When I went to my shelf of <I>Stereophile</I> back issues to find Paul Bolin's <A HREF="http://www.stereophile.com/solidpoweramps/683">seminal review of the Halcro dm58</A>, I was shocked to find myself leafing further and further back&mdash;through not only 2004 but 2003 as well, all the way back to October 2002 (Vol.25 No.10). It doesn't seem possible that it's been almost four years since Halcro exploded onto our radar screens, the dm58 emblazoned on that issue's cover alongside the banner headline "THE BEST AMPLIFIER EVER!"

When I went to my shelf of <I>Stereophile</I> back issues to find Paul Bolin's <A HREF="http://www.stereophile.com/solidpoweramps/683">seminal review of the Halcro dm58</A>, I was shocked to find myself leafing further and further back&mdash;through not only 2004 but 2003 as well, all the way back to October 2002 (Vol.25 No.10). It doesn't seem possible that it's been almost four years since Halcro exploded onto our radar screens, the dm58 emblazoned on that issue's cover alongside the banner headline "THE BEST AMPLIFIER EVER!"

When I went to my shelf of <I>Stereophile</I> back issues to find Paul Bolin's <A HREF="http://www.stereophile.com/solidpoweramps/683">seminal review of the Halcro dm58</A>, I was shocked to find myself leafing further and further back&mdash;through not only 2004 but 2003 as well, all the way back to October 2002 (Vol.25 No.10). It doesn't seem possible that it's been almost four years since Halcro exploded onto our radar screens, the dm58 emblazoned on that issue's cover alongside the banner headline "THE BEST AMPLIFIER EVER!"

When I went to my shelf of <I>Stereophile</I> back issues to find Paul Bolin's <A HREF="http://www.stereophile.com/solidpoweramps/683">seminal review of the Halcro dm58</A>, I was shocked to find myself leafing further and further back&mdash;through not only 2004 but 2003 as well, all the way back to October 2002 (Vol.25 No.10). It doesn't seem possible that it's been almost four years since Halcro exploded onto our radar screens, the dm58 emblazoned on that issue's cover alongside the banner headline "THE BEST AMPLIFIER EVER!"

When I went to my shelf of <I>Stereophile</I> back issues to find Paul Bolin's <A HREF="http://www.stereophile.com/solidpoweramps/683">seminal review of the Halcro dm58</A>, I was shocked to find myself leafing further and further back&mdash;through not only 2004 but 2003 as well, all the way back to October 2002 (Vol.25 No.10). It doesn't seem possible that it's been almost four years since Halcro exploded onto our radar screens, the dm58 emblazoned on that issue's cover alongside the banner headline "THE BEST AMPLIFIER EVER!"

More than any other component, it is the loudspeaker that seems to invite the most audacious&mdash;some would say flat-out lunatic&mdash;efforts at design. There have been attempts at full-range plasma speakers, speakers one had to hook up to tanks of pressurized gas, speakers with drivers attached to what looked like copper salad bowls (the infamous Tri-Torr of the early 1990s).

More than any other component, it is the loudspeaker that seems to invite the most audacious&mdash;some would say flat-out lunatic&mdash;efforts at design. There have been attempts at full-range plasma speakers, speakers one had to hook up to tanks of pressurized gas, speakers with drivers attached to what looked like copper salad bowls (the infamous Tri-Torr of the early 1990s).

More than any other component, it is the loudspeaker that seems to invite the most audacious&mdash;some would say flat-out lunatic&mdash;efforts at design. There have been attempts at full-range plasma speakers, speakers one had to hook up to tanks of pressurized gas, speakers with drivers attached to what looked like copper salad bowls (the infamous Tri-Torr of the early 1990s).

More than any other component, it is the loudspeaker that seems to invite the most audacious&mdash;some would say flat-out lunatic&mdash;efforts at design. There have been attempts at full-range plasma speakers, speakers one had to hook up to tanks of pressurized gas, speakers with drivers attached to what looked like copper salad bowls (the infamous Tri-Torr of the early 1990s).

More than any other component, it is the loudspeaker that seems to invite the most audacious&mdash;some would say flat-out lunatic&mdash;efforts at design. There have been attempts at full-range plasma speakers, speakers one had to hook up to tanks of pressurized gas, speakers with drivers attached to what looked like copper salad bowls (the infamous Tri-Torr of the early 1990s).