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I measured the Questyle Audio QP1R with my Audio Precision SYS2722 system (see the January 2008 As We See It."). Source materials were WAV and AIFF test-tone files, as well as DSD64 and DSD128 files of test tones prepared for me by Malcolm Hawksford. The QP1R's battery was fully charged at the start of the testing, and the player's firmware at the time of testing was the original combination of HW v.3.0 and SW v.0.07 Beta. The Line output was set to Fixed, and I looked at the QP1R's performance via both its Line and Headphone outputs.

The volume control…

I measured the Jadis Orchestra Reference Mk.II using my Audio Precision SYS2722 system (see the January 2008 As We See It). I had a problem inserting the EL34 output-stage tubes: the positioning lug on the tube's bottom didn't make a sufficiently positive engagement with the matching cutout in the ceramic tube base. I broke one EL34 when I thought I had it correctly inserted but found out it wasn't—when I removed the tube to reinsert it correctly, its plastic base broke off. Before beginning the testing, I carefully reinserted the broken tube in the correct…

"I had to master this record 11 times to get it to sound the way I wanted," Joanna Newsom growled with the knowing grit of someone who's worked through a sonic ordeal.

"Instead of test pressings, we had test lacquers for this one."

"I have no way to listen to music digitally in my house."

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At a time when the future of print is troubled, Newsom can make even a magazine editor feel slightly more secure.

"I love your magazine. I love your publication."

The story of Joanna Newsom is nothing but surprises. A…

The painting, now in the Cloisters of New York's…

Editor: I have just read [Ken Nelson's] May 22 letter urging us to consider advertising in Stereophile. I understand that your business is to try to encourage potential advertisers to consider this publication, and I also confirm that you continue to write me in this regard.

I think it is only fair to remind you that we have decided as a policy matter that we do not consider Stereophile a publication to be included among those in which our company advertises. We and our agency are experienced [enough] to know and respect the separation between advertising…

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Reference Recordings and Johnson have been nominated multiple times for Grammys over the years. ("I hate to say how many times I've been nominated for the Engineering Award," quips Johnson, "although I only won it once, in 2010, for Best Engineered Surround Sound on Britten's Young…

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Headquartered in Copenhagen, AIAIAI is proud to contribute to Denmark’s worldwide reputation as leader in acoustic and electro-acoustic design and engineering. Informed by a heritage of Scandinavian design, AIAIAI strives to create high…