Stephen Mejias

<i>Beck Hanson pokes his little pink head up and out from between a pair of Druids.</i>

This mild-mannered bunch of classical guitarists had me wanting to jump up on my seat and curse my brains out.

Paul Lim then introduced me to the diminutive NuForce Reference 9 monoblock amps ($4200/pair) in their very attractive Rose Copper Special Edition finish. I'm all about the fancy colors, y'all.

Though the finish of the Cain & Cain speakers was lovely, all I could really focus on were their Frisbee-like belly buttons. I'm a little bit sorry to admit that, because I found the speaker itself unattractive, I lost interest in what it had to say. I couldn't get around the looks to examine the sound. This is something I will have to work on.

I was fooled into believing that Ryan Adams was in <a href="http://blog.stereophile.com/he2006/060406mobile/">the Mobile Fidelity room</a>. He was telling me he wished I'd steal all of his records and screw all of his friends. This seemed strange, indeed.

<a href="http://blog.stereophile.com/he2006/060406gang/">I totally agree with Wes</a>. My favorite part of any show is meeting with fellow tribe members.