LATEST ADDITIONS

Sometimes you can go home again. In the case of The Jayhawks—the Minneapolis-bred Americana veterans who are celebrating their 40th anniversary this year— going home meant securing a reunion with producer Bob Ezrin, getting him back behind the board for another album, Sanctuary Park, released in late August on the Thirty Tigers label.

In the 55 years since its release, Maggot Brain, Funkadelic's funk-rock masterpiece, has gone from being called "a shattered, desolate landscape with few pleasures" and "horrible mush" in a 1971 Rolling Stone review to coming in at #136 in that same publication's "500 Greatest Albums of All Time."

Clearaudio's origin story dates from the depths of the Cold War, in Czechoslovakia. It was 1968, and the Prague Spring uprising against the Soviet Union had collapsed. A young man escaped the carnage on a motorcycle, crossing the Iron Curtain into West Germany. That young man, Peter Suchy, went on to found Clearaudio in 1978.

Now that vinyl is again a growing and profitable reality, various schemes and ideas have emerged to improve the sound quality and raise the price of vinyl, especially vinyl reissues. From Mastercuts and One-Steps to Original Master Recordings and UHQR, vinyl records have never been offered in so many high-quality forms that both sound better and cost more.

If Part 1 of Robert Schryer's Toronto Audiofest 2026 report was any indication, this year's show—which was held on October 16–18, 2026—continued to deliver on its intended promise of collective cheer, great gear, and musical bliss. Here's the second of installment of his three T.O. show reports to further state the case.

In the first installment of his non-video Audio Video Show Warsaw 2026 reports, Jason Victor Serinus relays his experiences with new and current gear from D'Agostino, dCS, Wilson, VTL, Nordost, AudioVector, REL, and Moon by Simaudio.

When we first took an interest in reviewing the T+A elektroakustik A 3100 HV Reference fully balanced dual-mono solid state stereo power amplifier ($29,900), every existing unit had been earmarked for a dealer. Then, just as Jim Austin and I were scratching our heads, T+A founder Siegfried "Siggi" Amft informed Jim Shannon, T+A's longtime US media contact and reassuring presence, that he could expedite an amplifier—just one—from Germany.