Heavy, But No Power Supply
The thing is heavy as all hell. It must be filled with lead shot or sand or the lives of many, many men.
Hegel Music Systems
Norway's Hegel Music Systems has made its way to the US market. I met Hegel and the company's charming founder, Bent Holter, at the 2007">http://blog.stereophile.com/ces2007/010907set/">2007 Consumer Electronics Show and then again in Las Vegas during the">http://blog.stereophile.com/ces2008/011208top/">the following year. On both occasions, I had a lot of fun listening to music and learning about Holter's designs. As I wrote last year, I was instantly attracted to the designer's combination of tech-talk and passion for music. The guy is at once serious and totally wacky.
Helado Negro: Canta Lechuza
My review of Helado Negro’s Canta Lechuza will appear in our June issue, and the album hits stores on May 10th, but you can listen to the hazy, languorous tunes right now on NPR’s First Listen. Helado Negro (Roberto Carlos Lange, son of Ecuadorian immigrants) is interested in sound, texture, color, rhythm, and you can hear all of that stuff swirling around and bubbling about in Canta Lechuza.
Hello to the Audio Valve Conductor
Now compare the">http://blog.stereophile.com/stephenmejias/goodbye_to_the_revel_salon2/"… exquisite packaging of the Revel Ultima Salon2 with this pathetic excuse for a shipping carton. I mean, seriously. Come on, now.
Henry Fiol's Complete Discography
Siempre Ser Guajiro, Saoco (1976; Mericana XMX144)
Here Comes the Rain Again
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Herky-Jerky and Weird
While Buddha keeps asking me about hands, and Wonko wanted to know more about the glove, Christian had some more practical questions. First, he asked, "What are you running through the Moscode now? Are you still using the Arcam as your source, and are you running it through the Arros or the DeVores?"
Heroes of the Open End
Remember our old intern, Ariel">http://blog.stereophile.com/stephenmejias/the_system_is_down/">Ariel Bitran? He left us to become a rock and roll star. (But only after we managed to infect">http://www.stereophile.com/asweseeit/1108awsi/">infect him with a taste for high-quality sound and an even deeper appreciation for music.) His band, Heroes of the Open End, will be performing tomorrow night at Arlene’s Grocery (95 Stanton Street, Lower East Side, Manhattan). This is one of those extremely important shows in the life of any aspiring band: You know, if you don’t draw at least 15 or so people, the club’s manager holds your head down in the toilet bowl while the bouncer pulls out your toenails. It’s bad.
Hi-fi Hootenannies at Whetstone Audio
Look eye! Always look eye!
Friday, December 2, 69pm: Whetstone Audio (2401 East 6th Street, #1001, Austin, Texas) will host an evening of music with Bob Clarke of Profundo (Heed, Transfiguration, VivA, Trenner & Freidl, Silent Source) and Colleen Cardas of Colleen Cardas Imports (Unison Research, Opera Loudspeakers).
Brian Di Frank of Whetstone Audio says this is just “the first of many hootenannies” and he offers a warm invitation:Hi-Fi Takes Over
In our move from the 9th floor to the 6th, a box containing a large amount of Stereophile back issues was damaged. All sorts of wildly-covered, strangely-colored, digest-sized issues came spilling out. A river of history.