Well here we are, about to head out to CES and do the annual CES Show Report thang.

The initial reaction to Spintricity has been very interesting.

About 95% very positive and about 5% very negative. And lots of press releases. Thanks everybody!

Funny, the negative responses remind me of the negative things people say about Stereophile before they announce they are

going to 'cancel my subscription'. In other words there is inherent in the intensity of the criticism a inherent respect [or fear] -

otherwise why would they care so much?

And then there are the people who are struggling with the fact that Spintricity works a little differently than your average '3

column with a banner at the top with a few tiny photos' website - not to mention the even older styles some online audio

magazines have. What I can say to these people is, you'll get used to it. Why? Because many, many magazines - real

magazines - are going in this direction. For one example, check out http://zinio.com. Esquire anyone?

And then there are the low-level software techies [like me :-)]. Such a bunch of lemmings. If it doesn't look like everyone else's

site, then you must be doing something terribly, horribly wrong. That’s why it takes graphic artists to design a local website

like http://www.vermilion.com/.

Those two sites were two of our inspirations, out of literally hundreds.

Anyway, we are very happy, amazed even, with the ways things are progressing. And boy, do we have a lot of killer ideas for

more cool ways to experience the high-end here at Spintricity. Going to keep us busy for a long, very long time.

Things we are looking forward to are: coverage of a lot, a lot, more equipment at all price levels. I am talking 100s per issue. A

lot more appearances by dealers and manufacturers telling us about their point of view and how they are helping raise the

fidelity ceiling.And a lot more music reviews, weird stuff, great stuff, fun stuff... and funny stuff. Everything is fair game.

And you all can help. This is YOUR magazine. Write stuff. Photograph stuff. Think about stuff. And send it in. Heck, send it to me

at michael@spintricity.com. Or at least post it in the forums. We don't delete anything here but mean posts. And Viagra posts

:-)

Who needs Viagra, we got _________ on vinyl.

Enjoy!