Swaying to Seemingly Silent Tunes
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Sweaty, Laidback, and Gritty with Salt
It’s inevitable: Working on “Recommended Components,” as I am now, leads to fantasies of new gear, new systems, outstanding new heights of recorded playback! I have to restrain myself, focus. Focus, Daniel-san, focus.
Swoosh and Whir
The fax machine is singing its song. Beep bloop beep bloop bleep beep beep. And bloop. It goes on and on. Kristina feeds the machine and the machine eats, requests for verification on pricing and availability of amps and speakers, tonearms and cartridges, accessories and racks and so much more. "Recommended Components" is singing its song. Swoosh and whir.
Take Me Back to the Start
I sat, quietly, in the dirty seat, empty bottles of beer and peanut shells at my feet. My throat was sore from shouting chants and pleas, my hands bruised from fruitless rooting. How could this have happened? As the stadium emptied out, leaving behind only rows of orange and blue paint, an painful truth sank in: This is how it ends.
Take Me Down
Liner notes to Slo Grown, featuring Jon Iverson and some other guys.
Taking the Pressure Off
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Tal Wilkenfeld
John Atkinson and I spent some time today admiring Tal">http://www.myspace.com/talwilkenfeld">Tal Wilkenfeld's bass playing. Sheesh. The girl is only 21 years old. Beyond her sheer skill, which is stunning, Wilkenfeld seems to just know how to play. I first caught her on PBS one night while flipping through channels. It was Eric Clapton's Crossroads Guitar Festival, and she was performing with Jeff Beck. I was surprised to see such a young musician on stage with one of rock's living legends, but I soon discovered that Wilkenfeld was right where she belonged. Seems she always knew. Story goes that Wilkenfeld dropped out of her Sydney, Australia high school when she was only 16. Packed her bags and moved to Los Angeles to become a musician. She's only been playing bass for five years.
Tales of Passion, Music, and the Brain
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Talk of the Town
Saturday, December 5, 11am–5pm: Talk">http://www.talkofthetownvideo.com/welcome.html">Talk of the Town will host an “Audio, Video, & Home Theater Demo Day.” Show highlights will include demonstrations of SIM2’s C3X Lumis Host projector; Marantz’s 9004 Reference Blu-ray player; Totem Acoustics’s Wind">http://blog.stereophile.com/ssi2009/totem_wind_design/">Wind Design loudspeakers; Classe’s SSP-800 preamplifier-processor with Dolby TrueHD and DTS-MA surround decoding; McIntosh’s MA7000 integrated amplifier; and Meridian’s DSP 5200 digital active speakers and Sooloos Music">http://www.stereophile.com/mediaservers/908sooloos/">Music Server System.
Tangent Audio AMP-100 and CD-100
The Tangent Audio AMP-100 and CD-100 cost $350 each.