TNT-Audio, an ad-free web magazine based in Italy, has published an update with two new reviews:
- Shanling CD-T 80 tube CD player (GBP 650 when new)
- Anti-Cables speaker cables ($80/pair) and interconnects ($150/pair)
If you’re wondering why a CD player from 2005 is being reviewed in late 2008, you may find your answer in Editor-in-Chief Lucio Cadeddu’s response to a recent question in the Reader’s Corner section:
Being a completely independent magazine allows us to review and publish whatever we want. No pressure from advertisers means complete freedom of speech.
Please keep up the good work, Lucio!
How I envy the Italians, they take the longest holiday breaks, work very short hours and enjoy life to the fullest, and do not bother what others think…. 😉
While the British are burdened with the longest working hours in Europe (43.6 on average), the Italians stay healthy by limiting theirs (38.5). Luca del Bono, who runs Beat Capital public relations, is adamant that his London office should respect the Italian model: “I expect my staff to work hard when they are here, but I don’t believe that bums on seats are any indication of productivity,” he says. ”In any case, we Italians work to live better, we don’t live to work.”
from http://www.telegraph.co.uk/arts/main.jhtml?xml=/arts/2006/07/07/ftdolce07.xml