I had a wonderful audio moment the other night. It was late in the evening, after a long day. I was standing in the middle of my makeshift listening room&mdash;Trish's dining room&mdash;and in spite of the fact that we were moving in just a few weeks, I'd just unpacked and set up my combo of <A HREF="http://www.stereophile.com//analogsourcereviews/498/">VPI TNT Mk.V-HR</A> turntable and tonearm with Grado Statement cartridge and dug a box of LPs out of the stacks in the garage. I cued up Dave Brubeck's <I>Time Out</I> (Columbia/Classic CS 8192), and the first notes of "Blue Rondo &#224; la Turk" froze me in my tracks.

I had a wonderful audio moment the other night. It was late in the evening, after a long day. I was standing in the middle of my makeshift listening room&mdash;Trish's dining room&mdash;and in spite of the fact that we were moving in just a few weeks, I'd just unpacked and set up my combo of <A HREF="http://www.stereophile.com//analogsourcereviews/498/">VPI TNT Mk.V-HR</A> turntable and tonearm with Grado Statement cartridge and dug a box of LPs out of the stacks in the garage. I cued up Dave Brubeck's <I>Time Out</I> (Columbia/Classic CS 8192), and the first notes of "Blue Rondo &#224; la Turk" froze me in my tracks.

I had a wonderful audio moment the other night. It was late in the evening, after a long day. I was standing in the middle of my makeshift listening room&mdash;Trish's dining room&mdash;and in spite of the fact that we were moving in just a few weeks, I'd just unpacked and set up my combo of <A HREF="http://www.stereophile.com//analogsourcereviews/498/">VPI TNT Mk.V-HR</A> turntable and tonearm with Grado Statement cartridge and dug a box of LPs out of the stacks in the garage. I cued up Dave Brubeck's <I>Time Out</I> (Columbia/Classic CS 8192), and the first notes of "Blue Rondo &#224; la Turk" froze me in my tracks.

I had a wonderful audio moment the other night. It was late in the evening, after a long day. I was standing in the middle of my makeshift listening room&mdash;Trish's dining room&mdash;and in spite of the fact that we were moving in just a few weeks, I'd just unpacked and set up my combo of <A HREF="http://www.stereophile.com//analogsourcereviews/498/">VPI TNT Mk.V-HR</A> turntable and tonearm with Grado Statement cartridge and dug a box of LPs out of the stacks in the garage. I cued up Dave Brubeck's <I>Time Out</I> (Columbia/Classic CS 8192), and the first notes of "Blue Rondo &#224; la Turk" froze me in my tracks.

I had a wonderful audio moment the other night. It was late in the evening, after a long day. I was standing in the middle of my makeshift listening room&mdash;Trish's dining room&mdash;and in spite of the fact that we were moving in just a few weeks, I'd just unpacked and set up my combo of <A HREF="http://www.stereophile.com//analogsourcereviews/498/">VPI TNT Mk.V-HR</A> turntable and tonearm with Grado Statement cartridge and dug a box of LPs out of the stacks in the garage. I cued up Dave Brubeck's <I>Time Out</I> (Columbia/Classic CS 8192), and the first notes of "Blue Rondo &#224; la Turk" froze me in my tracks.

Following <A HREF="http://www.stereophile.com/news/11396/">Apple Computer's lead</A> in bringing high-resolution audio to the computing environment, <A HREF="http://www.soundblaster.com">Creative Technology</A> announced last week several audio products intended to facilitate DVD-Audio playback via personal computer. The company is also offering suggestions for making a PC quiet enough for use in a dedictated listening system.

Everybody's favorite writer (according to the latest <I>Stereophile</I> poll), Sam Tellig, reviews the <A HREF="http://www.stereophile.com//amplificationreviews/673/">Conrad-Johnson MV60</A> power amplifier and explains "hanging beef." "For $2795, I loved the Conrad-Johnson MV60," says Tellig.

For quite a while now, Pioneer and Marantz have stuck their necks out with the few universal SACD/DVD-A/DVD/CD players available. Not any longer, as <A HREF="http://www.onkyousa.com">Onkyo</A&gt;, Teac and Yamaha join the club with new machines, aimed at consumers hedging their bets as to who will win the high-rez format wars.

<A HREF="http://www.ti.com">Texas Instruments</A> has released a new chip that advances the performance of high-resolution digital audio while limiting consumers' ability to enjoy it.