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Last year also saw the number of exhibits decline at two regional audio events: the California Audio Show (to be held July 26–28, 2019, Oakland Airport…

Sixty years after Italian explorer and merchant Marco Polo chronicled his journey to Asia, Tangier-born Abu Abdallah Ibn Battuta (b. 1304, d. 1368–1377) spent close to 30 remarkable years traveling to what were then the four corners of the earth. Following the words of…

I sat mesmerized when I first encountered a recording of Benjamin Britten's early Violin Concerto from 1939 (revised in 1958) at an audio show exhibit sponsored by High End by Oz. Ever since I heard those portions of Linus Roth's…

When I measured the Linn Klimax Solo 800 for Jason Victor Serinus's review in the May 2024 issue of Stereophile, I was very impressed by what I found. I concluded, "The Linn Klimax Solo 800's measured performance is one of the best I have encountered, offering very high power with extremely low levels of noise and distortion. Wow!"

However, as you can read in their Manufacturer's Comment, Linn felt that, as good as the measurements were, the Solo 800 should have measured even better. They sent me some graphs that the company's…

Jason Victor Serinus: Let's set the context for In C. May I assume that you were very conscious of making a statement?

Terry Riley: In C was kind of a gift to me. I wasn't trying to write a piece; it just came to me one night on a bus when I was riding to work.

JVS: And you weren't stoned at the time?

TR: I was [laughter]. My Rainbow In Curved Air and all my recordings for CBS were done when I was stoned. In the…

Each listing—in alphabetical order within classes—is followed by a brief description of the product's sonic characteristics and a code indicating the Stereophile Volume and Issue in which that product's report appeared. Thus the May 2016 issue is indicated as "Vol.39 No.5."

Some products listed have not yet been reported on; these are…

Each listing—in alphabetical order within classes—is followed by a brief description of the product's sonic characteristics and a code indicating the Stereophile Volume and Issue in which that product's report appeared. Thus the May 2016 issue is indicated as "Vol.39 No.5."

Some products listed have not yet been reported on; these are…

Editor: Thank you for your time and effort put into the measurements of our amplifiers for this review. Your measurements are correct, but we must point out that the Margules U280-SC Black is definitely not a conventional tube amplifier. It has a different design approach, so it should be treated as such, and your comments are a good opportunity to explain the engineering behind the amplifier and to shed light on why Jason Victor Serinus's auditory evaluation and your technical measurements have differing outcomes.

Respectfully, and in the interest of…

One dictionary defines the noun balance as "a condition in which different elements are equal or in the correct proportions," as well as "mental and emotional steadiness." In the largest sense, balance describes the place where two or more…

Why name this short digital download or streaming–only release of a live San Francisco Symphony performance from 2017—its native 24/96 PCM broadcast sound is a notch lower than the best-recorded titles in SFS Media's series of Davies Symphony Hall broadcasts— as our "…