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Wes Phillips is hesitant as he takes a listen to a revised version of the first speaker he ever reviewed for Stereophile. Will the new ProAc Response One SC loudspeaker vindicate his original positive assessment of its predecessor, the ProAc Response One S? Phillips admits all.

With his last installment of "Undercurrents" for Stereophile, George Reisch digs deep into the audiophile psyche with Painting Or Photography? When it comes down to it, what are music lovers—from musicians to audiophiles—really doing while looking for audio nirvana? Brushing or snapping? Reisch offers enlightenment.

Next, in Markus Sauer's June, 1993 review of the Naim Aro tonearm, we discover what makes a unipivot tonearm tick. Sauer also explains why this tonearm became "a stable fixture in an otherwise changing setup."

Finally, we have the next installment (moving backward month by month) in our Recording of the Month series for the online archives: Recording of February 2001: El Cancionero Mas Y Mas, a four-CD box set by Los Lobos. Robert Baird tells the complete tale, starting in a bar somewhere in the southwest.