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Munich 2014

Munich High End 2014: Day 1 Wrap-Up

Art Dudley May 20, 2014

I had the opportunity to review, in our June 2012 issue, the sweet-sounding Allnic A-5000 DHT amplifier. Yet it wasn't until the Munich show that I had the chance to meet its very genial designer, Kang Su Park, seen here with David Beetles, the international distributor for Allnic Audio Arts.

Fred Kaplan

Sonny Rollins' Magnificent Road Shows, Vol.3

Fred Kaplan May 19, 2014

Road Shows, Volume 3 (on Okeh Records) might be Sonny Rollins' greatest album ever. Certainly it's the album that most closely supplies the sensation of a live Sonny Rollins concertor the best moments of several live Sonny Rollins concerts, which is what the whole Road Shows series is meant to be.

Headphone Reviews InnerFidelity

Practically Perfect in Every Way: The V-Moda XS

Tyll Hertsens May 19, 2014

This story originally appeared at InnerFidelity.com

Okay, okay, perfect is a bit strong, I've got a few little niggles with sound quality. But damn, you're getting a heck of a lot for $212 with these terrific headphones.

Munich 2014

Munich High End 2014: Day 1 Continued

Art Dudley May 17, 2014

How good does it get? I think I’m closer to having an answer to that one.

Munich 2014

Munich High End 2014: Day 1

Art Dudley May 16, 2014

The first bit of music I heard at the Munich showofficially known High End 2014was utterly lacking in soundstage depth, imaging precision, and transparency: It was actual music, courtesy of the Bavarian brass/accordion ensemble Unterbiberger Hofmusik, who performed just inside the main entranceway of the Munich MOC. (To the surprise of everyone, the morning dawned too cold for an outdoors performance.) It was a big, colorful beginning to this uniquely big, colorful show.

Analog Corner Audacious Audio Turntable Reviews

Analog Corner #226: VPI Classic Direct Drive Signature turntable

Michael Fremer May 14, 2014

VPI Industries' Harry Weisfeld has tried, built, and marketed almost every known way of spinning a platter. He began in the early 1980s, before many recent turntable enthusiasts were born, with the belt-driven HW-19, and since then has produced rim-driven models, and 'tables with motors outboard or inboard, one or three pulleys, one or three belts, and platters of acrylic or aluminum alloy. But while Weisfeld has owned quite a few direct-drive 'tables, he'd never come up with his ownuntil now.

Analog Corner Tonearm Reviews

Analog Corner #227: VPI JMW Classic 3D 12" tonearm

Michael Fremer May 14, 2014

In 1995, Harry Weisfeld's son Jonathan was killed in an automobile accident. Jonathan was a charismatic young man whom I had come to knowa genuinely gifted artist and musician who, at the time of his death, was helping his father develop the tonearm that would be named for him: the JMW Memorial Arm. The design of the original JMW Memorial Arm focused on providing easily adjustable and repeatable VTA and SRA via a massive threaded tower that bolted to the plinth. The bearing point, on the other hand, sat near the end of a relatively long and not particularly rigid metal platform cantilevered off the VTA/SRA tower.

News

Now on Newsstands: Stereophile Vol.37 No.6

Stereophile Staff May 14, 2014

Our June 2014 issue is now on newsstands, with MBL's cool-running, hot-sounding Corona C15 amplifier on its cover. The C15 combines a class-D output stage with a hefty linear power supply to produce performance that finally convinced John Atkinson that class-D designs need not produce compromised sound quality. JA also outs his hearing ability on the line by reviewing EnigmAcoustics' cost-no-object electrostatic supertweeter. The bulk of the Sopranino's output lies above the venerable JA's hearing limit, so did he hear any improvement? Read the review to find out...

News

Jimmy Page Drops Some Clues About New HD Led Zeppelin Releases

Robert Baird May 13, 2014

Poor Jimmy Page. After listening to eight tracks from the newly remastered Led Zeppelin studio albums from Atlantic/Swan Song/Rhino, the first three of which, I, II, III, will be released on June 3, the guitar great graciously opened himself to questions. Were the alternate takes, that are the meat of the “companion audio” disc that accompanies each original album, pieced together from a number of alternate takes?

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Goodbye & Hello

John Atkinson May 12, 2014

It was the summer of 2000. We had closed Stereophile's office in Santa Fe, New Mexico, the City Different in the Land of Enchantment, where the magazine had been headquartered since 1978, and moved lock, stock, and audio systems to New York City. Once I got to New York, I needed an editorial assistant. Stephen Mejias became that assistant in August 2000, at the age of 21.