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Rabbit Holes

Rabbit Holes #20: More (and more, and more) songs from Talking Heads

Tom Fine Jan 13, 2026

For a lot of bands, the second album is intimidating. There are numerous examples of sophomore slumps, which sometimes lead to a band's quick end. Talking Heads didn't just avoid a sophomore slump; they scored their first top-40 hit and put their career on solid, sky-is-the-limit footing.

Integrated Amp Reviews

NAD Masters Series M10 V3 streaming integrated amplifier

John Atkinson Jan 09, 2026

After I reviewed NAD's Masters Series M10 streaming integrated amplifier in January 2020, I bought the review sample to use as my daily driver . . . In 2022, NAD replaced it with a revised version, the M10 V2 . . . I never tried the V2, but when NAD introduced the M10 V3 ($2999) in late 2024, I felt a follow-up review was appropriate.

Integrated Amp Reviews

NuPrime MCX-800AD Immersive multichannel integrated amplifier

Kalman Rubinson Jan 08, 2026

NuPrime calls the MCX-800AD ($3995) an "Immersive Audio Processor," but that's not really what it is, so I don't know why they call it that. NuPrime lists it on its website under both "Amplifiers" and "Multi-Channel DACs." So what is it, a floor wax or a dessert topping?

Aural Robert

Shanachie Records' New Vinyl-Reissue Series

Robert Baird Jan 07, 2026

"The term 'sales' is an anachronism. Today, it's about streaming and ancillary income."—Randall Grass, general manager at Shanachie Entertainment.

Revinylization

Revinylization #71: Rahsaan Roland Kirk Live on Two Coasts

Andrey Henkin Jan 06, 2026

There's widespread consensus that Shohei Ohtani's performance in Game 4 of the 2025 National League Championship Series was the greatest in baseball history: at the plate, 3 for 3 with three home runs; on the mound, six innings with 10 strikeouts and only 2 hits allowed. That defines double threat. Almost seven decades earlier, jazz's original triple threat made his first record—Triple Threat—for the King label.

Miscellaneous

Book Review: Buzz Me In

Tom Fine Jan 05, 2026

If you like 1970s rock music, particularly hard rock music, something you love was recorded or mixed in a Record Plant studio. If you have a favorite live album from the '70s or '80s, it was likely recorded by a Record Plant Mobile truck.

Budget Component Reviews CD Player/Transport Reviews Integrated Amp Reviews

Eversolo Play CD Edition streaming integrated amplifier

Rogier van Bakel Jan 02, 2026

The all-in-one stereo component occupies the same territory as those Italian restaurants that also serve sushi and Texas barbecue. Every instinct says it's a dubious overreach: Few chefs master two or more distinct cuisines. But then you experience that rare eatery that somehow nails the California roll, the carbonara, and the brisket, and you realize that dismissing it on principle could mean missing something that's genuinely excellent.

CD Player/Transport Reviews

Advance Paris X-CD9 CD player

Ken Micallef Jan 01, 2026

Like many vinyl obsessives, I've amassed a considerable CD collection—a 10' × 15' wall of them, behind dark blue curtains in my listening room. It is almost as if I was concealing a dirty secret from purist analog snobs, including me.

Miscellaneous Spin Doctor

Spin Doctor #32: Good Vibrations

Michael Trei Dec 31, 2025

MT's Brinkmann LaGrange turntable sits on the Seismion Reactio 2 isolation platform

Renowned British turntable manufacturer Rega once defined a turntable as a vibration-measuring machine; that definition became the title of a coffee table book tracing the company's history and design philosophy.

Brilliant Corners

Brilliant Corners #34: You Still Believe In Me

Alex Halberstadt Dec 30, 2025

One of my foundational memories of becoming an audiophile was waiting to listen to a pair of speakers at Sound by Singer in Manhattan. Perhaps a more apt verb is loitering, because I was in my mid-20s and always felt on the verge of being thrown out.