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Michael Fremer almost grasps upsampling when he looks into the dCS Verdi SACD transport, Purcell D/D converter, and Elgar Plus D/A converter. MF notes, "Explaining what you get for your $34k is somewhat easier than explaining upsampling, but due to the dCS gear's enormous flexibility and multitude of features, it's not that much easier."

What do Michael Jordan and Lamm audio components have in common? Paul Bolin explains in his review of the Lamm Industries M2.1 monoblock power amplifier. According to Bolin, "The world of audio is analogous to the world of sports," and Lamm possesses those "intangibles" that differentiate the merely good players from the great.

English manufacturer Musical Fidelity has just logged 20 years and Robert J. Reina fires up the Musical Fidelity A3.2 integrated amplifier to see if it has put that time to good use. "Immediately on cranking it up," RJR writes, "I was struck by how the A3.2's overall character reminded me of expensive tube electronics."

Art Dudley gets a powerful lesson in Listening #4. Stating that at first "I could hear no improvements at all when using any of the accessory [AC] cords," Dudley stumbles upon something that changed everything.

Finally, the most recent installment in our "Recording of the Month" series for the online archives: Recording of April 2003, Roseanne Cash: Rules of Travel. Robert Baird says, "The respect Cash commands in the larger music world is obvious from the album's short but impressive guest list."