The July 2010 issue of <i>Stereophile</i> is now on newsstands. It had been far too long since we received a letter complaining about our love of reviewing insanely expensive products, so we decided to make this our “Special Aspirations Issue,” featuring, almost exclusively, products you’d have to be CEO of BP to afford.

The Jazz Journalists Association held its 2010 awards bash at City Winery, a warm, spacious eatery (with an excellent wine list) in the SoHo section of New York this evening. Below are most of the winners, followed by the musicians for whom I cast my ballot. The awards covered the period from April 15, 2009, to April 15, 2010.

I have built up a large collection of CDs since the medium's launch more than a quarter century ago, along with a modest number of SACDs and a small number of DVD-As. But I find these days that, unless I'm getting down to some serious listening and can give the music my uninterrupted attention, I use iTunes to feed computer files to my high-end rig (footnote 1). I've mostly been using the superb-sounding combination of <A HREF="http://www.stereophile.com/hirezplayers/dcs_puccini_sacd_playback_syste… Puccini U-Clock and Puccini</A> player/DAC that I reviewed last December to take a USB feed from a Mac mini, but I've also been using the <A HREF="http://www.stereophile.com/digitalprocessors/bel_canto_usb_link_2496_us… Canto USB Link 24/96</A> and <A HREF="http://www.stereophile.com/digitalprocessors/lindemann_amp_stello_usb-s… U2</A> USB-S/PDIF converters, particularly for headphone listening, when I use one of those two format converters with a <A HREF="http://www.stereophile.com/digitalprocessors/886">Benchmark DAC1</A> D/A headphone amplifier.

I have built up a large collection of CDs since the medium's launch more than a quarter century ago, along with a modest number of SACDs and a small number of DVD-As. But I find these days that, unless I'm getting down to some serious listening and can give the music my uninterrupted attention, I use iTunes to feed computer files to my high-end rig (footnote 1). I've mostly been using the superb-sounding combination of <A HREF="http://www.stereophile.com/hirezplayers/dcs_puccini_sacd_playback_syste… Puccini U-Clock and Puccini</A> player/DAC that I reviewed last December to take a USB feed from a Mac mini, but I've also been using the <A HREF="http://www.stereophile.com/digitalprocessors/bel_canto_usb_link_2496_us… Canto USB Link 24/96</A> and <A HREF="http://www.stereophile.com/digitalprocessors/lindemann_amp_stello_usb-s… U2</A> USB-S/PDIF converters, particularly for headphone listening, when I use one of those two format converters with a <A HREF="http://www.stereophile.com/digitalprocessors/886">Benchmark DAC1</A> D/A headphone amplifier.

I have built up a large collection of CDs since the medium's launch more than a quarter century ago, along with a modest number of SACDs and a small number of DVD-As. But I find these days that, unless I'm getting down to some serious listening and can give the music my uninterrupted attention, I use iTunes to feed computer files to my high-end rig (footnote 1). I've mostly been using the superb-sounding combination of <A HREF="http://www.stereophile.com/hirezplayers/dcs_puccini_sacd_playback_syste… Puccini U-Clock and Puccini</A> player/DAC that I reviewed last December to take a USB feed from a Mac mini, but I've also been using the <A HREF="http://www.stereophile.com/digitalprocessors/bel_canto_usb_link_2496_us… Canto USB Link 24/96</A> and <A HREF="http://www.stereophile.com/digitalprocessors/lindemann_amp_stello_usb-s… U2</A> USB-S/PDIF converters, particularly for headphone listening, when I use one of those two format converters with a <A HREF="http://www.stereophile.com/digitalprocessors/886">Benchmark DAC1</A> D/A headphone amplifier.

I have built up a large collection of CDs since the medium's launch more than a quarter century ago, along with a modest number of SACDs and a small number of DVD-As. But I find these days that, unless I'm getting down to some serious listening and can give the music my uninterrupted attention, I use iTunes to feed computer files to my high-end rig (footnote 1). I've mostly been using the superb-sounding combination of <A HREF="http://www.stereophile.com/hirezplayers/dcs_puccini_sacd_playback_syste… Puccini U-Clock and Puccini</A> player/DAC that I reviewed last December to take a USB feed from a Mac mini, but I've also been using the <A HREF="http://www.stereophile.com/digitalprocessors/bel_canto_usb_link_2496_us… Canto USB Link 24/96</A> and <A HREF="http://www.stereophile.com/digitalprocessors/lindemann_amp_stello_usb-s… U2</A> USB-S/PDIF converters, particularly for headphone listening, when I use one of those two format converters with a <A HREF="http://www.stereophile.com/digitalprocessors/886">Benchmark DAC1</A> D/A headphone amplifier.

I have built up a large collection of CDs since the medium's launch more than a quarter century ago, along with a modest number of SACDs and a small number of DVD-As. But I find these days that, unless I'm getting down to some serious listening and can give the music my uninterrupted attention, I use iTunes to feed computer files to my high-end rig (footnote 1). I've mostly been using the superb-sounding combination of <A HREF="http://www.stereophile.com/hirezplayers/dcs_puccini_sacd_playback_syste… Puccini U-Clock and Puccini</A> player/DAC that I reviewed last December to take a USB feed from a Mac mini, but I've also been using the <A HREF="http://www.stereophile.com/digitalprocessors/bel_canto_usb_link_2496_us… Canto USB Link 24/96</A> and <A HREF="http://www.stereophile.com/digitalprocessors/lindemann_amp_stello_usb-s… U2</A> USB-S/PDIF converters, particularly for headphone listening, when I use one of those two format converters with a <A HREF="http://www.stereophile.com/digitalprocessors/886">Benchmark DAC1</A> D/A headphone amplifier.

I have built up a large collection of CDs since the medium's launch more than a quarter century ago, along with a modest number of SACDs and a small number of DVD-As. But I find these days that, unless I'm getting down to some serious listening and can give the music my uninterrupted attention, I use iTunes to feed computer files to my high-end rig (footnote 1). I've mostly been using the superb-sounding combination of <A HREF="http://www.stereophile.com/hirezplayers/dcs_puccini_sacd_playback_syste… Puccini U-Clock and Puccini</A> player/DAC that I reviewed last December to take a USB feed from a Mac mini, but I've also been using the <A HREF="http://www.stereophile.com/digitalprocessors/bel_canto_usb_link_2496_us… Canto USB Link 24/96</A> and <A HREF="http://www.stereophile.com/digitalprocessors/lindemann_amp_stello_usb-s… U2</A> USB-S/PDIF converters, particularly for headphone listening, when I use one of those two format converters with a <A HREF="http://www.stereophile.com/digitalprocessors/886">Benchmark DAC1</A> D/A headphone amplifier.