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The D9 is Dussun's multichannel integrated amplifier. Actually, the only amps Dussun makes are integrateds.

"We only do final assembly," Zou said. "I can't afford a larger staff, given Shanghai salaries, so we purchase the component parts from all over—the resistors are European, the circuit boards are the best, and we buy chassis parts from David Zheng at EKTG."

This is Zou Yuan Yuan, managing director of Dussun Electronics Co. Ltd. That's pronounced da-sun, as in "Da sun, boss, da sun!"

The Axion has been found. Maybe it's just me, but when I clicked on the URL and saw Piyare Jain with his hands about a foot apart, "I thought, "That's not so small."

Now forget all the bad press, lackluster reviews, and general public indifference. Doesn't <I>this</I> make you want to buy a Zune?

<I>Slate</I> interviews <I>The Wire</I>'s David Simon.

XLH's SL-INS preamplifier ($5000). No, I didn't get a chance to hear them&mdash;Mr. Hou is still building his second AEF-1812, having sold his previous sets.