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A fine crowd
RMAF 2013
Stephen Mejias  |  Oct 11, 2013  |  12 comments
I did not see the same kind of impressive attendance I've become used to seeing on RMAF's opening day—lines stretching through the lobby, out the doors, and around the parking lot—but, at just past 12pm this afternoon, there was nevertheless a fine crowd of anxious hi-fi enthusiasts gathered round the registration tables.
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A First System
Stephen Mejias
Stephen Mejias  |  Aug 20, 2010  |  35 comments
I’m so much more impressed by good, affordable systems than I am by those costing tens or hundreds of thousands of dollars. I find it difficult to concentrate on music when I’m overwhelmed by the high prices of the gear delivering it. Price should never be the most impressive aspect of hi-fi.
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A Full Belly and an Empty Sink, Or: Patience and Wait 'n' See, Or: Fate Ain't Got Nothing to do with My Jonathan Adler Placemats
Stephen Mejias
Stephen Mejias  |  Nov 22, 2005  |  5 comments
It's funny because:
Just as Wes suggested — though I so earnestly try to never hold expectations of any sort, and I talk a lot of smack about never expecting anything from this life, I'm really full of it: I have great expectations, and often scold myself for expecting too much — I figured I must have simply been expecting the magic to come. Or "looking for it," as my mom might say. And you can't go looking for it, she tells me. Because, if you do, you'll never find it.
Whatever, ma.
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A Full-Length Commute
Stephen Mejias
Stephen Mejias  |  Jun 19, 2007  |  1 comments
I have a full-length commute. It lasts just about as long as an album. For instance, if I plug in the iPod and press play on Dinosaur Jr.'s Beyond just as I leave my apartment, the album comes to a glorious end exactly as I enter our office's elevators. This was a great discovery.
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A Fun Day of Work
Stephen Mejias
Stephen Mejias  |  Apr 23, 2010  |  16 comments
We’re currently working on our July 2010 issue, which will include Wes Phillips’ review of the Vivid Audio G1Giya loudspeaker ($65,000/pair). Near the end of Wes’ auditioning, the domes of both upper-midrange units were inexplicably damaged. As you can see from the picture, it appears the domes were poked by some sort of dull object. Wes didn’t do it; Wes’ wife didn’t do it. We’ll never know how the damage occurred. What we do know is that the aluminum-dome midrange unit is incredibly delicate and has a strong magnetic pull.
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A Fun System
RMAF 2010
Stephen Mejias  |  Oct 15, 2010  |  First Published: Oct 16, 2010  |  0 comments
In his Jumping Cactus room, James Harrell has put together a very fun system, and one that promises to be unlike anything else here in Denver.
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A Game of Chess
Stephen Mejias
Stephen Mejias  |  Jul 24, 2009  |  1 comments
Illustrator Jeff Wong is working on a portrait of Stereophile founder, J. Gordon Holt, to appear in our October issue. Since Jeff will need some reference material, John Atkinson and I have been having a whole lot of fun sorting through great, old Stereophile memorabilia, trinkets, photos.
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A Glorious Day
Stephen Mejias
Stephen Mejias  |  Apr 21, 2009  |  3 comments
It was a glorious day. The Good Lord smiled upon our little blue world with clear skies, warm sunshine, and limited edition 7" singles. I strolled into Tunes at 11:30am, just a half-hour after the store had opened. A large crowd of happy shoppers was already huddled round the main display shelves. Radiohead singles from every era of the band's brilliant career and so many colorful 7" discs and samplers and posters and platter mats and they have already run out of the Sonic Youth/Beck splits. What? Figures! Oh well. I am not disappointed—not too terribly. Instead, I am happy for those who came before me, happy for the bands and happy for the labels and happy for the world.
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A Good Bit of Music
Stephen Mejias
Stephen Mejias  |  Dec 30, 2005  |  4 comments
It's important to have at least a little bit of fun. "Do doingfully," says JA.
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A Good Girl
Stephen Mejias
Stephen Mejias  |  Aug 16, 2006  |  1 comments
Associate publisher, Keith Pray leads a parade of Primedia staffers from the office, down the hall, through the revolving doors, onto Madison Avenue, and into Mulligan's Irish Pub. On his way, he sings out:
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