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A hi-fi visit to Minnesota. (Straits of the Art).

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My wife and I recently made a trip through parts of the Midwest to visit relatives and fill in genealogy blanks. Our itinerary included an extended stay in the Minneapolis area, enabling us to visit AtmaSphere, Audio by Van Alstine, Magnepan, and the Pavek Museum of Broadcasting.

AtmaSphere: Our first foray was to meet Ralph Karsten at AtmaSphere. Although he gave me precise directions, we ended up on a tree-shaded residential street. I thought I had made an error in writing the instructions until we went up the steps to the front porch where the AtmaSphere and vacuum tube packing cartons told us we were in the right place. Ralph runs this business out of the ...

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