Stephen Mejias

"Thanks for listening."




I wish she would call.

Tomorrow, music editor Robert Baird is off to Austin, Texas, for the South">http://2006.sxsw.com/">South By Southwest Music, Film, and Interactive Fest. He attends year after year.

I know that I can hear differences between... I mean: I know that music sounds different when...

1. My system, with the Moscode in it, seems to achieve greater soundstage width. In Ryan Adams' "Mockingbird," a tambourine rattles away far in the righthand corner of my room. It startles and impresses me every time.

On the streets today, people seem so smart and full of Spring. Though the temperature has dropped ten degrees from its high, the sun is still shining. It's 32 degrees and sunny in New York City.

Happy Friday, lovely. I'm sorry for missing you yesterday. I started on several different entries, actually, but none went where I wanted. Which isn't necessarily bad — entries often take unexpected turns — but these entries, in particular, simply seemed not right enough for this space.

There's another">http://blog.stereophile.com/stephenmejias/022806summer/">another complication.