In this issue

Former Twisted Sister guitarist Jay Jay French is pitching a new book-on business.

The Secret History of Washington, DC, R&B - A new CD/book set from Bear Family Records investigates the music from Washington, DC’s indie labels from the 1940s through the 1960s.

The new ultra-fi

GRAMOPHONE DREAMS

10+ mins

Acoustic Signature Montana NEO

You may be moving to Montana.Acoustic Signature is not an overnight sensation, nor are its turntables driven by dental floss. If you’re not a Frank Zappa fan, you probably have no idea what any of that means, so please Google it. I’ll wait till you get back.

10+ mins

Bowers & Wilkins 804 D4

The boxes sit there in our storage units, opposite the 20 banker’s boxes that hold 33 years’ worth of product-measurement workbooks. The two large boxes are for the Bowers & Wilkins Matrix 801s my wife owned when we got married in 1987.1 The four smaller boxes are for the B&W John Bowers Silver Signatures and their stands, which I purchased after reviewing them in June 1994.2 Both pairs of speakers gave superb sound quality back in the day, but now they sit there in the storage unit, their boxes giving me recriminatory looks when I visit.

10+ mins

Accustic Arts AMP V STEREO AMPLIFIER

The $50,000, 176lb Accustic Arts AMP V (pronounced Amp Five) is the heaviest, tall-est, most powerful, most expensive stereo amp to enter my audio system. With rated power of 900Wpc into 8 ohms, 1360Wpc into 4 ohms, and 1500Wpc into 2 ohms, the AMP V, which stands proud at the top of the Accustic Arts amplifier line, surpasses my reference D’Agostino Progression M550’s rated power into 4 ohms by 260Wpc.1

10+ mins

Pro-Ject Debut PRO

I enjoy few things more than setting up a turntable. Whether it’s for myself or for a friend—whether it’s a budget model with a layered MDF plinth and nonadjustable tonearm, or a megabuck, state-of-the-art behemoth—I relish the ritual.

10+ mins

NOT TWISTED

TWISTED SISTER GUITARIST JAY JAY FRENCH HAS A NEW LIFE AFTER MUSIC.

10+ mins

Book Review

The Secret History of Washington, DC, R&B

4 mins

REVINYLIZATION

What’s the point?

4 mins

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