Stephen Mejias

For a time, I had my gear sitting on top of my new Ikea">http://blog.stereophile.com/stephenmejias/the_weight_of_my_loneliness/"… Expedit bookcase. An identical bookcase sat along the front wall and held a ton of books, but proved visually distracting when listening to music; it also weakened my system's soundstaging abilities.

The Vivid G1Giya’s midrange drive-unit is connected to a tapered tube transmission line, which runs the depth of the speaker and attaches at the speaker’s rear via a long hex screw.

You know how it is when you hear a strange new word for the first time, and then, all of a sudden, you start hearing that strange new word everywhere? Where had that word been for the previous twenty-eight years of your life and why is it surrounding you now?

I think you'll enjoy Tris">http://www.trismccall.net/pop_music_abstract_2008sv.htm">Tris McCall's 2008 Pop Music Abstract.

If you're interested in a really special look at some of the best albums of 2006, you can visit The">http://www.trismccall.net/index.html">The Tris McCall Report. You'll find that Tris has just begun to unveil the results of his annual Critics">http://www.trismccall.net/critics_poll_2006_results.htm">Critics Poll. Today, he shares his thoughts on the voting results for the year's top albums. If you like what you read, check back each day this week for further commentary.

"Two studs going out on the prowl. Watch out ladies, here they come," Elizabeth teased.

"Yeah," I said. "Ha-ha."

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