<B>Wes Phillips on the Sessions</B>
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One of the enduring myths of audiophilia is that of the recording as a true and honest picture of a musical event&mdash;a sonic "snapshot" that captures a unique moment of time the way a photograph captures the light of a day long since past.

<B>Wes Phillips on the Sessions</B>
<BR>
One of the enduring myths of audiophilia is that of the recording as a true and honest picture of a musical event&mdash;a sonic "snapshot" that captures a unique moment of time the way a photograph captures the light of a day long since past.

<B>Wes Phillips on the Sessions</B>
<BR>
One of the enduring myths of audiophilia is that of the recording as a true and honest picture of a musical event&mdash;a sonic "snapshot" that captures a unique moment of time the way a photograph captures the light of a day long since past.

<B>Wes Phillips on the Sessions</B>
<BR>
One of the enduring myths of audiophilia is that of the recording as a true and honest picture of a musical event&mdash;a sonic "snapshot" that captures a unique moment of time the way a photograph captures the light of a day long since past.

<B>Wes Phillips on the Sessions</B>
<BR>
One of the enduring myths of audiophilia is that of the recording as a true and honest picture of a musical event&mdash;a sonic "snapshot" that captures a unique moment of time the way a photograph captures the light of a day long since past.

<B>Wes Phillips on the Sessions</B>
<BR>
One of the enduring myths of audiophilia is that of the recording as a true and honest picture of a musical event&mdash;a sonic "snapshot" that captures a unique moment of time the way a photograph captures the light of a day long since past.

The P-8 ($11,000) is the second of Simaudio's Moon Evolution series that has passed through my system, following on the heels of the Moon Evolution W-8 power amplifier, which I <A HREF="http://www.stereophile.com/solidpoweramps/306sim">reviewed in March 2006</A>. Fortunately, the P-8's arrival preceded the W-8's departure, so I was able to use them together as well as with other components.

The P-8 ($11,000) is the second of Simaudio's Moon Evolution series that has passed through my system, following on the heels of the Moon Evolution W-8 power amplifier, which I <A HREF="http://www.stereophile.com/solidpoweramps/306sim">reviewed in March 2006</A>. Fortunately, the P-8's arrival preceded the W-8's departure, so I was able to use them together as well as with other components.

The P-8 ($11,000) is the second of Simaudio's Moon Evolution series that has passed through my system, following on the heels of the Moon Evolution W-8 power amplifier, which I <A HREF="http://www.stereophile.com/solidpoweramps/306sim">reviewed in March 2006</A>. Fortunately, the P-8's arrival preceded the W-8's departure, so I was able to use them together as well as with other components.