He's talking about the master database for the 2007 Buyer's Guide. It's swollen with model names and numbers, bloated with impedances and frequency responses, bursting — absolutely bursting, I tell you — with weights, warranties, and retail prices. I don't blame him for not wanting to open it. I don't blame him at all.
"Ah, don't worry about it," I say.
"Don't worry about it," he repeats.
"It's good advice," I say.
"Richard just finished copyediting the first of Art's opening essays. I don't…