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From the August issue, Robert Deutsch gives the Audio Research VS110 power amplifier and SP16L line preamplifier the full treatment. RD reveals how he finds products to review, and more importantly, what he found appealing in the ARC amp and preamp.

Is Art Dudley out to annoy Stereophile readers? He points out in Listening #8 that sometimes he just can't help himself. So what will it be this time: politics, format wars, or silly tweaks? No, Dudley decides to really get 'em going and review another Musical Fidelity product, the A3.2 integrated amplifier.

HE 2003 has come and gone, and John Atkinson provides a glimpse at some of the highlights with his "As We See It" from August, Show Business. JA's personal best of show? It was two-channel and it was DSD.

Sam Tellig provides a follow-up on the Cary CAD-805 tube amplifier, first reviewed in 1994. Tellig notes that several revisions later, the 805 still provides that "single-ended harmonic purity and immediacy."

Finally, the next installment in our "Recording of the Month" series for the online archives: Recording of August 2003: How the West Was Won. Robert Baird explains why Led Zeppelin's live opus from 1972 still sets the standard.