It's funny how things work out sometimes. I recently purchased a new copy of Sketches of Spain (Gil Evans/Miles Davis) to replace an earlier copy that had become trashed; I never learn that it's best to leave CDs at home when vacationing.

Sketches of Spain strikes me as a exotic sonic sojourn, the product of the genius of Gil Evans (after Rodrigo) contemplating the mysteries of that melting pot of cultures which was Andalusia during the Middle Ages, or so my imagination has it.

EMMLABS is $13,500 Esoteric is ...all claim to make it SACD like? Now so do these dudes, now let me get this straigt, EMMLABS want's $13,00!!! But PS can do it for $1,000. If these magicians can do this, why isn't this DAC the one to beat, why is EMMLABS doing 2X DSD when these guys ain't yet they claim it's the best. Does claims and marketing need to be truthful, or just claim anything, and see what happens? I use AVA OmegaStar EX hybrid DAC, doesn't claim to make it like SACD, just makes CD's sound great!!!

Dear Stereophile,

i am looking for any and all information regarding the Apogee Grand speaker. You mentioned it in your Vol.14 No.8 issue and maybe elsewhere. How can i purchase these magazines, or copys? Do you have pictures of the event?

Thanks

Florian

Page 144 is a full page ad for German Physiks loudspeakers. The ad copy includes, "The German Physiks omnidirectional driver is the only precision full range, point-source, bending wave omni driver in the world." The driver shown in the ad looks very much like a Walsh driver from the old Ohm A's and F's. The description of how the GP driver operates sounds very much like the Walsh driver. Can anyone explain to me the difference between the Walsh driver and the German Physiks driver that would make the GP version the only driver of its kind in the world?

In RR's review of the Infinity Primus P162 he states his set up for home theater includes only two front speakers. He sites several reasons for choosing this set up including this, "Second, I don't see the need for a center channel speaker, provided the main L/R speakers have broad horizontal dispersion. Finally, I don't find that bass needs to be "managed" by a separate low-frequency channel.

http://www.teh.net/reports/TEH%20Meeting%2063_report_short.pdf

CROWN DC-300 AEG GERMAN inovation of TAPE Bias....without GERMAN science there is no recording on magnetic tape BASF and Siemens...AKG mics... http://mixfoundation.org/hof/techof.html

http://mixonline.com/ms/aes2007/crown-2007-anniversary/

In Art Dudley's March review, he gave the Linn Majik CD player an A+ rating, comparing it to the Unidisk SC (A rating). I noted in the equipment guide that the SC is still rated "A", but that the Majik player has been "demoted" to a "B" rating. I'm curious why the change in thought. Any ideas?

Can anyone provide any advice as to the proper ORDER in which to begin purchasing a stereo system? I assume you either start at the front end with the CD Player/DAC-Transport, or at the back end, with the speakers. Then you would progress toward the other end of the system, depending on where you started. I own Robert Hartley's book on High End equipment, and he does not touch on this subject, at least that I could find. Any information provided would be greatly appreciated. Thanks. JW