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Jonathan Scull found himself in awe of the beautiful and ingenious construction lavished on the Boulder 1012 D/A preamplifier. "Its design and build qualities are icons to elegant engineering know-how. No screws show on the rectangular box . . .", J-10 enthuses. And as Scull finds, this D/A preamp combines both beauty and brains to create sheer audio pleasure.

Back in 1987, Lewis Lipnick offered his take on the B&W Matrix 801 Series 2 loudspeaker, which had been evolving steadily for seven years. As a special bonus for the online version of this classic review, we include a complete set of never-before-published measurements completed by John Atkinson at various times over the past 13 years.

From the current February 2002 issue, the secrets of three successful New York-based high-end audio retailers are revealed in Steve Guttenberg's "Where the Rubber Meets the Road." SG profiles Michael Kay of Lyric Hi-Fi & Video, Andrew Singer of Sound by Singer, Ltd., and Elliot Fishkin of Innovative Audio Video Showrooms.

Next, we've added Wes Phillips' review of Music for a Glass Bead Game, which he described as "possibly the most luscious recording of acoustic music I've heard in several years." This reference disc has just been added to the Stereophile Recordings page, and is well worth a listen.

Finally, the next installment in our "Recording of the Month" series for the online archives: Recording of June 1999, Ginger Baker & The DJQ2O: Coward of the County. Dan Ouellette reports that the legendary rock drummer really is a jazzman at heart.