The P-8 ($11,000) is the second of Simaudio's Moon Evolution series that has passed through my system, following on the heels of the Moon Evolution W-8 power amplifier, which I <A HREF="http://www.stereophile.com/solidpoweramps/306sim">reviewed in March 2006</A>. Fortunately, the P-8's arrival preceded the W-8's departure, so I was able to use them together as well as with other components.
The single most enduring <A HREF="http://www.stereophile.com/asweseeit/406awsi">controversy</A> in audio is: What method or methods should we use to evaluate the performance of audio equipment?
<B>ONE FOR ALL: <I>The Lineup</I></B><BR>
Eric Alexander, tenor sax; Jim Rotondi, trumpet, flugelhorn; Steve Davis, trombone; David Hazeltine, piano, Fender Rhodes; John Webber, bass; Joe Farnsworth, drums<BR>
Sharp Nine CD 1037-2 (CD). 2006. Marc Edelman, prod.; Katherine Miller, eng. DDD. TT: 57:42<BR>
Performance <B>****½</B><BR>
Sonics <B>****</B>
<A HREF="http://www.stereophile.com/musicrecordings/1206cantus"><I>There Lies the Home</I></A>, the sixth CD of Minnesotan male-voice choir Cantus recorded by <I>Stereophile</I> editor John Atkinson, is released this week.
What is the best environment in which to demonstrate and enjoy high-quality audio gear? According to Richard Rives Bird, founder and president of <A HREF="http://www.rivesaudio.com">Rives Audio</A>, the answer is simple: an acoustically engineered room.
The 2007 edition of the <I>Stereophile Buyer's Guide</I> is now available! Absolutely bursting with technical specifications for more than 5000 audio components, the <I>Buyer's Guide</I> will help make your music sound better than ever. Honest.
<I>CJR</I>'s oral history of embedded journalists in Iraq 2003–2006.
<A HREF="http://musicgiants.com/">MusicGiants</A>, which bills itself as "the leader in HD music downloads," announced November 7 an agreement with <A HREF="http://www.inteset.com/cnsmr/Products/">Inteset</A>, which manufacturers high-end media servers and advanced extender systems.
On November 7, Dr. Mead C. Killion, founder and president of Etymotic Research, invited <I>Stereophile</I> to experience the company's newest in-the-ear high-fidelity earphone, the ety-8. What was so special about these half-ounce 'phones? No wires—the ety-8's are the industry's first and only in-the-ear, high-accuracy, noise-exclusion earphones.
