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Canadian Judge: Downloads OK
Barry Willis  |  Apr 05, 2004  |  0 comments
Canadian music fans are breathing a collective sigh of relief in the wake of a ruling by a federal justice that sharing music over the Internet doesn't violate the nation's copyright laws.
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Added to the Archives This Week
Stereophile Staff  |  Apr 05, 2004  |  0 comments
From the January 1996 issue, Jonathan Scull listens closely to the Wavelength Audio Cardinal XS monoblock amplifier. Single-ended tube designs such as the Wavelength can inspire controversy within audiophile ranks, so Scull carefully sorts the plusses and minuses.
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Master Article Index Added
Jon Iverson  |  Apr 05, 2004  |  0 comments
Long-time readers of Stereophile, with stacks of magazines stuffed in their closets, will be glad to hear that we are launching a Master Index of past articles and publishing it free of charge online.
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As We See ItAudiophile Essentials
Academy? What Academy?!
Art Dudley  |  Apr 04, 2004  |  First Published: Nov 01, 1998  |  0 comments
It was the subhead that caught my eye: "Today's super-rich just don't seem interested in $300,000 stereos." Clunky writing, sure. But at least it gave some idea of what the next 2000 words were about, and spared the pain of having to read further.
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As We See It
Academic?
John Atkinson  |  Apr 04, 2004  |  First Published: Jun 01, 1991  |  0 comments
Our Delta L-1011 emerged from the cloud split-seconds before its wheels touched the waterlogged ground. "How much lower does the cloud cover have to be before they divert us to another city?" I asked Tom Norton. "About an inch," came the phlegmatic reply. (Ex-F4 pilot TJN categorizes any landing you can walk away from as "good.") But at least we had reached Atlanta, after a saga of air-traffic control problems, weather delays, and missed connections. (Does anyone remember taking a flight that wasn't full, wasn't late, and wasn't sweaty and stressful? Wasn't deregulation supposed to improve service by increasing the choices available to travelers?)
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Floor Loudspeaker Reviews
MACH 1 Acoustics DM-10 Signature loudspeaker
Dick Olsher  |  Apr 04, 2004  |  First Published: Jan 01, 1994  |  0 comments
MACH 1 Acoustics? Cute name. Mach 1 is, of course, the speed of sound—the speed at which a loudspeaker's acoustic output is forever constrained to travel. Quite a fitting choice for Marc McCalmont, Marine and jet pilot turned speaker designer. Marc retired to Wilton, NH together with Melissa. (Oops, that should be MLSSA, the well-known acoustic analysis system—not Marc's girlfriend.)
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Interviews
Gordon Rankin, Wavelength's Single-Ended Man
Jonathan Scull  |  Apr 04, 2004  |  First Published: Jan 01, 1996  |  0 comments
Jonathan Scull: Gordon, please tell us what you see as the basic difference between single-ended and push-pull.
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Tube Power Amp Reviews
Wavelength Audio Cardinal XS monoblock amplifier
Jonathan Scull  |  Apr 04, 2004  |  First Published: Jan 01, 1996  |  0 comments
We have to talk. Are you sitting comfortably? Is the reading light okay? Have a little something to drink at hand? (Audio is thirsty business.) The audio world is abuzz over the reintroduction of the single-ended triode amplifier. This is the first of three reviews of such amplifiers I'll be bringing you, along with two speaker systems with which to play them.
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Do you know of a small high-end audio manufacturer that deserves wider recognition? Who are they and why should they be noted?
Rob Neary  |  Apr 04, 2004  |  132 comments

In addition to the big players, high-end audio fosters a healthy number of small and modest-sized manufacturers. Reader Rob Neary wants to know if readers have a particular company that they feel deserves more recognition.

Do you know of a small high-end audio manufacturer that deserves wider recognition? Who are they and why should they be noted?
They are
91% (129 votes)
Can't think of any
9% (13 votes)
Total votes: 142
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TAG McLaren Sold
Paul Messenger  |  Mar 31, 2004  |  0 comments
Rumors have been circulating for some weeks now that the Chinese-owned, UK-based International Audio Group (IAG), which owns and operates the Quad and Wharfedale brands, was in talks with TAG McLaren, with the intention of taking over the latter's Audio division.
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