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At the bank yesterday, I saw a guy with a Pink Freud teeshirt. It actually took me a minute to get it, so, to show I <I>did</I>, I said, "And by the way, which one's Pink?" I got a blank look in response, so I assume he was a Freud, not Floyd, fan.

Should we be thankful that CD liner notes don't contain sentences such as, "Thanks go to the 'physiological studies in monkeys [that] suggest that roughness may be represented in the primary auditory cortex by oscillatory neuronal ensemble responses phase-locked to the amplitude-modulated temporal envelope of complex sounds.'"

VPI Industries' TNT turntable and JMW Memorial tonearm have evolved through several iterations over the last two decades. Some changes have been large, such as the deletion of the three-pulley subchassis and the introduction of the SDS motor controller. Others have been invisible&mdash;a change in bearing or spindle material, for example, or the way the bearing attaches to the plinth. And, as longtime <I>Stereophile</I> readers know, I've been upgrading and evolving along with VPI, most recently reporting on the <A HREF="http://www.stereophile.com/turntables/498">TNT V-HR turntable</A> (<I>Stereophile</I>, December 2001).