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Art Dudley slips his DIY leash, and revels in the high-tech splendor of the Linn Klimax Kontrol preamplifier and Klimax Twin power amplifier. AD admits he's feeling a little guilty about shunning his home-brew gear, but counters, "I've been having too much fun."

Chip Stern explains how power can corrupt in his review of the Monster Power AVS 2000 Automatic Voltage Stabilizer and Equi=Tech's 2Q and Q650 Balanced Power Systems. Stern says, "Like so many pilgrims wary about buying into esoteric audiophile voodoo, it took me a while to accept how important the quality of electricity is."

Here is a review cable skeptics may want to read: Brian Damkroger adds the AudioQuest Gibraltar speaker cables and Anaconda interconnects to his system, commenting, "Being a metallurgical engineer, I've always been intrigued by audio cables—their construction, the materials they're made of, how they're produced, and, of course, how all of that relates to their sound."

The year was 1971, and J. Gordon Holt held forth on the Audio Research SP-3 preamplifier. JGH remarked, "We thought Audio Research's previous-model SP-2C was excellent, but this is even better—the closest thing available, in fact, to the ideal straight wire with gain." And, he added, "Would you believe it uses tubes!"

Finally, the newest installment in our "Recording of the Month" series for the online archives: Recording of November 1994, J.S. Bach: Suites for Solo Cello from Nathaniel Rosen. Les Berkley notes, "This is my first experience with John Marks Records; based on the sound and performance qualities of these discs, I suspect it will not be my last."