The Canadian audio industry has been mounting a challenge to other high-end manufacturers over the past few years. Ask any audiophile about Canadian audio manufacturers and chances are that he or she will have no trouble rattling off a string of respected names—Classé, Museatex, Sonic Frontiers, Mirage, PSB, Paradigm, Energy. And Bryston.

The Canadian audio industry has been mounting a challenge to other high-end manufacturers over the past few years. Ask any audiophile about Canadian audio manufacturers and chances are that he or she will have no trouble rattling off a string of respected names—Classé, Museatex, Sonic Frontiers, Mirage, PSB, Paradigm, Energy. And Bryston.

Many tube aficionados hold that amplifiers built with the venerable <A HREF="http://www.stereophile.com/features/229">300B tube</A> hold the aces when it comes to sonic purity and beauty of harmonic line. Cary Audio Design's <A HREF="http://www.stereophile.com/interviews/399">Dennis Had</A> succeeded in producing what many believe is the definitive moderately sized single-ended triode (SET) amplifier: the CAD 300SE. This monoblock, powered by classic 300B Western Electric or derivative tubes, could provide 8&ndash;10Wpc, requiring the adoption of relatively moderate volume settings and/or sensitive, easy-to-drive loudspeakers. Cary also produced a lower-priced "integrated" stereo chassis, the CAD 300SEI.

Many tube aficionados hold that amplifiers built with the venerable <A HREF="http://www.stereophile.com/features/229">300B tube</A> hold the aces when it comes to sonic purity and beauty of harmonic line. Cary Audio Design's <A HREF="http://www.stereophile.com/interviews/399">Dennis Had</A> succeeded in producing what many believe is the definitive moderately sized single-ended triode (SET) amplifier: the CAD 300SE. This monoblock, powered by classic 300B Western Electric or derivative tubes, could provide 8&ndash;10Wpc, requiring the adoption of relatively moderate volume settings and/or sensitive, easy-to-drive loudspeakers. Cary also produced a lower-priced "integrated" stereo chassis, the CAD 300SEI.

Many tube aficionados hold that amplifiers built with the venerable <A HREF="http://www.stereophile.com/features/229">300B tube</A> hold the aces when it comes to sonic purity and beauty of harmonic line. Cary Audio Design's <A HREF="http://www.stereophile.com/interviews/399">Dennis Had</A> succeeded in producing what many believe is the definitive moderately sized single-ended triode (SET) amplifier: the CAD 300SE. This monoblock, powered by classic 300B Western Electric or derivative tubes, could provide 8&ndash;10Wpc, requiring the adoption of relatively moderate volume settings and/or sensitive, easy-to-drive loudspeakers. Cary also produced a lower-priced "integrated" stereo chassis, the CAD 300SEI.

Many tube aficionados hold that amplifiers built with the venerable <A HREF="http://www.stereophile.com/features/229">300B tube</A> hold the aces when it comes to sonic purity and beauty of harmonic line. Cary Audio Design's <A HREF="http://www.stereophile.com/interviews/399">Dennis Had</A> succeeded in producing what many believe is the definitive moderately sized single-ended triode (SET) amplifier: the CAD 300SE. This monoblock, powered by classic 300B Western Electric or derivative tubes, could provide 8&ndash;10Wpc, requiring the adoption of relatively moderate volume settings and/or sensitive, easy-to-drive loudspeakers. Cary also produced a lower-priced "integrated" stereo chassis, the CAD 300SEI.

Many tube aficionados hold that amplifiers built with the venerable <A HREF="http://www.stereophile.com/features/229">300B tube</A> hold the aces when it comes to sonic purity and beauty of harmonic line. Cary Audio Design's <A HREF="http://www.stereophile.com/interviews/399">Dennis Had</A> succeeded in producing what many believe is the definitive moderately sized single-ended triode (SET) amplifier: the CAD 300SE. This monoblock, powered by classic 300B Western Electric or derivative tubes, could provide 8&ndash;10Wpc, requiring the adoption of relatively moderate volume settings and/or sensitive, easy-to-drive loudspeakers. Cary also produced a lower-priced "integrated" stereo chassis, the CAD 300SEI.

Many tube aficionados hold that amplifiers built with the venerable 300B tube hold the aces when it comes to sonic purity and beauty of harmonic line. Cary Audio Design's Dennis Had succeeded in producing what many believe is the definitive moderately sized single-ended triode (SET) amplifier: the CAD 300SE. This monoblock, powered by classic 300B Western Electric or derivative tubes, could provide 8–10Wpc, requiring the adoption of relatively moderate volume settings and/or sensitive, easy-to-drive loudspeakers. Cary also produced a lower-priced "integrated" stereo chassis, the CAD 300SEI.

Onkyo released a tantalizing bit of news on February 25: Sometime before summer, it intends to release a remote interactive dock (RI) for "specified iPod models and many of the Onkyo products (as many as five million worldwide) produced over the past 10 years."

Last month, we <A HREF="http://stereophile.com/news/012405roundup/">reported</A&gt; that audio engineers with a yen for magnetic tape were hoarding their remaining stockpiles in the wake of the Chapter 11 restructuring&ndash;inspired shutdown of the <A HREF="http://www.quantegy.com">Quantegy</A&gt; plant in Opelika, Alabama. What a difference a month makes! Two new sources have come to the rescue.