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20 YEARS OF THE BEST-SOUNDING INDIE ROCK
KALMAN RUBINSON Dirac Live 3 ROOM-CORRECTION SOFTWARE
Adoption of DSP-based speaker-and-room correction in home theater—a parallel universe to audiophilia—is almost universal. It’s easy to understand why.
JASON VICTOR SERINUS Antipodes Audio K50 MUSIC SERVER
On the face of it, playing and streaming digital music files is a straightforward process.
GRAMOPHONE DREAMS
The RAAL-requisite HSA-1b headphone and speaker amplifier
LESLIE ANN JONES
RECORDING’S FUTURE NOW
INDUSTRY UPDATE
AUDIO NEWS & VIEWS
TechDAS Air Force Zero
TURNTABLE
My journey to hi-fi
MY BACKPAGES
The next generation
RE-TALES
Accuphase DG-68
DIGITAL VOICING EQUALIZER
A WallyTool setup update
ANALOG CORNER
500 ISSUES AND COUNTING
STEREOPHILE REACHES A PUBLISHING MILESTONE.
Kind of great
REVINYLIZATION
Dynaudio Confidence 30
LOUDSPEAKER
Stealth and nuance
GRAMOPHONE DREAMS
SVS 3000 Micro
SUBWOOFER
BRYCE DESSNER
At a time of solitude, the guitarist and composer focused on connecting.
Thorens TD 124 DD
RECORD PLAYER
Verity Audio Montsalvat DAC/PRE
D/A PROCESSOR
PAT METHENY
FROM HIS PLACE
Vincent Audio SV-737
INTEGRATED AMPLIFIER
REVINYLIZATION
Blood, Sweat & Tears began as Al Kooper’s dream of a rock band with horns. By the time he realized the concept—on the band’s 1968 debut, Child Is Father to the Man—it had become much more: an engaging hybrid of New York soul, Greenwich Village folk, and innovative jazz arrangements. With producer John Simon at the helm, Child was a virtual definition of the possibilities inherent in the heady musical experimentation of the late 1960s. Kooper’s writing and arranging for that record (including the monumental “I’ll Love You More Than You’ll Ever Know,” later a hit for Donny Hathaway) is one of the high points of his storied career. The record was justifiably praised as the conceptual breakthrough it was, and work had already begun on a follow-up when the band decided it needed a lead singer with more polish. Kooper left the group along with a couple of other key members.
Michi by Rotel M8
MONOBLOCK AMPLIFIER
Magico A5
It’s rare for a Stereophile reviewer to review two loud-speakers in a row from the same manufacturer, but then these are unusual times. Because of the pandemic, Magico’s M2s got stuck here for a year (I know: poor me). By the time they were packed up and shipped out, it was time for a long-scheduled review of the less-expensive, more-massive Magico A5 ($24,800/pair).
Line Magnetic LM-845IA
INTEGRATED AMPLIFIER
FOLLOW-UP
The greater my own longevity, the more I admire that very quality—longevity, that is. An “upgrade path” is similarly appealing—if, regrettably, rarely available to humans, who are stuck with the equipment we were born with, give or take a prosthesis or two.
Esoteric Grandioso C1X
LINE PREAMPLIFIER
BOOK REVIEW
CHAIRMAN AT THE BOARD: RECORDING THE SOUNDTRACK OF A GENERATION, by Bill Schnee. Backbeat Books, 2021. 219pp. $24.49, hardcover; $21.49, Kindle e-book.
Classical Rock / Pop Jazz: Record Reviews
In its sixth year, International Anthem seriously stepped up production. 2020 saw the Chicago label releasing a fast succession of rewarding albums, including a standout disc by Tortoise guitarist Jeff Parker and adventurous jazz by Rob Mazurek and the collective Irreversible Entanglements.
NAD C 298
POWER AMPLIFIER