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The Real
I hope all you dudes are enjoying the same sort of sweaty sweet record-breaking weather we're experiencing here in NYC this week (until tomorrow when it gets cold again).
The Rega P3-24 in Colour
Remember all">http://blog.stereophile.com/stephenmejias/a_good_turntable/">all that talk about me just loving the Rega P3 for its plain-Jane, ashen splendor?
The Reigning King of Meat, Beans, and Spice
Associate publisher Keith Pray took a small spoonful and gasped: "Oh my god, that's hot!"
The Replacement
We very carefully unpacked the replacement drive-unit (seen here) and connected it to the tapered tube transmission line. Without damaging the new dome. Yikes!
The Retro-Futuristic World of High-End Audio
The Peachtree Audio MusicBox
In “Old-School Hi-Fi in Search of the New New Thing,” Hal Espen visits the Rocky Mountain Audio Fest and ponders the inherent dilemma of hi-fi.
How can a decidedly old-fashioned hobby move forward in an increasingly newfangled world?
Outside the listening rooms, the story of this year's Rocky Mountain Audio Fest traced the mood-swings and anxieties that buoy and beset the retro-futuristic world of high-end audio.
The Ritual of Listening
I have loved Drag City for many, many reasons including: Royal Trux, Silver Jews, Red Krayola, Fucking Champs, Joanna Newsom, Bill Callahan, Jim O'Rourke, and more.
The Romantic Bundle
It is November 14th, and it's hot as heck outside. I wonder how many polar bears just died. That's not funny. The arctic is vanishing, the oceans are rising, we have brown clouds in the sky. Awesome. We are doomed. Screw it. Let's buy some vinyl!
The Room, Today
And here's how the">http://blog.stereophile.com/stephenmejias/the_weight_of_my_loneliness/"… room looks today. As I said, it looks, feels, and sounds like home.