LATEST ADDITIONS

My speakers haven't moved very far from where they first landed on the night that <a href="http://blog.stereophile.com/stephenmejias/111005may/">John DeVore visited Jersey City</a>. The Arros, after the Gibbons, found a similar home &#151; a comfortable spot, if nothing else, which works fine enough for me. It's a spot that allows me to walk into my bedroom easily, without having to brush up against a side wall or trip over any turncoat cable. A spot that appreciates symmetry and cleanliness and my apartment's obsession with order.

And it's not made by Acme, apparently.

Of course, if you have to explain it, it must not be that good.

I'm linking to these because they are extremely cool and because John Atkinson is halfway through Neal Stephenson's <I>The Baroque Trilogy</I>.

Introducing random behavior stabilizes systems. In other words, the only way to establish an orderly system is to introduce something unpredictable. My role at <I>Stereophile</I> has now been justified empirically.

<b>in stinct</b> <i>n.</i> 1. An inner pattern of behavior that is not learned and results in complex animal responses such as building of nests and nursing of young. 2. A powerful motivation or impulse. 3. A natural capability or aptitude.

Or is it vice-versa?