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A native of Philadelphia, Bose showed an early interest in tinkering with model trains and electronics. He took a degree in Electrical Engineering at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Later, as a PhD candidate at MIT, Bose’s thesis advisor was Norbert Wiener, who made pathbreaking contributions in set theory, information theory, noise-filter theory, and self-regulatory…

Thanks for playing Richard!

The press, fearing for its freedom, shrieked. A friend-of-the-court brief…

Veteran audio reviewer Martin Colloms and I were taking a preprandial walk across London's Hampstead Heath, following Cream's reunion concerts at the Royal Albert Hall last May. Martin was getting animated:

"And don't ask about the whiskers!"

Of course, I had to ask about the whiskers.

Martin was telling me about some listening tests he had performed on two identical samples of an amplifier—identical, that is, except that one had its components attached to its printed circuit board with…

"What's arrived?" My 13-year-old daughter Emily showed some uncharacteristic curiosity.

"The new Pink Floyd two-DVD set, P.U.L.S.E, which I've had on order for what seems like forever. It contains four hours of music!"

"What's that, like three Pink Floyd songs?"

Emily is big into the Smiths, Green Day, and AFI. She doesn't yet understand why P.U.L.S.E is a contender for the best live music video ever. Or why the Floyd are the most important rock band of all time. Or how…

Although the five albums from the the original Good Rats are available from the band's website on CD on the Uncle Rat label, it's worth seeking out the original vinyl.

I'd bypass the rare The Good Rats album on Kapp records from 1969 (which was rereleased on CD in the '90s on a German label) as this is early Marchello. It's a different band, a commercial rock album manipulated by two very strong producers, and shows Marchello before he developed as a strong writer. For historical purposes only.

Start right in with the first album, 1974'…


Components listed here have been formally reviewed in Stereophile and have been found to be among the best available in each of four or five quality classes. Whether a component is listed in Class A or Class E, we highly recommend its purchase.

Each listing—in alphabetical…

Editor’s Note: We strongly recommend those interested in LP playback visit our new sister website, www.AnalogPlanet.com, which is edited by Michael Fremer.

Class A+

Editor’s Note: SACD and DVD-A player ratings are based on how they sound with their respective hi-rez media, not CD.

Class A+