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Blog Powering the Ionizer Chris Vogel believes he has developed a “dramatic improvement” for treating static on compact discs and in compact disc players. 11.20.09 \| Stephen Mejias
News Linn Abandons CD Players The Scottish company is to concentrate on its network players, which now represent 30% of its sales. 11.20.09 \| Paul Messenger
Review Paradigm Reference Studio 60 v.5 loudspeaker Kudos to Paradigm for breaking the mold of a successful design in order to improve it. 11.20.09 \| Kalman Rubinson
Review HRT Music Streamer USB D/A Converter Suffice it to say that spending $99 on an HRT Music Streamer and $200 on some new high-definition downloads doesn't seem at all crazy to me. 11.20.09 \| Art Dudley
Column Listening #83 Domestic playback cannot, in all intellectual honesty, be compared with live musical events. 11.20.09 \| Art Dudley
Review Aerial Model 5B loudspeaker The Aerial Acoustics Model 5B is an overlooked gem. 11.20.09 \| John Marks and John Atkinson
Blog Nellie McKay does Doris Day Who’d have thought that the snarkmistress of Get Away from Me could produce such gentle covers of hits once sung by the queen of wholesomeness? 11.19.09 \| Fred Kaplan
Blog Kind of Blue Barcelona Open since 1933, this former music store which began selling Victrolas along with 78’s, before moving entirely from content to gear, has been in the same family now for about a decade. 11.18.09 \| Robert Baird
Forums High End Audio Business Model I’m profoundly confused why audio retailers are not aggressively trying to convert perspective clients to the audiophile ranks. 11.18.09 \| Len White
Blog Going Rogue: An American Amp What the hell am I waiting for? I’m always waiting around for something that never comes. Why don’t I just go out and grab it? 11.18.09 \| Stephen Mejias
Now on Newsstands Vol.32 No.12 Our final issue of 2009 includes our annual “Products of the Year” feature. People love this feature. We’re already receiving fun complaints... 11.17.09 \| Stephen Mejias
Vote Format Choice Part 2 If you had to pick one primary format for your music, what would it be? 11.15.09 \| Stereophile Staff
Review Aerial Acoustics 20T V2 loudspeaker It was an audacious demonstration: comparing the speakers reproducing the recorded sound of virtuoso violinist Arturo Delmoni with the real thing. 11.13.09 \| John Atkinson
Review HRT Music Streamer+ USB D/A Converter Would I spend $299 for access to exponentially more music than I have, played back with good if not great sound? 11.13.09 \| Art Dudley
Column As We See It: The Spaces Between the Notes Now there is another resource available to those who care about sound quality. 11.13.09 \| John Atkinson
Music Recording of November 2009: The Visitor A mannered piece of music that demands repeated listens to draw out its quiet richness. 11.13.09 \| Robert Baird
Blog What Happened In Puerto Rico? My heart is beating so hard I can feel a bruise forming on my chest. 11.12.09 \| Stephen Mejias
Interview/Classic The Music Goes Round & Round JA's very first features for Stereophile, triggered by Anthony Cordesman's May 1986 reviews of the VPI, SOTA, and Oracle turntables. 11.6.09 \| John Atkinson
Review Musical Fidelity V-DAC D/A processor If you lust after a silken, sweet (but not oversweet) sound, you'll marvel at the Musical Fidelity V-DAC. 11.6.09 \| Sam Tellig
Blog The Chemistry of Common Life, Live Mild-mannered by day, wild-mannered by night, SM revels in the anarchy of a band sure to offend you. 11.6.09 \| Stephen Mejias
Review/Classic Theta Digital DSPro Basic D/A processor A quantum leap in what we can expect from a $2000 processor. 11.5.09 \| Robert Harley
Music/Classic Joint Recordings of July 1990: Rei Momo, O Samba Kind of like "MacGyver," someday there's going to be a TV show called "David Byrne: Musicologist." 11.5.09 \| Beth Jacques
Blog Love Comes Close Again A certain and growing number of people want the vinyl now, but may not be able to use it because they don’t have a proper analog setup. 11.4.09 \| Stephen Mejias
News Stereo Exchange Celebrates 25 Years Manhattan retailer Stereo Exchange is holding a 25th Anniversary Celebration this Thursday, November 5, from 3–9pm. 11.3.09 \| JA & SM
Blog Live Versus Recorded November 6–7 Stealth Audio in Maryland will host a “Live Versus Recorded” music recital. John Atkinson will be there to record. 11.2.09 \| Stephen Mejias
Review/Classic Wadia Digimaster X-32 digital processor Hang onto your hats as we rush headlong into the brave new world of digital playback. 11.2.09 \| Robert Harley
Review/Classic Rotel RB-960BX power amplifier what are you gonna drive your rig with? A Japanese surround-sound receiver with 1000 buttons and a power supply the size of Tattoo's gallbladder? 11.2.09 \| Corey Greenberg
Blog Truth + Beauty + Jazz = Herman Leonard Leonard captured the spirit, joy, and intensity of the music and its whole culture more evocatively and empathically than anyone else. 10.31.09 \| Fred Kaplan
Hot Stuff 2010 Stereophile Buyer’s Guide Released Includes complete specifications and prices for nearly 4000 audio components. 10.30.09 \| Stereophile Staff
As We See It/Classic Components, Unite! The fact is there are worshipers of feeble faith whose sole criterion for excellence is ultimately how "good" it sounds 10.30.09 \| J. Gordon Holt
Review/Classic Conrad-Johnson Premier 3 preamplifier While some of the best things in life may be free, none of them are cost-effective. 10.30.09 \| Anthony H. Cordesman
Review Chario Premium 1000 loudspeaker Chario clearly has a winner with the Premium 1000 10.26.09 \| Robert J. Reina
Review Acoustic Energy AE1 Mk.III Reference Special Edition loudspeaker One of the great divides in high-end audio concerns the question of how much bass is enough bass? 10.25.09 \| John Atkinson
Column Listening #82 There are always a few guys who want to know: Who has the best home music system in the world? 10.23.09 \| Art Dudley