RECOMMENDED RC2024 COMPONENTS

Every product listed here has been reviewed in Stereophile. Everything on the list, regardless of rating, is genuinely recommendable.

- Jim Austin

Occasionally we get letters of complaint from manufacturers who object to being included in, say, Class B-but inclusion in Class B is a thing to be proud of.

Within each category, products are listed by class; within each class, they're in alphabetical order, followed by their price, a review synopsis, and a note indicating the issues in which the review, and any subsequent follow-up reports, appeared. "Vol.47 No.7" indicates our July 2024 issue, for example. "WWW" means the review is also posted online.

Stereophile's Recommended Components list is concerned mainly with products sold at US hi-fi retail outlets. Companies that sell only through dealers must have well-established dealer networks. Products sold online also qualify, but companies that sell only online must demonstrate the capacity for satisfactory customer support. A no-risk at-home audition is strongly preferredand that goes for bricks and mortar dealers, too. Restocking fees are fair when value is high.

We recommend you read our Recommended Components synopses to decide which reviews to read, then read each product's review carefully before seriously contemplating a purchase, as many salient characteristics, peculiarities, and caveats described in reviews cannot be covered in a circa 180-word synopsis.

Almost all reviews of current products are available online at stereophile.​com. The editors regret that we cannot supply copies of individual reviews.

THE NUTS AND BOLTS

If you've read this far, please keep reading. Most of the questions we receive and see posted online are answered in this short essay. Reading it all the way through shouldn't take more than a couple of minutes.

This listing was compiled after consultation with Stereophile's reviewing staff and editors-including, notably, Technical Editor John Atkinson.