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Back in 1996, Martin Colloms reviewed the Krell KAV-300i integrated amplifier, asking, "Is Krell risking its reputation?" He needn't have worried, as the 300i has gone on to become a popular audiophile classic.

Thomas J. Norton looks at an amplifier's output impedance to understand its effect on a system's performance. In Questions of Impedance Interaction, TJN looks at three loudpeakers' interactions with the same amp to illustrate this important phenomena.

At the point of Stereophile's 30th anniversary in 1992, Founder J. Gordon Holt asks Where Did We Go Wrong?. "I've been getting the impression that we don't believe our own hype anymore," laments Holt, who explores the evolution of the audiophile dream.

High-resolution audio at the recent Consumer Electronics Show (CES) is seen from two perspectives in SACD, the Way Forward? It would seem that Michael Fremer sees the SACD glass half full while Jon Iverson laments that it may really still be half empty.

Finally, the latest installment in our "Recording of the Month" series for the online archives: Recording of July 1995: Friday Afternoon in the Universe. Wes Phillips stumbles upon this early Medeski Martin and Wood disc and discovers he was "starved" for their brand of groove music.