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Digital jitter was a lively topic in the mid-'90s, and the Genesis Technologies Digital Lens was created to tame it. Robert Harley reviews the product and explains why the Lens became an essential part of his system at the time. JA adds comments.

From February 1999, John Atkinson examines the pluses and minuses of the groundbreaking Musical Fidelity X-24K D/A processor. The X-24K was one of the first outboard converters to offer 96kHz at 24 bits and JA hooks it up to a DVD transport and pricks up his ears.

From the April 2003 issue, Michael Fremer compares speaker cables and interconnects from Harmonic Technology and Analysis Plus, explaining, "The large differences proved to me that what you hear depends greatly on your associated cables, and that anyone who claims otherwise simply hasn't listened."

From December 1994, Robert Harley tells us everything we need to know about The Analog Compact Disc. Harley, who worked for three years in a CD-mastering plant, explains the process from mixed tape to final disc, profiling possible pitfalls along the way.

Finally, the next installment in our "Recording of the Month" series for the online archives, Recording of May 1995: Calamus: The Splendour of al-Andalus. Wes Phillips tracks the music's fascinating history, noting, "The disc is immensely moving, suffused with longing, pain, and a sense of resignation, and yet I can't get enough of it."