With no fewer than 42 pages of audio equipment coverage! Astell&Kern's Ultimate potable player is featured on the cover and gets a workout from Mikey Fremer on multiple road trips. On the domestic front, we have reviews of digital products from Naim, Oppo, and Benchmark, Reed's Muse 3C turntable, and amplification from Rogue and Margules, while Jim Austin lives with Devialet's groundbreaking Phantom Gold wireless speakers.
The issue kicks off with an examination of the reviewer's role, while on the music side of things, Robert Baird comes to grips with the reissue of the Rolling Stones' weirdest album, Their Satanic Majesties Request . . .. Add readers' letters, industry news, record reviews, and the regular columns and you'll understand why we feel the November 2017 Stereophile has a lot of good stuff.
