The old advertising jingle "Who put eight great tomatoes in that itty-bitty can?" bubbled through my head as Musical Fidelity's Antony Michaelson proudly unboxed the new $4500 M3 Nu-Vista integrated amplifier. How did they cram it all in there?

<IMG SRC="/images/archivesart/cdcantus3.jpg" WIDTH=170 HEIGHT=152 BORDER=0 ALIGN=RIGHT>When <A HREF="http://www.cantusonline.org">Cantus</A>'s artistic coordinator (and <I>Stereophile</I> reader) Erick Lichte phoned me in the summer of 2000 about my recording this Minnesotan male-voice choir, it didn't occur to me that I was entering a long-term relationship. But just as sure as 16-bit digital is not sufficient for long-term musical satisfaction, my first Cantus CD led to a second, and now a third. (All available from <A HREF="https://secure.stereophile.com/stereophile/recordings.shtml">this website</A>). For <I>Deep River</I>, I traveled to Sioux Falls, South Dakota, where the city has spent millions of dollars to transform the downtown high school into a gloriously warm-sounding, state-of-the-art performing arts center.

<IMG SRC="/images/archivesart/cdcantus3.jpg" WIDTH=170 HEIGHT=152 BORDER=0 ALIGN=RIGHT>When <A HREF="http://www.cantusonline.org">Cantus</A>'s artistic coordinator (and <I>Stereophile</I> reader) Erick Lichte phoned me in the summer of 2000 about my recording this Minnesotan male-voice choir, it didn't occur to me that I was entering a long-term relationship. But just as sure as 16-bit digital is not sufficient for long-term musical satisfaction, my first Cantus CD led to a second, and now a third. (All available from <A HREF="https://secure.stereophile.com/stereophile/recordings.shtml">this website</A>). For <I>Deep River</I>, I traveled to Sioux Falls, South Dakota, where the city has spent millions of dollars to transform the downtown high school into a gloriously warm-sounding, state-of-the-art performing arts center.

<IMG SRC="/images/archivesart/cdcantus3.jpg" WIDTH=170 HEIGHT=152 BORDER=0 ALIGN=RIGHT>When <A HREF="http://www.cantusonline.org">Cantus</A>'s artistic coordinator (and <I>Stereophile</I> reader) Erick Lichte phoned me in the summer of 2000 about my recording this Minnesotan male-voice choir, it didn't occur to me that I was entering a long-term relationship. But just as sure as 16-bit digital is not sufficient for long-term musical satisfaction, my first Cantus CD led to a second, and now a third. (All available from <A HREF="https://secure.stereophile.com/stereophile/recordings.shtml">this website</A>). For <I>Deep River</I>, I traveled to Sioux Falls, South Dakota, where the city has spent millions of dollars to transform the downtown high school into a gloriously warm-sounding, state-of-the-art performing arts center.

<IMG SRC="/images/archivesart/cdcantus3.jpg" WIDTH=170 HEIGHT=152 BORDER=0 ALIGN=RIGHT>When <A HREF="http://www.cantusonline.org">Cantus</A>'s artistic coordinator (and <I>Stereophile</I> reader) Erick Lichte phoned me in the summer of 2000 about my recording this Minnesotan male-voice choir, it didn't occur to me that I was entering a long-term relationship. But just as sure as 16-bit digital is not sufficient for long-term musical satisfaction, my first Cantus CD led to a second, and now a third. (All available from <A HREF="https://secure.stereophile.com/stereophile/recordings.shtml">this website</A>). For <I>Deep River</I>, I traveled to Sioux Falls, South Dakota, where the city has spent millions of dollars to transform the downtown high school into a gloriously warm-sounding, state-of-the-art performing arts center.

<IMG SRC="/images/archivesart/cdcantus3.jpg" WIDTH=170 HEIGHT=152 BORDER=0 ALIGN=RIGHT>When <A HREF="http://www.cantusonline.org">Cantus</A>'s artistic coordinator (and <I>Stereophile</I> reader) Erick Lichte phoned me in the summer of 2000 about my recording this Minnesotan male-voice choir, it didn't occur to me that I was entering a long-term relationship. But just as sure as 16-bit digital is not sufficient for long-term musical satisfaction, my first Cantus CD led to a second, and now a third. (All available from <A HREF="https://secure.stereophile.com/stereophile/recordings.shtml">this website</A>). For <I>Deep River</I>, I traveled to Sioux Falls, South Dakota, where the city has spent millions of dollars to transform the downtown high school into a gloriously warm-sounding, state-of-the-art performing arts center.

<IMG SRC="/images/archivesart/cdcantus3.jpg" WIDTH=170 HEIGHT=152 BORDER=0 ALIGN=RIGHT>When <A HREF="http://www.cantusonline.org">Cantus</A>'s artistic coordinator (and <I>Stereophile</I> reader) Erick Lichte phoned me in the summer of 2000 about my recording this Minnesotan male-voice choir, it didn't occur to me that I was entering a long-term relationship. But just as sure as 16-bit digital is not sufficient for long-term musical satisfaction, my first Cantus CD led to a second, and now a third. (All available from <A HREF="https://secure.stereophile.com/stereophile/recordings.shtml">this website</A>). For <I>Deep River</I>, I traveled to Sioux Falls, South Dakota, where the city has spent millions of dollars to transform the downtown high school into a gloriously warm-sounding, state-of-the-art performing arts center.

Audiophiles may bemoan the convergence of computers and high-fidelity equipment, but it's a trend apparently as unstoppable as the earth's progression around the sun.

Does the SLP in the <A HREF="http://www.stereophile.com/amplificationreviews/204cary">Cary SLP-98P tube preamplifier</A>'s name stand for "sweet little preamplifier"? Art Dudley sets out to determine if Cary's latest version in the SLP preamp series lives up to the moniker.