AURAL ROBERT

Another \"outlaw\" country artist

Nina Simone: Wild Is the Wind

By all accounts, Eunice Kathleen Waymon, aka Nina Simone, who passed in 2003, was a troubled person and a brilliant artist. Why she was not more acclaimed during her lifetime is a question several recent film projects have tried to answer. Did her fierce stand on civil rights lose her fans?

Vintage hi-fi, old and new

Many audiophiles and serious music lovers are passionate about vintage. Vintage has become a popular \"way in\" to the hobby, especially popular among younger folks.

Tekton Moab Be

LOUDSPEAKER

ARCAM Radia A25

INTEGRATED AMPLIFIER

Wharfedale Heritage Series 90th Anniversary Dovedale

LOUDSPEAKER

Technics Grand Class SL-1200/1210GR2

RECORD PLAYER

Thrax Audio Siren

Based in Bulgaria, European audio company Thrax has been active since 2009.

EMM Labs MTRS

STEREO POWER AMPLIFIER

SPIN DOCTOR

Alternative phono cartridge technologies and the DS Audio DS-W3 optical cartridge system

BRILLIANT CORNERS

Ever notice that the language we use to talk about sound can be pretty aggressive?

GRAMOPHONE DREAMS

Music in black & color

REVINYLIZATION

ECM is back in the vinyl game

RABBIT HOLES

Art Pepper Lives! Or, Long Live the CD!

AURAL ROBERT

There's a fear out there, even among jazz cognoscenti, that the music's best years and true geniuses are all part of the past. Even in New York City, the richest magnet for live jazz on earth, it sometimes seems that experiencing generational talent, the kind that once drove the music forward, is now confined to gazing at the famous photos on the walls of the music's most revered shrine, the Village Vanguard.

FOLLOW-UP

CH PRECISION M1.1 POWER AMPLIFIER - At Stereophile, every reviewer takes a different approach to reviewing, and so they inevitably reach varied conclusions.

StormAudio ISP Evo IMMERSIVE SOUND PREAMP/PROCESSOR

One thing that interested me about the StormAudio ISP Evo is that, despite its obvious hi-fi function, it's more like a computer than a typical \"prepro.\"

Rogue DragoN: MONOBLOCK POWER AMPLIFIER

When Editor Jim Austin asked me to review the new Rogue Audio DragoN monoblock amplifier, my first thought was, \"Isn't that Herb's beat?\"

Gold Note Mediterraneo X RECORD PLAYER

Though the hotel halls of Capital Audiofest 2023 were not as busy as some exhibitors might have hoped, the event's listening rooms were filled to the brim with choice equipment, practically overflowing. One piece that captured my attention was a turntable that embodies thoughtful design and contemporary Italian style: the Gold Note Mediterraneo X ($12,999). This elegant turntable combines traditional materials with touch-friendly digital technology in arresting fashion.

Krell KMA-1800 - MONOBLOCK POWER AMPLIFIER

Ever since I raved about Krell's K-300i integrated amplifier after it was released in early 2019,¹ I've wanted to review other Krell products. After spending more than a year and a half (since its prerelease announcement) awaiting the opportunity to review Krell's new flagship mono power amplifier, the KMA-1800 ($73,000/pair), the time has come.

Weiss Engineering Helios D/A PROCESSOR

When standalone digital/analog processors made an appearance a quarter-century ago, they were limited to the CD medium's 16 bits of resolution-at I didn't dance of the diesen it was a best.

Bowers & Wilkins 801 D4 Signature

Back in August, I received an email from Editor Jim Austin. Subject line: \"Want to do a big review?\" He had my attention. Jim wrote that he had visited Bowers & Wilkins parent company Masimo Consumer in Carlsbad, California, for a demo of the brand-new B&W 801 D4 Signature and 805 D4 Signature loudspeakers. (That visit was chronicled by Jim in the September 2023 Industry Update section.)

STEVEN WILSON

A MASTER OF IMMERSIVE MUSIC TALKS ABOUT HIS MUSIC AND THE CRAFT.

FOLLOW-UP

I concluded my September 2023 review of this tubed integrated amplifier by writing that the Audio Research I/50 \"is the perfect amplifier for use in a relatively small room with a high quality source and speakers, especially if the latter have a fairly high impedance.

Focal Bathys

BLUETOOTH + WIRED HEADPHONES

JMF Audio HQS 7001

MONOBLOCK POWER AMPLIFIER

Klipsch The Nines

INTEGRATED LOUDSPEAKER SYSTEM

Ferrum Wandla

D/A PROCESSOR

Luxman L-509Z

When I reviewed Luxman's L-509X flagship integrated amplifier, in May 2018,' that sleek machine shook me to my vitals.

Wilson Audio Specialties Sasha V

Wilson Audio's new Sasha V loudspeaker (that's \"V\" as in victory, not \"five\") extends the line that began in 2009 with the debut of the Sasha 1 model.