Stephen Mejias

I spent a part of this morning sitting in the warm lobby of 10 Exchange Place in downtown Jersey City, waiting for FedEx to open. I had some gear to return. While I waited, I decided to listen to music. I undid the two front latches on my black canvas bag. From one pocket, I pulled out <a href="http://blog.stereophile.com/stephenmejias/052407eliminate/">the Red Wine Audio iMod</a>, from the other I removed <a href="http://blog.stereophile.com/stephenmejias/030107shure/">the Shure SE310 earphones</a>.

One of my very favorite television shows is <a href="http://www.cbsnews.com/sections/sunday/main3445.shtml"><i>Sunday Morning</i></a> on CBS. I look forward to it all week long, and when I wake on Sunday mornings, it's the first thing that comes to mind. I usually wake with just enough time to brew a pot of coffee and get comfortable in front of the television.

Way back when, I mentioned that I'd discovered Tangent Audio while working on the <i>2007 Buyer's Guide</i>. Initially, I was attracted to the Tangent gear because of the affordable prices. Later, that attraction grew. First because I'd seen <a href="http://blog.stereophile.com/stephenmejias/072806sleek/">how handsome</a> the gear was, and then because <a href="http://www.vmax-services.com/home.html">Richard Kolhruss</a>, Tangent's US distributor, sold me on the company's <a href="http://blog.stereophile.com/stephenmejias/080706loctite/">attention to detail</a>. I was intrigued, and wondered if I'd wandered into something special and new.

<a href="http://blog.stereophile.com/stephenmejias/120407bayridge/">Finally, at JA's</a>, you'll have a cup of coffee and sit down to listen to some music before packing up the big and beautiful 200-lb speakers. The freight service is scheduled to arrive in just a couple of hours, so you don't have much time. The speakers had sounded so good that JA just couldn't bear to pack them up any sooner. In fact, they may have been the very best speakers JA's ever heard in his room.

When I realized that I knew most of <a href="http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=16741721">WGUC's Top Classical CDs of 2007</a>, I had to stop and wonder: "What the heck is going on with me?"