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Nothing Could Be Finer

Than to blog hi-fi from China—or at least, that's what I thought when Original Audio's Ping Gong and GuangZhou Hi-Fi 2006's Zou Dao invited me to attend the largest audio show in the Celestial Kingdom.

I fly over on Wednesday, November 29 and promptly lose a day. I start blogging from GuangZhou Hi-Fi 2006 on December 1 and will continue through its final day, December 3.

While in GuangZhou, I'll also visit an audiophile's listening room and go shopping in the city's audio market. I'll also visit E&T, which manufactures chassis for high-end companies, both Chinese and…

My CD Is On the Honor Roll

Yeah, but my punk CDs beat up your easy listening CDs in the lunch room.

Digital Domain gives us the CD honor roll.

A Stunning "Look" at Déjà Vu

Wait, have I already linked to this?

Ewww!

This product would be creepy enough with just one vibro-pod, but with two, it just makes my skin crawl. No, I do not want to share you iPod sex toy.

Obligatory Chinese Post

Actually, it's a fascinating article about Chinese sports fandom. Interesting country—I really should go there sometime.

Travel Advisory

I'm leaving for China in about 10 minutes, so blogging will be even more erratic than usual—I foolishly almost said "normal," but it has never been that.

I will be posting here every day and, yes, cats will be blogged on Fridays, but you should also check out China Hi-Fi Tour 2006 for daily updates on the GuangZhou Hi-Fi Show and other amazing audio activities in the Celestial Kingdom.

As you can see above, I'm really psyched about going to China.

The Ultimates and the Slims

If you were to do a Google image search on my work at Stereophile, you'd see that, basically, my days are simply filled with reading, writing, coordinating, and planning. No two consecutive days, however, are the same.

Yesterday was not like
today will not be like
tomorrow.

On the other hand, if you were to zoom out a little bit, you'd see that, from month to month, there are incredible similarities. From month to month, it's really all the same, in fact. It's inevitable, I suppose, with a monthly magazine. Zoom out a little further, and you'll see even…