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    Letters
    When my Stereophile reaches my doorstep, the first thing I turn to is Herb Reichert’s reviews. I don’t care what he’s reviewing; I love how he writes about it. In April’s edition, he shared his thoughts on an unexpected emotional response to Brice Ma
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    Associated Equipment
    Digital sources Innuos Statement, Roon Nucleus+ server/streamers; Bel Canto Black, CH Precision C1.2 DACs. Preamplifier Pass Laboratories XP-32. Amplifier CH Precision M1.2, Pass Laboratories XA60.8. Loudspeakers Wilson Alexx V. Cables Digital: Audio
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    Of Optics, Wands, And M•A Sleeves
    “I think both moving coil and moving magnet cartridges are terrible.” That’s what legendary Canadian audio designer Ed Meitner told me when I asked about the pioneering transimpedance current drive phono stage he created for his Meitner PA6 preamp so
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    Measurements
    I performed a complete set of measurements on one of the Linn Klimax Solo 800s (serial number 1593390) with my Audio Precision SYS2722 system.1 I preconditioned the Solo 800 by following the CEA’s recommendation of running it at one-eighth the specif
    Stereophile2 min read
    Associated Equipment
    Digital sources dCS Vivaldi Apex DAC, Vivaldi Upsampler Plus, Vivaldi Master Clock, and Rossini Transport; EMM Labs DV2 Integrated DAC, Meitner MA3 Integrated DAC; Innuos Statement Next-Gen Music Server; Small Green Computer Sonore Deluxe opticalModu
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    Calendar Of Industry Events
    ATTENTION ALL AUDIO SOCIETIES: We have a page on the Stereophile website devoted to you: stereophile.com/audiophile-societies. If you’d like to have your audio-society information posted on the site, email Chris Vogel at vgl@cfl.rr.com. (Please note
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    A Verve–Third Man collaboration
    So, former White Stripe and Third Man label founder Jack White has now moved into jazz? It was a question that intrigued me when I first heard about the partnership between Universal Music and White’s Third Man Records, a vinyl reissue series called
    Stereophile9 min read
    Silent Angel Bonn NX
    With every passing season, a new audiophile-grade network switch hits the market. These products, which can cost hundreds or thousands of dollars, do the same basic thing as network switches bought at Best Buy for $30 or so (except, in some cases, sl
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    Associated Equipment
    Digital sources dCS Bartók streaming DAC, Oppo DV-981HD universal disc player, Rega Jupiter CD player. Preamplifier Benchmark LA-4. Power amplifier Benchmark AHB2. Integrated amplifier McIntosh MA6500. Loudspeakers and headphones B&W 801 D4 Signature
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    Measurements
    I measured a different sample of the Octave Audio V 70 Class A than that auditioned by RS. Mine had the serial number 22018130 and was not fitted with the optional phono module. As RS primarily used the balanced line input and KT120 output tubes with
    Stereophile4 min read
    (Un)healthy Obsessions
    During a ferocious storm one recent Saturday, firefighters knocked on my door and urged my family and me to evacuate. The gale had smashed loose a neighbor’s large propane tank and plunged it into the choppy waters of the fjord we live on. An explosi
    Stereophile4 min read
    Measurements
    Before measuring the Cambridge MXN10 with my Audio Precision SYS2722,1 I installed the Stream-Magic app on my iPad mini. After the Cambridge’s Ethernet port had been connected to my network, I used the app to perform a factory reset and check that th
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    T+A Solitaire S 530
    I jumped at the chance to review T+A’s $47,900/pair Solitaire S 530 loudspeakers for a few reasons.1 First, because T+A is a well-established company with an approach I like and respect: They make hi-fi equipment of the highest quality but with price
    Stereophile16 min read
    Linn Klimax Solo 800
    For reasons that have as much to do with why the creek does or doesn’t rise as anything, almost all the UK-manufactured electronics I’ve reviewed over the years were from dCS of Cambridge. Through 2023, no electronics from Linn or a host of other UK-
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    Stereophile
    EDITOR JIM AUSTIN JIM.AUSTIN@STEREOPHILE.COM TECHNICAL EDITOR JOHN ATKINSON MANAGING EDITOR MARK HENNINGER SENIOR CONTRIBUTING EDITORS HERB REICHERT, KALMAN RUBINSON, JASON VICTOR SERINUS WEB PRODUCER JON IVERSON COPY EDITOR LINDA FELACO FOUNDER J. G
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    Manufacturers’ Comments
    We are thrilled with Stereophile’s verdict on the Klimax Solo 800. Jason’s considered words acknowledge the innovation and hard work that have gone into development of this new flagship amplifier, in a new category for us at Linn. John Atkinson’s ver
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    Joe Henderson’s Power to the People
    In the late 1960s and the early years of the next decade, tenor saxophonist Joe Henderson, like many of his contemporaries, was listening to such albums as Miles Davis’s Filles de Kilimanjaro and Miles in the Sky and pondering what it meant for his m
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    It’s Showtime!
    Though I’m writing this in early March, this As We See It column will be published in the May issue, which is the issue that will go to AXPONA, America’s largest audio show, held each non-pandemic year at the Renaissance Schaumburg Hotel & Convention
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    The Lina chronicles
    I was at least 40' away when I spied my first dCS Lina stack at CanJam. It was black, sitting conspicuously on a table emitting a strong Space Odyssey Monolith vibe. I can’t remember which headphones I used, but I do remember how good it felt to face
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    Tom Waits
    In 2022, Tom Waits decided it was time to remaster the albums he made during his stint at Island Records. The Waits classics Swordfishtrombones (1983), Rain Dogs (1985), Franks Wild Years (1987), Bone Machine (1992), and the Waits (with Robert Wilson
    Stereophile18 min read
    Record Reviews
    I sat mesmerized when I first encountered a recording of Benjamin Britten’s early Violin Concerto from 1939 (revised in 1958) at an audio show exhibit sponsored by High End by Oz. Ever since I heard those portions of Linus Roth’s superbly recorded SA
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    Associated Equipment
    Analog source Rega P5 turntable with RB700 tonearm and Audio MusiKraft Denon DL-103 cartridge, Luna Cables Orange Step-up transformer. Digital sources Simaudio Moon 260D CD transport, iFi iDSD Diablo DAC. Cambridge Audio EVO 150 (used as DAC) Loudspe
    Stereophile16 min read
    Octave V 70 Class A
    It may be strange to read what I’m about to say in the pages of Stereophile, but it’s the cold hard truth so here goes: Audio reviews are inadequate. They don’t tell the whole story. They come up short and can even misdirect. It’s not their fault, or
    Stereophile1 min read
    Associated Equipment
    Analog sources Spiral Groove SG2.1 turntable and Centroid tonearm, VPI HR-X turntable and JMW Memorial tonearm; Grado Epoch, The Reference, and Signature Reference; Micro-Benz SL, Audio-Technica AT-MONO3/LP phono cartridges. Preamplifiers Sutherland
    Stereophile1 min read
    Associated Equipment
    Analog sources VPI HW-40 turntable, VPI 12" Fatboy tonearm, Pro-Ject Classic EVO turntable, Lyra Etna λ Lambda cartridge, Ortofon Bronze Cadenza cartridge, Sumiko Amethyst cartridge. Digital sources MacBook Air running Tidal, Roon, Qobuz. Bricasti M1
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    Cambridge Audio MXN10
    For music listening circa 2024, streaming is both the present and the future. Physical formats are still around, and they are still the best choice in some cases, as with deluxe reissues of beloved albums, which may add value with extra live performa
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    Measurements
    I used DRA Labs’ MLSSA system, a calibrated DPA 4006 microphone, and an Earthworks microphone preamplifier to measure the T+A Solitaire S 530’s quasi-anechoic frequency- and time-domain behavior in the farfield. The center of the line-source tweeter
    Stereophile11 min read
    Industry Update
    As this issue went to press, we learned that longtime Stereophile contributing editor Paul Messenger had died after a long illness. His career will be remembered in an online post and in Stereophile’s next issue. In early March, following the complet
    Stereophile12 min read
    TAD Grand Evolution One
    Review samples of some new high-end audio products do not grow on trees. They are more like dray horses trouping from one destination to another. After the US premiere of the Technical Audio Devices (TAD) Grand Evolution One (TAD-GE1), a floorstandin
    Stereophile7 min read
    The Forever Half-life Of Quadraphonics
    The popular history of quadraphonics (4-channel sound from LP records, tapes, and radio broadcasts) chronicles a spectacular failure. The major record labels, led by CBS/Columbia and JVC/RCA, invested millions in ill-fated schemes to convince music l

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