Month: October 2015
Bose SoundLink Mini Bluetooth Speaker II Steps Up
Bose is one of the best in the business when it comes to speakers, so it’s hard to ignore the hype surrounding its SoundLink Mini Bluetooth Speaker II. After taking a listen, the praise is well deserved. The SoundLink Mini Bluetooth Speaker II connects wirelessly to any Bluetooth enabled device, including phones, laptops, and tablets. […]
October 26, 2015
Charles Slack and “Liberty’s First Crisis”
Liberty’s First Crisis, by Charles Slack, Atlantic Monthly Press, 2015 “The greatest enemy of liberty is fear…When [people] feel threatened, their tolerance shrinks.” Liberty and freedom in America have been threatened many times since the United States Constitution was drafted in 1787. People around the world who acknowledge themselves as free people always seem to […]
October 19, 2015
US Mint Presentation To Gary Marks
A small ceremony was held at the United States Mint Headquarters in Washington DC on Thursday, October 8, 2015 to honor Gary Marks for his two terms of service on the Citizens Coinage Advisory Committee (CCAC). Marks served as a public member of the CCAC, appointed by the Secretary of the Treasury twice, from 2008 […]
October 14, 2015
Tribute to Gary Marks: “It’s All about the Art”
On October 8, 2015, after the vote on the 2016 Lions Club Commemorative coin, I grabbed Gary Marks by the hand. I looked him in the eye and thanked him for his service on the Citizens Coinage Advisory Committee (CCAC) on behalf of all Americans who may never know about the paradigm shift that occurred […]
October 12, 2015
The Atmosphere, the HFT-2, and Room Acoustics for Audio
It is difficult to believe that ten metal cylinders half the size of a fingernail tacked to the walls of a large listening space could have any effect on the acoustics. Synergistic Research calls them HFT-2—and they work. So it wasn’t much of a stretch to try the new Atmosphere, a black tower the size […]
October 5, 2015