Philips CitiScape Downtown
I’ve been curious about Philips’ new CitiScape Downtown headphones ($99) ever since reading Tyll Hertsens’ review, so I ran into Best Buy this afternoon and checked them out.
Pioneer CT-W208R
The Pioneer">http://www.pioneerelectronics.com/PUSA/Products/HomeEntertainment/Audio… CT-W208R double auto-reverse cassette deck plays tapes(!), offers all sorts of unnecessary conveniences (like Fast-Forward and Reverse), costs $194, and is available NOW.
Pitch Perfect
Remember what">http://blog.stereophile.com/stephenmejias/cold_weather_usb_phono_preamp… I wrote last week about my dream listening room? Some nice furniture, DeVore Fidelity loudspeakers, Shindo amplifiers, walls lined in vinyl LPs, all that?
Pizza Party
Holiday office parties can be a hoot.
Places Shape Lives
The sun is almost all gone now and the streetlamps along Newark Avenue are just beginning to take on a sort of greenish glow. The sky has become a shadowy mess. We're trying to postpone something. Who would want the day to end like this?
Pocahaunted: Make It Real
Make it real, make it real, make it real. Make it real what? Make it real good. Make it real hard. Make it real long. Make it real.
Polyvinyl Shares the Joy
Just moments after receiving my press badge for High End 2011, I received my copy of Vivian Girls’ new album, Share the Joy. Because I’m a big fan of Vivian Girls, I had pre-ordered this album upon Polyvinyl’s announcement of its imminent release. I typically stay away from pre-orders—too many times I’ve pre-ordered an album that, for one unknown reason or another, never gets released—but Polyvinyl makes the process easy, painless, and inescapably enticing by providing an immediate download of your order.
Pony
In "Pony," Frida sings: