Monthly Archives: January 2013

Transported

Recently I indulged in an audio/video upgrade of my living room sound system, replacing two boxes—an excellent Rotel CD player and a piddling Sony Blu-Ray—with a spanking-new Oppo BDP-105, a crown jewel amongst universal disc players. The BDP-105 can play … Continue reading

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Oh, Come On

Two cardboard inserts—one for the collar and another along the back. A piece of tissue paper. Two clear plastic inserts. Eight pins. Three dangling tags, two attached with plastic and the other with light yarn. Three peel-off stickers. An outer … Continue reading

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Not Even Close

As I sat in Row J at Davies Symphony Hall last night, soaking up the luminosity of the San Francisco Symphony in a shimmering, glistening, and transparent performance of Debussy’s La Mer, it struck me just how inadequate audio equipment … Continue reading

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