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NYTimes article - Stereo Sanctuaries
Interesting article on how Men build there own sanctuaries with
stereos and AV systems. "But for more than half a century, men have also had stereos. Fifty years ago in this magazine, Meyer Berger described the emerging clique of high-fidelity boys. Berger?s description of that crowd applies equally well to the 2007 technophiles currently consolidating digital fiefs by installing Sony Bravias - on which "watching grass grow is fundamentally exciting," as Sony's chairman, Howard Stringer, recently said. Hi-fi "takes in the thin purse and the fat," Berger wrote in 1953, "the humble listener who likes his music best at parlor pitch and the hot-eyed and intemperate fanatic whose chief pursuit is not music but extremes in sound - the lowest booming bass; the highest biting note, tremblingly caught before it takes off for infinity.?"" http://www.nytimes.com/2007/12/09/magazine/09wwln-medium-t.html -- David Bath - RAHE Co-moderator |
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NYTimes article - Stereo Sanctuaries
"David E. Bath" wrote in message
Interesting article on how Men build there own sanctuaries with stereos and AV systems. "But for more than half a century, men have also had stereos. Fifty years ago in this magazine, Meyer Berger described the emerging clique of high-fidelity boys. Berger?s description of that crowd applies equally well to the 2007 technophiles currently consolidating digital fiefs by installing Sony Bravias - on which "watching grass grow is fundamentally exciting," as Sony's chairman, Howard Stringer, recently said. Shows one thing that is wrong with Sony. If they think that a me-too LCD HDTV is going to have that sort of dramatic effect, they are prisoners of their own hype. Hi-fi "takes in the thin purse and the fat," Berger wrote in 1953, "the humble listener who likes his music best at parlor pitch and the hot-eyed and intemperate fanatic whose chief pursuit is not music but extremes in sound - the lowest booming bass; the highest biting note, tremblingly caught before it takes off for infinity.?"" IOW both mid-fi and high end can be high fi, no matter what the high end elitists say. http://www.nytimes.com/2007/12/09/magazine/09wwln-medium-t.html |
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