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Not many hi-fi dealerships can say they've survived half a century of history. Natural Sound, which is based in Framingham, Massachusetts, about 20 miles west of Boston, is one that can. Founded by Jim Lackey in 1975, Natural Sound turns 50 years old this November.

If you go to Tokyo, there's a good chance you'll develop a new appreciation for shopping malls. The Japanese know malls. They know just what to do with them. Inside a Tokyo mall, you can peruse the usual handbags and shoes in their unending variety. But you can also stare at Fuji apples as large as a baby's head swaddled in tissue paper, flip through the world's most exquisite stationery, stock up on fabric from the 1920s, and taste things that will haunt you well into retirement.

Grado has announced the Signature S750 headphones, the third model in its Signature Line. At the heart of the S750 is an all-new S2 50mm driver paired with a newly developed "B" cushion, a combination designed to fine-tune the listening experience.

Zack Lober: So We Could Live
Lober, bass; Jasper Blom, tenor saxophone; Suzan Veneman, trumpet; Sun-Mi Hong, drums
ZenneZ ZR2025015 (CD). 2025. Ben Van Gelder, prod.; Alessandro Mazzieri, eng.
Performance ****
Sonics ****½

Crystal Cable has introduced Infinite Dream, a three‑model cable series consisting of power, interconnect, and speaker cables handmade in the Netherlands. Infinite Dream becomes Crystal Cable's flagship line, following the sold‑out, limited-edition Infinity power cable.

Michel Petrucciani Trio: Jazz Club Montmartre - CPH 1988; Fred Hersch Trio: The Surrounding Green; Francesco Cafiso: From Then Till When; John Zorn/Dave Lombardo: Memories, Dreams, and Reflections; Joe Farnsworth: The Big Room; David Murray: Birdly Serenade

Mahler: Symphony 9, Park Avenue Chamber Symphony/David Bernard; Anna Clyne: Abstractions, Baltimore Symphony Orchestra/Marin Alsop; Steve Reich: Jacob's Ladder | Traveler's Prayer, Synergy Vocals, New York Philharmonic/Japp van Zweden, Colin Currie Group; Britten: Sinfonia da Requiem; Winter Words; The Prince of the Pagodas, Nicky Spence, tenor; London Philharmonic Orchestra/Edward Gardner.