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This included the Well-Tempered Arm, VPI HW-19 turntable (this time sans the mat I have used in previous tests), Klyne SK-5a preamp, PS Audio 200cx power amp, and B&W 801F Matrix loudspeakers on 11" Sound Anchor stands. (The production version of these stands is about 4" shorter.) Interconnects were Monster M-1000, speaker wire Monster M-1 (mono-wired).

The Well-Tempered Arm was chosen for these reviews because it is known to be well suited to a wide variety of pickups. All of the moving-coil pickups here are moderately low in compliance. Such…

This is to-date the best direct-to-disc recording I have heard. For once I can't complain about the high end being shrill or hard. The balances are excellent and the performances superior, with each member of the group getting his chance to show off. Marshal Royal's saxophone solos must be heard to be…

Measurements were made with the spot frequency bands on the new CBS STR-330 test disc, backed up by the older CBS STR-100. The latter generally showed a greater high-end rise than the former in the frequency-response readings, and the results presented in the reviews are those given by the more recent recording. Test-record results provide useful information, but they are not an absolute. Test records from different sources invariably give slightly different results. STR-100 was used to assess crosstalk, and trackability was measured at 300Hz using the Audio…

Description: Moving-coil phono cartridge with 6µm x 35µm line-contact stylus. Recommended tracking force: 1.8 grams.
Price: $650 (1989); no longer available (2017).
Manufacturer: Monster Inc. 601 Gateway Blvd. Suite 900, South San Francisco, CA 94080, USA, Tel: (415) 840-2000. Web: www.monsterproducts.com.

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The reasons for the late postponement are spelled out in a two-page letter to exhibitors, which was released on September 6 by Beers' close friend and long-time associate, Show President Maurice R. Jung. In the letter, which was shared with Stereophile by…

As it turned out, the performance of the phono stage was a bit of a disappointment after the excellence of the line stage. The first problem was minor and idiosyncratic: in the "Recharge" position, there was a loud hum that defied all my efforts to get rid of it…

Item: AC power-line conditioners have become a major audio product category, featured in "Recommended Components" and used by several Stereophile reviewers—including RH, JE, JA, GL, CG, and RD—in their own systems.

Item: British rep for Audio Alchemy finds that their D/A processor takes too long to warm up for convenient demonstration when he takes it to dealers. His solution is to build a battery-operated power supply, using a car battery, so that the D/A processor can be kept powered up while traveling. He then notices that the processor sounds better with the…

Initial listening was done with the system staying the same as in my review of the Mark Levinson No.28 (Vol.15 No.6): Lingo'd Linn/Ittok/AudioQuest AQ 7000 analog, Proceed PCT 2/Aragon D2A Mk.II digital front end, "stripped" original Quads driven by a Luxman MQ-68c, and Cizek MG-27 subs driven by a Bryston 3B via a Dahlquist LP-1 crossover. Interconnects were AudioQuest Lapis; speaker cables AudioQuest Sterling (Quads) and Midnight (subs). A Stax Lambda Signature headset, driven by the SRM-T1 headphone amp, served as an additional reference. All electronics were…