Given the exceptional hospitality of the Marriott Denver Tech Center staff—among the most efficient and attentive folks I’ve encountered at any show—I confess that I’ve fallen in love with the infinitely charming Latina who has been cleaning the room. To think that some would demonize her simply because her command of…
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Photographed in a state of mild panic, as your truly was trying to figure out what was wrong with his new Canon digital camera [Answer: nothing but his brain], the dedicated Serinus RMAF work area at the Marriott is pictured in its characteristically unglorious state.
For some system configurations, hotel rooms present near impossible challenges. Such was the case in one padded cell on the 5th floor of the Marriott Denver Tech Center, where the frustrated purveyors of a modestly priced A/V surround system raided the linen closet in a desperate attempt to tame errant sound. I didn’t have the heart to ask if the reflective surface of the black plastic tape might be making matters worse.
Here’s hoping that when they dismantled everything, the wallpaper remained in place!
Fortune found in the fortune cookie that accompanied my evening meal of Chinese take-out: "When in doubt, let your instincts guide you."
To the extent those words have to do with this blog, besides proof that I'm sufficiently punch drunk from three days of non-stop system hopping to quote such a foolproof source in such an impossibly run-on sentence, they must refer to what both John Atwood, designer of Artemis Labs electronics, and the designer of the Verity Sarastro loudspeakers took to heart as they developed their respective products. The combination of the Artemis Labs SP-1…
Jack Black on the need to stop piracy.
Do I need to say "mildly offensive language alert"?
Although it can sometimes seem quite illusive, or only reserved for the chosen few, high-end proof of the proverbial scales of justice surfaced in the last room I was privileged to visit.
There I encountered the striking Red Rock Renaissance amplifiers, push-pull 50Wpc tubed monoblocks ($28,750/pair) designed by RMAF co-founder Al Stiefel and Gordon Maughan. The Red Rocks were paired with visually arresting Gershman Acoustics Black Swan loudspeakers ($30,000/pair), Exemplar Audio’s Exception II preamplifier ($3250) and Extant DAC ($8800), and Magnan cables. The system exhibited…
Besides dumpsters and dust, IN New York magazine left us with some profound silence. We spent much of the morning admiring it. Today, the ninth floor of 261 Madison Avenue, which can comfortably accommodate nearly 100 dedicated employees, saw only seven.
When we weren't admiring the silence, we were admiring the job done by contributing editor, Jason Victor Serinus, in covering the Rocky Mountain Audio Fest. One reader commented:
Not only has he reported on the "facts" of all these rooms, but has communicated his reaction to the sounds and music he heard in a personal and…
I think Gene Weingarten may be the best long-form newspaper writer in the country and this profile of Doonesbury artist-writer Garry Trudeau is Exhibit A.
Oh, you haven't paid attention to Doonesbury in years? Well, the current strips featuring amputee veteran B.D. are some of the sharpest observations you're likely to see on any page of the newspaper.
May require registration, but, man, is it worth it.