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ProAc Response 3.8 loudspeaker
Larry Greenhill  |  Jan 10, 2000  |  0 comments
If you've read Stereophile regularly over the past decade, you know that ProAc Audio's Stewart Tyler has a winning formula for designing loudspeakers. In review after review, this magazine's writers have celebrated the sonic profile he has created for ProAc speakers: a spacious soundstage with a big, coherent image; a clean, grain-free midrange; extended highs that don't intrude on the music; and tight, tuneful bass response.
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Do you use a power conditioner for your system?
Stereophile  |  Jan 09, 2000  |  190 comments

Several companies are releasing new power-conditioner products these days, some with radically new technology. Are you using them?

Do you use a power conditioner for your system?
Yes, here it is:
53% (158 votes)
I'm planning to get one.
14% (40 votes)
Don't have one.
33% (98 votes)
Total votes: 296
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Added to the Archives This Week
Stereophile Staff  |  Jan 09, 2000  |  0 comments
Jonathan Scull writes: "Cable dressing is actually a rather delicate issue that requires a certain leap of faith. The concept is so simple that even I can explain the science to you." And explain he does. Read "Fine Tunes #7" to learn the whole story.
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Day 3 of the 2000 CES
Jon Iverson  |  Jan 08, 2000  |  0 comments
Digital perfectionists Meridian obviously pulled out all the stops on their new flagship speaker product, the DSP8000. Checking in at $45,000/pair, the eight-driver Digital Active design is expected to hit the market sometime in March. Meridian claims the three-way powered speaker has a 24/96 digital input on the back and processes the digital signal internally with two 100MHz DSP engines operating with 24/192 resolution. Also on display were the new DSP33s, also Digital Active but more modestly priced at $4500/pair.
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CES: No Easy Anwers for High-End Growth Problems, Panelists Agree
Jon Iverson  |  Jan 08, 2000  |  0 comments
The music business is a $13-billion-a-year industry, but the high-end audio industry reaches only a tiny fraction of the music lovers that number represents. "Everybody loves music, so why don't they love specialty audio?" was the question addressed to a group of industry experts at one of a series of AudioCafe.com-sponsored panel discussions on Friday, January 7, at the Alexis Park, during the 2000 Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas.
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Day 2 of the 2000 CES
Jon Iverson  |  Jan 06, 2000  |  0 comments
High-end audio in trouble? That's been the consensus the last few years, but the sheer number of new products at this year's Consumer Electronics Show hints at a steady trend in the opposite direction. New developments in power conditioning abound, and several brave companies are even testing the SACD/DSD and DVD-Audio waters.
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Interviews
Judy Spotheim: Seeing & Hearing The Light
Jonathan Scull  |  Jan 05, 2000  |  0 comments
Judy Spotheim, maker of the SpJ arm and the gorgeous La Luce turntable that I reviewed a while back for Stereophile (October 1998) and that has subsequently become one of my references for LP playback. She's an intelligent, well-read individual who has a penchant for asking me, "You didn't read that in the manual?!" Ahem. Although the following interview was taped on the phone from her home in the Netherlands, I hope to meet her sometime soon.
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If you could change one thing about the high-end audio industry, what would it be?
Paul W. Simoni  |  Jan 02, 2000  |  0 comments

Reader Paul W. Simoni wonders how content audiophiles are with the high-end audio business.

If you could change <I>one</I> thing about the high-end audio industry, what would it be?
Here it is:
92% (110 votes)
Everything's fine
8% (9 votes)
Total votes: 119
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News
Soul & Jazz Greats Mayfield, Washington, & Earland Die
Barry Willis  |  Jan 02, 2000  |  0 comments
The month of December was particularly hard on the music world, which lost three of its greatest talents within a few days of each other: Curtis Mayfield, Grover Washington, Jr., and Charles Earland. All were in their late 50s.
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Independent Jazz Gets a Shot in the Arm
Jon Iverson  |  Jan 02, 2000  |  0 comments
It's been a tough year for some of the audiophile record labels, as witnessed by the demise in late November of Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab (see previous story). The shock of MoFi's sudden departure even prompted Kimber Kable's Ray Kimber to fire off an e-mail to everyone within virtual reading range, urging them to buy a few audiophile CDs and LPs right now, before it's too late.
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