Hi-Fi Takes Over
In our move from the 9th floor to the 6th, a box containing a large amount of Stereophile back issues was damaged. All sorts of wildly-covered, strangely-colored, digest-sized issues came spilling out. A river of history.
Hi! Let's hug.
Where are my LPs? I need a hug.
—George Reisch, Stereophile, September 1997
—George Reisch, Stereophile, September 1997
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this afternoon,
high in the sky above saratoga springs:
high in the sky above saratoga springs:
High Water Rising
While compiling the data for Recommended Components, I came across High Water Sound's new website. Stark, black backgrounds are broken by quiet images of strength and beauty, New York City's Brooklyn Bridge taken from so many lovely angles, presenting all of its long lines and promises. Brick walls, cold air, and hard work. 2-channel with attitude. It's always a nice surprise to find a good-looking audio website, so I congratulated High Water's Jeffrey Catalano on a job well-done.
High Water Sounds and The Architecture of Loss
Every time I see High Water Sounds’ Jeffrey Catalano, he introduces me to another outstanding piece of music (or three) that I need to own immediately. During RMAF 2012, one of those pieces was The Architecture of Loss, by Icelandic composer and founder of the excellent Bedroom Community label, Valgeir Sigurdsson.
His Wondrous Hands and a Triangle
Hold It Hold It Yes!
Beautiful, beautiful! That's it right there, yes. Wait, no, don't lose that pose. Steady now. Oh, yeah. Yeah! You got it. The camera loves you, baby! Just one more now. One more. Hold it, hold it, yes!
Holding Pompoms
Home Theater in a Box?
WIRED offers their list of "Best Gadgets and Gizmos on the Planet" in their annual TEST issue, on stands now. But I didn't buy it. Instead, I swiped my girlfriend's copy. While she was mostly interested in reading more great things about her handy-dandy Motorola Q, I, of course, flipped right to the home audio section.
Hoping for a Miracle
So, I arrived at home (I mean, at Wes') one night, and decided to take John">http://blog.stereophile.com/stephenmejias/101705huckleberry/">John DeVore's advice about popping a CD into the hi-fi as simple background noise. My plan was to listen to Smog's A River Ain't Too Much to Love while feeding the cats in the kitchen.