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A Letting Go or a Giving Up
Stephen Mejias
Stephen Mejias  |  Jun 26, 2007  |  6 comments
...And I was returned to those weird and warm Florida nights when I'd leap eagerly from my comfortable but lonely bedroom at the sound of a weak car horn. In moments, I'd be out and free.
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A Lifelong Pursuit
Stephen Mejias
Stephen Mejias  |  Jul 05, 2006  |  1 comments
Today, the gentlest sunshine is replaced by relentless rain. The sound of great waves rising along rocky shores is replaced by jack hammers and angry street noise and other wasteful stupid, stupid shit.
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A Little Bizarre, and Altogether Marvelous
Stephen Mejias
Stephen Mejias  |  Mar 13, 2007  |  2 comments
A few days ago, I briefly mentioned the fact that our totally radical magazine is also available in digital attire. It was on my mind because Dave Jenne, one of the production dudes at Zinio (our digital publishing partner), had sent me the link to our April issue. Dave sends me an e-mail each month. And it goes a little something like this:
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A Little Camera
Stephen Mejias
Stephen Mejias  |  Apr 23, 2010  |  1 comments
JA uses a little camera to monitor the rotation of the speaker on the platter. The platter turns at five degree intervals while JA measures impulse response. For a larger view, visit our Gallery.
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A Little Good-bye Note
Stephen Mejias
Stephen Mejias  |  Dec 12, 2006  |  0 comments
"Write about me in your blog," she said, waving good-bye.
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A Look Into the Future
CES 2008
Stephen Mejias  |  Jan 09, 2008  |  0 comments
The KEF Muon, dreamed up by idiosyncratic industrial designer, Ross Lovegrove, is unlike any other speaker I know. At $140,000/pair, it should be special. KEF's Marketing Director, Johan Coorg, explained that the Muon started out as an attempt to create the absolute best possible speaker, and evolved into something more—"a work of modern art, like a Henry Moore sculpture."
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A Loss of Urgency
CES 2006
Stephen Mejias  |  Jan 05, 2006  |  2 comments
We were on a mission, of sorts. A mission to find a pair of small loudspeakers, which, as it turns out, is not the easiest thing in the world to do. Especially around these parts, where, it seems, size and volume are set to impress.
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A Man's Cartridge
Stephen Mejias
Stephen Mejias  |  Apr 06, 2010  |  21 comments
A gift from Uncle Art: Introduced in 1962, the Denon DL-103 moving-coil cartridge ($229)—a music-lover’s friend, an audiophile classic, a man’s cartridge.
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A Measure of Magic
Stephen Mejias
Stephen Mejias  |  Jul 27, 2006  |  4 comments
What can I say about cables?
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A Meeting with Phiaton
Stephen Mejias
Stephen Mejias  |  Mar 19, 2009  |  3 comments
I'd been curious about Phiaton's headphones ever since Wes Phillips's positive review of the radical-looking, leather-clad Moderna MS 400 appeared in our pages earlier this year, so when I learned that a couple of Phiaton's executives would be in New York City to introduce their new noise-cancelling 'phones, I was eager to check them out.
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