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Features Interviews

Kevin Gray: Vinyl-Mastering Master

Sasha Matson May 06, 2022

When I need information about recordings, I go to Discogs. At Discogs, Kevin Gray has more than 2500 entries. That's as good an indicator as any of the amount of ground he has covered in his career so far as a creative participant in the recorded-music art known as mastering. Since starting out in the early 1970s, in Los Angeles, he has worked for all the major music labels and many independents, in all music genres.

Digital Processor Reviews

AudioPraise VanityPRO HDMI audio extractor

Kalman Rubinson May 05, 2022

The increasing prominence of Blu-ray explains why a device to extract audio from an HDMI stream has become necessary. At first, Blu-ray players had HDMI outputs for video and audio, but to speed their adoption, they also sported analog audio outputs to help users who had older AV receivers (AVRs). Bye the bye, those audio outputs were pared off.

Re-Tales

Re-Tales #20: You never forget your first gorilla

Julie Mullins May 04, 2022

You never forget your first time. Ask any audiophile about that first moment hearing music through a good hi-fi systemhow it rocked their world and changed their life. Maybe it was at a friend's parents' house when they were a kid. Often, though, it was the first time they found themselves in a hi-fi dealership, back in the day.

Digital Processor Reviews Gramophone Dreams

Gramophone Dreams #60: Denafrips Terminator Plus, Denafrips Gaia, HoloAudio Spring 3

Herb Reichert May 03, 2022

The week before Christmas, I invited my artist friend Joe to visit my studio to see my 2021 paintings. To spice the invitation, I told Joe that while he was looking he could audition the newest flagship DAC from Denafrips, the Terminator Plus.

AXPONA 2022 News Think Pieces

It's a Wrap: AXPONA Reflections

Jason Victor Serinus May 01, 2022

Exciting. Engrossing. Exhausting. Enjoyable. Nothing but e-words from me. I could go on, but not without breaking out the thesaurus. —Rogier van Bakel, Stereophile's newest Contributing Editor

AXPONA 2022 New Products News

MoFi Distribution, Part 4: Wharfedale, BAT, MoFi x Fender

Julie Mullins May 01, 2022

The MoFi Distribution classic gear fun continued in Suite 346, with two pairs of Wharfedale Heritage Linton speakers ($1799/pair), stacked, with the one on top inverted so that the two tweeters were in the middle. One Wharfedale Linton stand ($399/pair) supported each side's stack.

AXPONA 2022 News

Bending Wave USA: Göbel Audio, CH Precision, Wadax

Julie Mullins May 01, 2022

A large, almost loft-style suite on the 16th floor housed a big, all-out system presented by Bending Wave USA, the Florida-based distributor/dealer for Germany's Göbel Audio (among other brands); their name nods to Göbel Audio's bending wave drivers.

AXPONA 2022

AXPONA: T+A Brings the A-Team

Jim Austin May 01, 2022

T+A elektroakustik GmbH & Co. brought the A-team to the 2022 AXPONA, including American rep Senior Vice President of Sales and Operations David Schultz, Chief Operations Officer (and heir apparent) Conradin Amft, and Founder and CEO Siegfried Amft. During a light Saturday breakfast in the big T+A room, the elder Amft briefed the Stereophile team on T+A's status and plans; expect some big announcements at High End Munich later this month.

AXPONA 2022 News

Aurender and Computer Audio Design: Two Different Companies, Same Peculiar Idea

Jim Austin May 01, 2022

Audio shows are great for hearing new components and systems—of course they are. But they can also be good for encountering new ideas. Over two days at AXPONA, I encountered the same curious idea from two manufacturers.

AXPONA 2022 New Products News

Verdant Audio: Wilson Benesch, Canor, Weiss, Antipodes, AVM, Puritan

Julie Mullins May 01, 2022

Dealer/distributor Verdant Audio's room included a few important debuts, including the new Wilson Benesch Geometry Discovery IIIZ standmount loudspeaker ($31,000).