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24 years with Stephen Dawson Our big sports-themed audio-visual focus this issue coincides with a sad moment — the last equipment reviews by Stephen Dawson that will appear in Sound+Image for the foreseeable future. Stephen is moving on to pastures new, undertaking a commercial writing gig which will preclude him writing for us. His new employers can congratulate themselves on obtaining the services of one of Australia’s very top rank of technical reviewers. Stephen has been writing for Sound+Image for 24 years (thereby tragically missing out on his silver Cartier watch by mere months), during which time his reviews and features have informed readers and manufacturers alike with his accuracy in fact-checking the puffery of public relations, and his delivery of honest and reasoned opinions on both new products and new technologies. Many…