Music: Noise Merchant

One recent Sunday the quiet of a back street in Brooklyn was shattered by an automobile crash that left both cars heaps of twisted junk. "Very satisfying," said the man with the tape recorder. His boss disagreed. "It has presence," he admitted solemnly, "but the thump is missing. Let's try it again."

The boss was a lynx-eared noise merchant by the name of Sidney Frey. Audiophiles alert for a vicarious thrill can hear awesome testimony to his demand for accuracy on a forthcoming Audio Fidelity album titled Sound Effects II. During his campaign in...

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