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Stereophile

Dan D'Agostino Relentless

In Serinusland, smooth sailing has never been guaranteed. Some months back, for reasons not yet determined, my Stromtank S 2500 Quantum MK II power regenerator¹ began to hum mechanically-sometimes steadily, sometimes with a pulse-whenever I turned on battery mode.

10+ min |

September 2024

Stereophile

Dos Locos buenos

Ron Sutherland makes a strong case for being crowned the king of all phono preamps, though I expect he would blush at any such suggestion.

10+ min |

September 2024

Stereophile

Adventures in Schwabylon

\"Schwabing isn't a neighborhood, but a state of being,\" declared the Countess Fanny zu Reventlow, an early feminist who scandalized German society by parenting out of wedlock, carrying a revolver, and practicing what today tends to be called ethical nonmonogamy.

10+ min |

September 2024

Stereophile

Let the music transport you

It's the late 1980s, and I'm soldering tube amplifiers on a plywood bench. I decide on a whim that it's time to break down and buy a CD player to supplement the Dynaco tuner and Dual cassette deck in my workroom music system.

10+ min |

September 2024

Stereophile

RABBIT HOLES

The best Christmas gift in history was George Bailey being shown what the world would be like without his being born, courtesy of Angel Second Class Clarence, in the classic 1946 film It's a Wonderful Life.

4 min |

August 2024

Stereophile

REVINYLIZATION

As one of the first live albums to be recorded in the hallowed space that is New York City's Village Vanguard, Sonny Rollins's A Night at the Village Vanguard (recorded November 3, 1957, released in 1958) set the template, proving that recording in the odd, triangular club could not only work but could also produce distinctive, satisfying sound.

3 min |

August 2024

Stereophile

AURAL ROBERT

Recording music is complicated, and without the crucial assistance of producers and engineers, a lot of great records-not to mention successful musical careers would not happen.

7 min |

August 2024

Stereophile

Linear Tube Audio Aero

This paragraph from Linear Tube Audio's website description of their new Aero DAC sets the tone for the story I'm about to tell.

10 min |

August 2024

Stereophile

PrimaLuna EVO 300 Hybrid

Hybrid\" technology-specifically, mixing tubed and solid state in the same amplification device-stirs a deep desire for many enthusiasts.

10 min |

August 2024

Stereophile

SPIN DOCTOR

There once was an ugly duckling

9 min |

August 2024

Stereophile

BRILLIANT CORNERS

Stereo is the most successful audio gimmick of all time. While dashboard record players, quadraphonic LPs, and MQA have gone the way of Ron Popeil's hair-in-aspray-can infomercials, stereo remains king. And I am guilty of loving it.

10+ min |

August 2024

Stereophile

Franco Serblin Accordo Goldberg

As founder and chief designer of Sonus Faber, Franco Serblin designed and manufactured many loudspeakers of acclaimed high quality, mainly in box form.

10 min |

August 2024

Stereophile

Grimm Audio MU2

For several months, my wife and I had been living in a cozy studio apartment in New York's Financial District while our apartment underwent substantial renovations.'

10+ min |

August 2024

Stereophile

GoldenEar Technology T66

Loudspeaker company GoldenEar Technology was founded in 2010 by audio industry veteran Sandy Gross¹ after he left Definitive Technology.

9 min |

August 2024

Stereophile

T+A R 2500 R MULTISOURCE RECEIVER

The hi-fi receiver has been many different things.

10+ min |

August 2024