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For his review of the diminutive Acarian Systems Alón Petite loudspeaker, Wes Phillips explains that the "li'l guys frequently image like bandits—which some of us just can't resist." Also included is Robert J. Reina's followup review of Alón's matching PW-1 woofer system, from February 1997, along with his take on the Alón Petite.

A stable of Stereophile scribes covered the legendary Spica TC-50 loudspeaker back in the mid- to late '80s. We've compiled comments from Anthony H. Cordesman, J. Gordon Holt, Larry Archibald, Martin Colloms, and John Atkinson for your reading pleasure. See what all the fuss was about.

Sam Tellig says he'd had his suspicions about SACD and DVD-Audio for months before he found himself "Surrounded in Manhattan" at Home Entertainment 2001. Tellig tours the SACD and DVD-Audio demo rooms and files his informative report about what's hot and what's not with the new formats as he experiences "déjà vu all over again."

Finally, the next installment in our "Recording of the Month" series for the online archives: Recording of November 2001: Bob Dylan's "Love and Theft". Robert Baird reports that the old master continues to impress.