This is the weekend that most of North America is united in sitting outside on lawn chairs drinking cold beverages and maybe catching some fireworks (well, not literally catching but - you know what I mean). The US celebrates its hard fought independence from the UK through the spilling of blood and tea into the Boston harbor. Canada meanwhile celebrates having to do neither while still receiving a certain amount of legal autonomy from the crown. Okay, Canadian history is far less interesting.

It's going to be late next week before the HomeTheaterFocus blog gets another update. I'll be at a cottage deep in the woods of northern Ontario with no running water or electricity. There will be no sounds of hi-fi or home theater where I'm going, only the sounds of crickets, bullfrogs and if I'm lucky a chorus-line of wolves calling from the distance. Periods of deprivation are an opportunity to temper ones appreciation of fine audio reproduction.

Have a great weekend!

Wayde