Hmmm. I'd visited YGA's rooms at CES and various HE shows. I'd heard their speakers, which were obviously very well made. But I'd also listened to Yoav Geva's sales pitch, which was, shall we say, heavy on the superlatives. In fact, Stephen Mejias even coined a neologism for the audio lexicon: to be "yoaved". But, after all, talking to loudspeaker designers and exploring the ways in which speakers are made is my job.
"Sure,…
I've collected every one of these burning masterpieces—on CD—going back to those college nights with Todd and Michelle, racing down River Road to catch the 168 or the 175 and finding our way to the Cooler on 14th, or Tonic on Norfolk, and later even watching thrilled and perplexed as Sonic Youth took the stage to make noise at Lincoln Center's Avery Fisher Hall.
And blah blah blah. At the time, I didn't have a…
The e-mail says:
For those of you who have been lamenting the scarcity of classical vinyl in our store over the past few months, we have good news. In the last couple of weeks we have had the good fortune to purchase several large classical LP collections.Lamenting? I don't have much exposure to classical music, and my vinyl interests have been directed mostly toward jazz and…
Most of them aren't very good sounding and the tiny drivers their manufacturers employ lack dynamic range—and, worst of all, midrange clarity, without which dialogue is indecipherable. Even so, I…
If you can make it out to Princeton, but haven't yet made the time, these videos may be just what it takes to motivate you. I'm sure forum member, selfdivider, will want to make a trip now that he's got his new turntable all set up!
While the PREX offers thousands of new and used compact discs as well as DVDs and even video games, I am especially interested in their 60,000 vinyl titles.
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Well, yeah, I do love it. But you know what I love more?
I love the P3's high-gloss yellow, green, white, black, and red paint jobs more! I would bite my arm off for one of these.
Now, my only problem is figuring out which finish I love most.
When Ariel first broke the news to me, I was somewhat shocked, and even a little disappointed, by the price increase. An additional FOUR HUNDRED BUCKS for some fancy finishes?! OH, BUGGER. I'll take the gray, thank you…
Interesting article today in The Globe and Mail about the impermanence of archival formats... Except vinyl.
Got me curious. Calling upon the author to explain, we learn:
In Britain, media have been reporting a strange mould affecting audiotape and videotape. Thousands of kilometres of magnetic tape have already been destroyed by the dust-like substance...
It seems, dear music lovers, that nature is rebelling against our inferior audio and video formats! It's almost like some summer blockbuster with that wonder…
They say an army travels on its stomach and Harrison served his mates a mixture of familiar fare (boiled beef and carrots) and more exotic grub (okra, for example, which is ubiquitous in Berber tagines, wasn't found in Old Blighty).
I'm a huge fan of "practical" cookbooks, so I'd love to get a look at this one.…
Blood, Looms, and Blooms.
Do this. If I were Sam Tellig, I would say, "You want it." If I were Kal Rubinson, I'd say, "It's mandatory."
If I were Jon Iverson, I would say, "Ah-ah ooh-ooh ee-ee!"
The album is available as a compact disc, but the…