A <I>tone</I>arm belongs on an acoustic gramophone&mdash;you should use the term 'pickup arm,' which doesn't suggest that the arm has a sound of its own."

"Tonearm?" muttered John Crabbe, my erstwhile editor at <I>Hi-Fi News & Record Review</I>, as he bent over my shoulder some 12 years ago to see what I was writing about. "A <I>tone</I>arm belongs on an acoustic gramophone&mdash;you should use the term 'pickup arm,' which doesn't suggest that the arm has a sound of its own."

Eighty thousand pairs. According to Vandersteen Audio, that's the number of Vandersteen 2s of various generations which have been sold since the loudspeaker&mdash;and company&mdash;first saw the light of day in 1977. The 2 has been continually refined along the way&mdash;a new driver here, a new crossover change there, heavy-duty stands&mdash;more changes, in fact, than the occasional changes in model designation would indicate. The 2's main calling card has always been a high perceived value for money. If anything, this calling card has only been enhanced over the years as its price remained remarkably stable while the cost of high-end audio in general was perceived&mdash;rightly or wrongly&mdash;as being on a dizzying upward spiral.

Eighty thousand pairs. According to Vandersteen Audio, that's the number of Vandersteen 2s of various generations which have been sold since the loudspeaker&mdash;and company&mdash;first saw the light of day in 1977. The 2 has been continually refined along the way&mdash;a new driver here, a new crossover change there, heavy-duty stands&mdash;more changes, in fact, than the occasional changes in model designation would indicate. The 2's main calling card has always been a high perceived value for money. If anything, this calling card has only been enhanced over the years as its price remained remarkably stable while the cost of high-end audio in general was perceived&mdash;rightly or wrongly&mdash;as being on a dizzying upward spiral.

Eighty thousand pairs. According to Vandersteen Audio, that's the number of Vandersteen 2s of various generations which have been sold since the loudspeaker&mdash;and company&mdash;first saw the light of day in 1977. The 2 has been continually refined along the way&mdash;a new driver here, a new crossover change there, heavy-duty stands&mdash;more changes, in fact, than the occasional changes in model designation would indicate. The 2's main calling card has always been a high perceived value for money. If anything, this calling card has only been enhanced over the years as its price remained remarkably stable while the cost of high-end audio in general was perceived&mdash;rightly or wrongly&mdash;as being on a dizzying upward spiral.

Eighty thousand pairs. According to Vandersteen Audio, that's the number of Vandersteen 2s of various generations which have been sold since the loudspeaker&mdash;and company&mdash;first saw the light of day in 1977. The 2 has been continually refined along the way&mdash;a new driver here, a new crossover change there, heavy-duty stands&mdash;more changes, in fact, than the occasional changes in model designation would indicate. The 2's main calling card has always been a high perceived value for money. If anything, this calling card has only been enhanced over the years as its price remained remarkably stable while the cost of high-end audio in general was perceived&mdash;rightly or wrongly&mdash;as being on a dizzying upward spiral.