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As Robert J. Reina writes in his review of the JMlab Chorus 706 loudspeaker, "The most exciting development in audio today isn't multichannel surround, single-ended triodes, or $10,000 phono cartridges. It's 'trickle down.'" Find out just what has trickled into the Chorus from the company's highly regarded Utopia line.

How often does the sequel live up to the original? For his review of the Dynaudio Evidence Temptation loudspeaker, Larry Greenhill spins some music to find out. LG asks, "Could Dynaudio transfer the Evidence Master's technological advances and musical magic to a less costly model?"

Back in 1988, Editor John Atkinson set out to answer some very crucial questions about "The Reviewer's Lot." As JA writes, "Fundamentally, of course, as defined by J. Gordon Holt when he founded Stereophile in 1962, our reviews concern what a component sounds like." Obvious perhaps, but the details of how this is done are important, nonetheless.

From 1996, we have Shannon Dickson's interview with legendary audio engineer Siegfried Linkwitz. SD uncovers the man behind the Linkwitz-Riley crossover filter and other innovations and finds out what is next for loudspeaker performance improvements through analysis and design.

Finally, the latest installment in our "Recording of the Month" series for the online archives: Recording of July 1999, Mozart: Così fan tutte. Robert Levine finds the performance to be a "flawless ensemble reading" worthy of any Mozart collection.