Stephen Mejias

The Cream-Colored Version

Stephen Mejias  |  Aug 13, 2009

This cream-colored version was my first choice for our September issue cover. Though it has a certain quiet elegance, we decided to go with the bolder, less subtle combination of yellow, red, and gold. I think we made a good choice, but I still sort of love the cream version.

Which version do you prefer?

COMMENTS
KJ's picture
Submitted by KJ (not verified) on August 13, 2009 - 10:50am

Def cream. I remember seeing the September issue come in and think: "Enough with the bold cover pages, let's have some variety!" I did like June's green border with the Klipsch, though.

Robert Koda's picture
Submitted by Robert Koda (not verified) on August 13, 2009 - 5:41pm

The cream works for me - It works for the speaker too being somewhat serious looking!B&W, sepia, nice slightly retro feal　to it...

bear's picture
Submitted by bear (not verified) on August 13, 2009 - 5:56pm

The color of the cover? Are you kidding? Spend your time on upgrading the friggin content...

Eric Shook's picture
Submitted by Eric Shook (not verified) on August 14, 2009 - 3:56pm

Cream would have been the bolder move.Subtle is the new black.

johnnyturbo's picture
Submitted by johnnyturbo (not verified) on August 17, 2009 - 12:30pm

you could fool me, those speakers are either totemic and/or a phallic symbol. nice latent representation.

JSBach's picture
Submitted by JSBach (not verified) on August 23, 2009 - 6:21pm

Posted Mon Aug17,2009, 3:30 PM — By johnnyturbo...." those speakers are either totemic and/or a phallic symbol."..... Don't know whose appendage you base the phallic idea on but If it's yourself I'd be off to a good surgeon fast.The cream cover is superb . The choice of typeface,and type color too. Who talked you into that nasty yellow SM?

johnnyturbo's picture
Submitted by johnnyturbo (not verified) on August 24, 2009 - 6:50am

hi- i am making a symbolic interpretation. the speaker so aggressively dominates the cover and demands attention. to paraphrase the old line, "...sometimes a cigar is only a cigar"; sometimes a speaker is not only a speaker. the unconscious is a powerful piece of the mind.glad the comment sparked your interest.best,JT

Chris Elicone's picture
Submitted by Chris Elicone (not verified) on August 28, 2009 - 7:13pm

I find it funny that a guy who clearly has an issue with marketing and all its "perceived value" as opposed to the honestly over priced "Authentic value" his speakers represent is on your cover. I personally have issues with this way over priced product line. I can't find anything in the parts list that even remotely justifies the cost of these speakers. Perhaps Dave should charge an honest authentic price and sell the Ferrari that he owns as a result of his excessive price gouging. Granted marketing says that you should charge what the market will bear and since he is getting it perhaps Dave believes in marketing after all--perhaps maybe a little too much.As far as your covers are concerned, photography and digital manipulation of images have come a long way but I can't say that any products on your covers exhibit any advanced styling. They are a fair representations of the products exactly as they would appear in real life. Chose a border that makes your magazine pop on t

Bob D. Stuckiez's picture
Submitted by Bob D. Stuckiez (not verified) on February 24, 2010 - 5:34pm

Do the editors own a piece of the company? You'd think Wilson was the only decent speaker out there. Do they try to make Fugly products or is that an accident.

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