You want controversy? We got major controversy right here. In 1991, the Tice R-4 TPT and Coherence ElectroTec EP-C "Clocks" were released and then the fun started. Read everything Stereophile writers and readers had to say about these contentious products, as well as comments from the manufacturer.Back in 1987, J. Gordon Holt got his hands on the $8000 Versa Dynamics 2.0 LP player, remarking, "That's more money than a lot of audiophiles have invested in records through the years. Total overkill! Or so it might seem."Stereophile's erstwhile philosopher-in-residence George Reisch explores Accuracy & Resolution: the Jagger Effect. Reisch posits that you just can't go back to Penny Lane.
John Atkinson decides to confront audio's myth problem head-on in his "As We See It" from March 1991, Of Gravity, Clocks, and Audio Dragons. JA explains, "My semantic curtain (modestly dubbed 'Atkinson's Law of Effective Tweaking') is based on the relationship between how much the tweak costs and how much it runs counter to accepted knowledge."Finally, the next installment in our "Recording of the Month" series for the online archives: Recordings of November 1995: 500 Pounds and Ride Like Hell. As Michael Ross and Wes Phillips note, "Not for the faint of heart, but a treat if you're ready to crank it up and boogie."
