On Newsstands Now: Stereophile, Vol.32 No.3 (March 2009)
The March 2009 issue of Stereophile is now on newsstands. I know this because people are already">http://forum.stereophile.com/forum/showflat.php?Cat=0&Number=60827&an=0… complaining about the $107,000/pair loudspeaker we put on the cover.
On Our Way to Montreal
The Salon">http://www.stereophile.com/news/montreal_audio_show_starts_friday/">Sal… Son & Image hi-fi show opens on Friday, March 26, in Montreal, one of the world’s friendliest and most colorful cities. Tomorrow morning, John Atkinson will arrive at my front door, and we’ll drive the 376 miles from Jersey City to Montreal’s Hilton Bonaventure, where its rooftop garden and two floors of music await us.
On Sale Now: The Recommended Component’s Collector’s Edition
After two full weeks away from the office—Hurricane Sandy followed us from Puerto Rico to New Jersey—it was especially nice to get back in here and be greeted by the Stereophile Recommended Components Collector’s Edition.
Isn’t it beautiful?
For me, every one of its 180 pages represents blinding pain and seemingly endless suffering. But, for you, dear reader, we hope the Recommended Components Collector’s Edition will represent nothing but pure pleasure and joy.
On the Subject of Student Loan Default
"I hope you don't mind me drawing your attention to the following music video on the subject of student loan default."
On the Way Home
I ran into Lauren on the way home last night. Lauren is from Leicester, England. She is twenty-five years old, friendly, bright, and beautiful. It was a little before 9pm, and we were both just coming in from work. She complained about her hours. Lauren would prefer a nine-to-five job. These eleven-to-eight hours are taking up the best bits of her day. But it's a job. She's had it for only two weeks, but she's already looking for another. She doesn't know what she wants to do. By thirty-five, she hopes to be retired.
On Your Way to Bay Ridge
The PATH train ride from Grove Street in downtown Jersey City to Church Street in lower Manhattan takes about seven minutes, maybe less, and offers a chilling tour of Ground Zero. For just a dollar-fifty, you get a Disney-like theme park stroll through a chalky gray wasteland that'll have you wondering why no real memorial exists.
One Dollar and Two Hands
More than usual, I was tired this morning.
One for Thursday
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One or Two Wonderfully Musical, Etcetera
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