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On Radio, Loss, and Music Discovery

The death of KMET in Los Angeles was a turning point in my young father’s life. I was 6 years ...

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MoFi, HiFi Rose, Piega, Leak, Wharfedale

I counted more than 40 audio products in the big MoFi Distribution display in the Schaumburg B ballroom. How to ...

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Spin Doctor 2: CH Precision P1 phono preamplifier

In 1928, Swiss engineer and inventor Jean-Léon Reutter created a clock that could run for years without human interaction or ...

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Listening #189: Luxman MQ-88uSE

For this month’s column, I did something I’ve occasionally set out to do but never quite managed: I lived with ...

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Ayre Acoustics EX-8 Integrated Hub integrated amplifier

It’s a high-end audio truism: Successful companies are founded by a creative engineer or entrepreneur with a vision. So what ...

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Audio Research Reference 160S power amplifier

This, our February issue, is the first Stereophile issue to arrive during the year 2020, which marks the 50th anniversary ...

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Gramophone Dreams #40: Denafrips Terminator & Ares II Measurements

Measurements, from November 2020 (Vol.43 No.11) In his September 2020 Gramophone Dreams, Herb Reichert reported on two D/A processors from ...

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Bryce Dessner: Crossing Boundaries

Photo: Graham MacIndoe Crossing borders and genre boundaries is never easy, but for Bryce Dessner, it’s become a familiar experience. ...

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JBL 4367 Studio Monitor loudspeaker

One day in the mid-1990s, my friend J and I sat sprawled on the carpeted floor of a hi-fi shop ...

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Tannoy Stirling Prestige Gold Reference loudspeaker

Founded in 1926 by Guy R. Fountain in London as the Tulsemere Manufacturing Company, Tannoy—a portmanteau (footnote 1) of “tantalum” ...

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