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That description seemed to correlate very well with the perceived subjective balance. The Mezzo did sound a touch rich and heavy, but only a touch—I dare say a slightly larger room, or one with greater low-frequency absorption, might suit it even better. The sound was also just a shade laid-back and reticent, especially in the way voices were projected—yet not sufficiently so as to spoil my enjoyment, even at very low listening levels. Though I tend to favor a more open and forward upper midband, I had little trouble living with and even getting to like the Mezzo's slightly laid-back and…
It's a spring day, midweek, and I'm behind the desk of the small-town library where I work part-time. A woman comes in, late 60s, maybe 70. There is a quietness about her, as if time has asked her to shrink a little. She's local, but we've never met. "Laura," she offers. Her handshake is firm.
Laura tells me she's heard through a mutual friend that I have a high-end music system and write for Stereophile. Her husband, Ted, loved the magazine.
Ted, she says, died a decade ago, at 60. She recounts how, a few months later, she met up with someone to hand over many boxes of old…