Stephen Mejias

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Writing Out Loud
Stephen Mejias
Stephen Mejias  |  Jan 18, 2007  |  0 comments
Good morning, _____.
Thank you so much for following the show blog. My goodness, these shows are such great work. Writing, in general, you know, is a kind of solitary activity. I think that's partly why I've been drawn to it; I'm a kind of solitary guy. But this team-effort show-blogging stuff is not solitary at all. The entire process runs opposite to what I normally think of writing and to how I approach writing. By the end — actually, almost right from the start — I am feeling completely drained.
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WS Distributing
AXPONA 2011
Stephen Mejias  |  Apr 19, 2011  |  0 comments
In his WS Distributing room, Tom Myers had set up a system made of a Vincent CD-S7 CD player (available now for $2199.95 in black or silver), Thorens TD 2030 turntable with blue acrylic plinth ($3699) and Benz Ace cartridge ($700) , Vincent amplification, and Thiel SCS4 loudspeakers on Pangea speaker stands. With its top-to-bottom coherence, the system was easy to enjoy. Moving from the Vincent CD player to the Thorens turntable added measures of body and scale, which I found even more involving.
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Wye Oak
Stephen Mejias
Stephen Mejias  |  Aug 06, 2009  |  5 comments
Wye Oak is a sort of American folk duo. Andy Stack plays drums and keys (at the same time), while Jenn Wasner sings and absolutely wails on the guitar. This is a video for their song, "Please Concrete," from their 2008 debut If Children.
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Xact Audio: Daaaamn right!
RMAF 2012
Stephen Mejias  |  Oct 16, 2012  |  1 comments
You know the slinky hi-hat, the funky wah, the groovy bass line; the slow-building horns, the deep voice, the suggestive lyrics: Who’s the black private dick / That’s a sex machine to all the chicks? / (Shaft!) / Damn right…

There was a party going on in the Xact Audio room.

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Yeah Yeah Yeahs: "Despair"
Stephen Mejias
Stephen Mejias  |  Jun 24, 2013  |  1 comments
Simple, beautiful, majestic: The video for Yeah Yeah Yeahs "Despair," the second single from their recently released Mosquito, has the band on top of the Empire State Building, rocking joyously as the sun rises over the unreal city.
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Yes. Hell YES!
Stephen Mejias
Stephen Mejias  |  Jan 17, 2006  |  8 comments
Bluelines for the March issue are in. I was flagging an error, when JA came around and:
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YG Acoustics Anat Reference
Stephen Mejias
Stephen Mejias  |  Aug 04, 2006  |  3 comments
I see her from across the pool. She's tall and beautiful and dressed all in white.
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YGA, Devialet, Bryston, PS Audio, Kubala-Sosna
RMAF 2011
Stephen Mejias  |  Oct 19, 2011  |  0 comments
In a much smaller room next door to GTT Audio's main suite, YG Acoustics’ Carmel loudspeakers ($18,000/pair) were driven by a Devialet D-Premier integrated amplifier/DAC ($16,999). Source components were Bryston’s BDP-1 digital media player ($2250) and PS Audio’s Perfect Wave Transport ($3000). Cables were Kubala-Sosna’s Emotion.
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Yo La Tengo at Maxwell’s, With Some Very Special Guests
Stephen Mejias
Stephen Mejias  |  Mar 24, 2011  |  0 comments
Last night, Yo La Tengo performed at Maxwell’s in Hoboken, New Jersey. All proceeds from ticket and merchandise sales went directly to Peace Winds Japan. In addition, the band matched all merch sales, except for that money spent on their friend Amy’s delicious cookies, joked lead guitarist Ira Kaplan. “We’re not crazy.”
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Yokohama Plamokit
RMAF 2008
Stephen Mejias  |  Oct 13, 2008  |  0 comments
Putting together a loudspeaker kit may be an art of an older generation. I had model airplanes and cars, but I often hear older audiophiles talk about the first loudspeaker they ever built. It always kind of freaks me out.
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