Wondering about the logistics of powering Magnepan MMG speakers through a vintage marantz 2238B receiver. It has 38 watts at 8 ohms and 48 at 4. Magnepan suggests having a minimum of 50 at 4 ohms. My listening room is fairly small, so I don't need a lot of amplification, but I want to be able to power the speakers well. I'm dealing with a fairly limited price range, so I'm looking for the best deal to get the job done well with the best acoustics possible. I'm listening to mostly vinyl records, but cds as well, if that has an impact...

Springtime is upon us and that means it's time to listen once again to Stravinsky's "The Rite of Spring". What is/are your favorite version(s) of this classic piece about rebirth and renewal?

One of mine is Leonard Bernstein's 1972 London Symphony Orchestra recording on Columbia which I own on a non-Quadrophonic ordinary stereo LP.

Any suggestions for DVD-Audio, SACD, or DVD (with DTS soundtracks) discs would be most helpful.

In the April Issue, a followup review of the Grace Design m902, John Atkinson states that he has found USB interface on many DACs to contain greater amount of jitter than the sPDIF interfaces.

Could someone explain to me why this is the case? My understanding is that the USB interface protocol contains error correction and clocking mechanism just like the old serial interface did, whereas the sPDIF does not. So, theoretically, there should be NO jitter at all when going through the USB. What am I missing here?

Thanks

When can we expect to see the review of the Von Schweikert VR4-SR speakers. April's issue seems to indicate the SR's will appear in the rag. Thanks.

JP

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