Wes Phillips

Of course they should—wasn't that the core of George Smiley's appeal?James Bond may be fun to watch, but he'd never really last in the field.

When John Atkinson reviewed the Benchmark DAC1 USB digital/analog processor (watch for it in the January 2008 <I>Stereophile</I>), his test results raised some eyebrows at Benchmark. You'll have to read the review to discover what, but suffice it to say that Benchmark did some testing of their own and wrote us an interesting alert.

The recording label Deutsche Grammophon, founded in 1898, boldly ventured into the 21<SUP>st</SUP> century on November 28 with a new <A HREF="http://www2.ham.deutschegrammophon.com/home
">online store</A> that eschews digital rights management (DRM) and offers MP3 downloads at 320kbps.

"Happiness is a warm preamp," Bagheera insists.

Adam Sohmer writes: "A fine humanitarian has gone through the effort of aggregating most known Zappa videos residing on YouTube, and there's quite a bit on tap. Check out the professionally shot videos of the Yellow Shark concert and wonder why this performance has yet to see a formal release. Or just sift through the page and cancel the rest of the day's appointments."

Maybe the skies won't be filled with airships after all.

Clover Stroud's new 36DD's take her for a spin. Not surprisingly, she busted guys ogling her chest, but she also got the cold, um, shoulder from women&mdash;at least, that was Clover's take on the subject.