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It's time to seal the brown boxes and send them back to the manufacturer. Tonight, I will be packing up the Ayre gear.
I was absolutely flattered when Steve Silberman e-mailed me back in February:
How would you like to live with an Ayre system for awhile? I was thinking the AX-7e and the CX-7e.Shit, how would you like to live with an Ayre system for awhile? Damn straight. I know how lucky I am; that's some pretty sweet gear. Expensive, too. And rated Class A in our own "Recommended Components."
It seemed like a big deal to have some Class A gear in…
Yeah, we've all heard violinists cut loose in the rondo of Mozart's third violin concerto, but not many of us have heard anything quite like this.
Thanks to Larry Bassman.
Marvel at the ability of one cat to occupy an entire easy chair—while not-so-discretely screaming "look at me!"
None of those histrionics for Mistress Bagheera, thank you very much—she prefers to disappear, perched on top of her favorite toy and meditation aid.
Chris Anderson argues that niche markets are the new blockbuster—except that we don't have blockbusters any more.
Audiophiles are a good example of this. The actual number of LPs sold is quite small (compared to Brittny-sized sales figures), but record junkies are passionate and buy out of all proportion to their numbers.
The BBC's website has a daguerreotype of Constanze Mozart. Wow, a photo of Mozart's widow!
We catch up with Kristina to find that she's discovered Stereophile's "first and only pornographic publishing-foul."
First and only? Oh, the dramatic irony.
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I have been swamped these past few days with faxes. John Hurley, our publisher who I occasionally share popcorn with, asked me yesterday morning if I had spent the night near the fax; Last he had seen me, I was faxing. First thing this morning... I was still faxing. Needless to say, we have not had popcorn since, but the worst is over and our "Recommended Components" issue is in its earliest,…
In this digital life we’re all now living does it get any better than calling AOL and canceling an account? I hate to be Flashdance about this but—Oh, what a feeling!
Finally free from those bloodsuckers who’ve been automatically nicking my credit card for a decade! And for what? Their anti-Spam software that allows thousands of total scam foreign language fishing emails to flood in from Nigeria and Bolivia? Or is it the impossibility of finding any AOL 800 numbers where you can talk to a live human on the AOL site? More likely it’s my valuable part in paying off the debt from one of the…
"Are your windows open?" sales manager Laura LoVecchio asked today.
"No, but they should be, I know."
"It's beautiful out."
Indeed, today may be the loveliest day New York City has seen this summer. The color of the sky, a pale blue, reminds me of the sky above Healdsburg. The touch of the air, so perfectly cool, reminds me of the air in San Francisco. And I've just now opened my window. The sound of 38th Street, a soft Friday evening whir, reminds me of the sound of the ocean in Carmel.
I'll go home tonight, sit on my orange couch, and look into the empty…