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Listening #16

Art Dudley Apr 18, 2004 First Published: Apr 01, 2004 0 comments

Consider the fate of Giordano Bruno, a 16th-century astronomer who challenged Ptolemy's notion of Earth being the center of a finite universe—and in doing so went head to head with the church of Rome. Bruno's scholarly diligence and fearlessness were rewarded not with fame, riches, or accolades from his colleagues, but with a hot-lead enema, after which he was burned at the stake. Next heretic in line, step right up, please.

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Listening #15

Art Dudley Mar 21, 2004 First Published: Mar 01, 2004 0 comments

One of the nicest things about communicating online is the potential for immediacy. One person can offer up a statement, another can respond within seconds, and voilà: instant town hall.

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Listening #14

Art Dudley Feb 15, 2004 First Published: Feb 01, 2004 0 comments

Five years: My brain hurts a lot.—David Bowie

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Listening #13

Art Dudley Feb 01, 2004 First Published: Jan 01, 2004 0 comments

When some people record music, they make an effort to record the ambient sound of the hall or other performing space along with it. On the other side of the coin, some engineers work to capture only the sounds of the performers, so the recordings they make sound comparatively dry. And, of course, there are engineers who don't make an effort one way or the other, and whose work contains whatever hall sound does or does not come their way by accident.

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Listening #12

Art Dudley Dec 28, 2003 First Published: Dec 01, 2003 0 comments

I didn't care how the stuff measured, and I wasn't terribly worried about the sound. When the single-ended triode movement crossed my attention eight or nine years ago, I simply thought: That's for me.

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Listening #11

Art Dudley Nov 23, 2003 First Published: Nov 01, 2003 0 comments

Autumn comes to the Cherry Valley Feed & Seed. The 50-lb sacks of sawgrass and lime give way to mulch and sand for local drives, and the swing sets and folding chairs and posthole diggers and bug zappers and flagpoles have been brought inside until next spring, which is scheduled for mid-June.

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Listening #10

Art Dudley Oct 20, 2003 First Published: Oct 01, 2003 0 comments

Make the wussy-wussy sound: Merely because of the way it looks, I didn't think I'd like the Simaudio Moon i-3 integrated amplifier ($1750). But the Moon prevailed (I resisted writing rose) over whatever prejudice I had against it, and so far it's been the biggest and best surprise in my ongoing and casual survey of affordable integrateds.

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Listening #9

Art Dudley Sep 21, 2003 First Published: Sep 21, 2003 0 comments

In the town where I grew up there were two places to buy records: a family-owned department store and the local Woolworth's, both long gone. The first record I ever bought, the 45rpm single of Roger Miller's "King of the Road," came from the former in 1965. I was 11 years old.

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Listening #8

Art Dudley Aug 17, 2003 First Published: Aug 17, 2003 0 comments

Hurt not the earth, neither the sea nor trees...—Revelation 7:3

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Listening #7

Art Dudley Jul 20, 2003 First Published: Jul 20, 2003 0 comments

In my">http://www.stereophile.com//artdudleylistening/801/">my column for Stereophile's March issue, I criticized a handful of records for combining very good sound with very bad music. A few readers expressed dismay, wondering what gave me the right to call music good or bad, especially since virtually all music is loved by someone (its mother?). But as far as I know, the magazine received a total of zero letters wondering what gave me the right to call sound good or bad. Hmmm.