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Music Link Reference interconnect: multi-stranded 99.999% OFHC copper cable with Teflon jacket and precision miniature components comprising Modular Interface Network; OFHC tellurium/copper locking-RCAs attached to cable with 2% silver solder.
Price: $1900/1m single-ended pair (1995).

Music Wave Reference speaker cable: multi-stranded 99.999% OFHC copper cable with polypropylene jacket and precision-tuned Modular Interface Network; high-quality spade lugs machined from solid bar tellurium copper and welded to the cable.
Price: $4100/8' pair, $4300/…

The analog output is non-invasively muted by relay, and capacitor-coupled via a small Philips electrolytic. You might question such a choice until you discover that…

Engineering, as expressed by great audio designers, frequently bridges the gulf between science and art. Some audio products can be better understood as expositions of sound reproduction techniques than as clear expositions of scientific principles. But the achievement of a high artistic standard for audio equipment is gauged by sound quality, not design principles.

A component that by received standards has a weak technological base may nonetheless perform well, even outstandingly, when executed by a good designer. "This can't…

CD transports: Theta Basic, Krell KPS-20t.
D/A processors: Muse DAC1, Audio Synthesis DAX-2, QED Digit Reference.
CD Players: Krell KPS-20i/l, Audiolab 8000CD, Marantz 17 K1 Signature, Cary CDP, Krell KAV-300cd.
Preamplifiers: Conrad-Johnson Premier Fourteen, Audio Synthesis Passion.
Power Amplifiers: Krell FPB 600, Conrad-Johnson Premier Eleven A, Naim NAP250.
Integrated Amplifiers: Krell KAV-300i, Audiolab 8000S, Musical Fidelity A1000.
Loudspeakers: Wilson Audio WITT and CUB, Quad ESL-63, Spendor SP2-2.
Cables: Siltech and…

The Exposure's non–loop-feedback single-ended analog stages would make one anticipate some moderate distortion at peak level, and this was indeed present. I should also note that my first sample showed a near-inaudible high-frequency tone in the right channel. The second sample, taken at random from the production line, was in the clear. Exposure will report back when they've checked this out; an out-of-spec DAC chip is suspected.

Track access was quick—2.5 seconds for track 15 of the Sony test disc—while the gap error correction rated average, at 1.0mm…

Description: One-box CD player with 8x-oversampling digital filter, digital volume control, multibit DACs, and a S/PDIF data output (via a 75 ohm BNC connector). Nominal output: 2V RMS at 0dBFS. Output impedance: 1.0 ohm. Power consumption: approximately 12W.
Dimensions: Not noted.
Serial number of unit reviewed: Not noted.
Price: $1995 (1999); no longer available (2019). Approximate number of dealers: 7.
Manufacturer: Exposure Electronics, Unit 18, Winston Business Centre, 43 Chartwell Road, Lancing, West Sussex BN15 8TU, England, UK. Tel: (44)…

Most of my listening was to a 15ips tape of select jazz and classical tracks prepared by Yarlung Records—everything from “Missing Miles” from Yuko Mabuchi Plays Miles Davis to Jung-A Lee’s Fantasia from A Private Organ Recital in Walt Disney Hall and mezzo-soprano Sasha Cooke’s Handel. Using an old Pioneer tape deck, Gig Harbor Audio…

Cambridge Audio will show it's Alva direct-drive turntable, the Edge A integrated amplifier, the Edge NQ preamplifier (with built-in network player), and Edge W power amplifier.

B&W will present the wireless Formation Audio suite, which includes the Duo, Wedge, Audio, Bar, and Bass.