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Headphone Reviews
Schiit Audio Vali 2+ headphone amplifier
Herb Reichert  |  Apr 21, 2021  |  2 comments
In Schiit's words: "Measurements, schmeasurements! If you want measurements, we got measurements: the Magni Heresy's got you covered. But if you're ready to have some fun with something completely different, Vali 2+ is for you. Enjoy tube sound without tons of noise, play with different tubes without having to get a second mortgage for a matched quad, and see what this whole tube thing is all about!"
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Analog CornerPhono Cartridge ReviewsTurntable Reviews
Analog Corner #309: SME Model 6 turntable, Sculpture A.3L phono cartridge
Michael Fremer  |  Apr 20, 2021  |  3 comments
"I got some Audio-Technica ATLP120X turntables in the other day, which had been back ordered for maybe 6 or 7 months, so I called to see if they had more. I was told there were 17,700 of that model on back order," a dealer I know told me recently in an email.
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Integrated Amp ReviewsStand Loudspeaker Reviews
Two Recent FollowUp Reviews
John Atkinson  |  Apr 19, 2021  |  First Published: May 01, 2021  |  17 comments
Stereophile has reviewed two somewhat controversial products in recent issues. The Italian Grandinote Shinai integrated amplifier, which Robert Schryer wrote about in November 2020 is a solid-state design but with an output stage that resembles that of a typical push-pull tube amplifier. Falcon's "Gold Badge" edition of the BBC-designed LS3/5a minimonitor, which Herb Reichert reviewed in April 2021, is a re-engineered version of a design that will soon be celebrating its 50th birthday.
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Tube Power Amp Reviews
Doshi Audio Evolution Monoblock power amplifier
Jason Victor Serinus  |  Apr 16, 2021  |  6 comments
"Do you swear to tell the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth, so help your filaments?" asked the audiophile judge of the tube.

"Since I am the truth," respondeth the tube, "I have nothing to say that is not already declared by my sound."

"But I must have the truth, and without bias!" proclaimeth the audiophile.

"What good is a tube without bias?" answereth the tube.

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As We See It
Roon 1.8
Jim Austin  |  Apr 15, 2021  |  27 comments
I bought my first streaming DAC in 2016, even though I wasn't yet convinced about streaming. Streaming audio was a great idea, but how would I get the music data from wherever it lives to my DAC's Ethernet port?
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Miscellaneous
Book Review: Audio Research: Making the Music Glow
Herb Reichert  |  Apr 14, 2021  |  3 comments
Book Review: Audio Research: Making the Music Glow
Written by Ken Kessler, designed by Henry Nolan. 220pp. $150. Available at Audio Research dealers and online at audioresearch.com.

I never met Audio Research Corporation founder William Zane Johnson, who died in 2011. But when he founded his now-legendary company in 1970, I and my ragged troupe of Dynaco modifiers were in the trenches, fighting the sand-warrior hordes during the first transistor onslaught.

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Re-Tales
Re-Tales #8: A Lyrical Denouement
Julie Mullins  |  Apr 13, 2021  |  15 comments
New York's Lyric Hi-Fi & Video is one of high-end audio's longest-standing and most legendary institutions. In a recent telephone conversation, Leonard Bellezza, Lyric's owner and president, confirmed what many in this industry have long heard rumored: Lyric is closing.
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My Back Pages
Goodbye to the house Mike Kay built
Jay Jay French  |  Apr 12, 2021  |  12 comments
By the time this issue of Stereophile arrives in your mailbox (and on newsstands), Lyric Hi-Fi & Video, the legendary symbol of male-dominated, uber-luxury hi-fi retail, will be closed forever.

This makes me sad. I wasn't just a client of Lyric; I worked there.

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Music and Recording Reviews
April 2021 Classical Record Reviews
Jason Victor Serinus, Stephen Francis Vasta  |  Apr 09, 2021  |  10 comments
Jodie Devos: And Love Said..., Hans Rott: Orchestral Works Vol.2 and Alfred Schnittke: Works for Violin and Piano.
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Music and Recording Reviews
April 2021 Jazz Record Reviews
Thomas Conrad, Kurt Gottschalk  |  Apr 09, 2021  |  0 comments
Archie Shepp, Jason Moran: Let My People Go, Jakob Bro: Uma Elmo and Ethan Iverson: Bud Powell in the 21st Century.
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