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After the bungled launch last year of DVD-Audio, where is a digital audiophile to turn? John Atklinson provides some answers in "Talkin'">http://www.stereophile.com//asweseeit/219/">Talkin' 'Bout a Revolution," from the April 2000 Stereophile. "So while the DVD Forum argues about increasingly arcane aspects of the DVD-Audio medium, and John Lennon's record-industry 'men in suits' retreat further into their lawyer-built fortresses, I have bypassed all they have to offer . . . "
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Can Jah Atkinson believe his ears? The PS Audio Power Plant P300 touched an audio nerve with JA, who interviewed the designer, Paul">http://www.stereophile.com//interviews/222/">Paul McGowan: High-End Survivor, for the May 2000 Stereophile. As a bonus, we include JA's">http://www.stereophile.com//accessoryreviews/181/6">JA's follow-up to Robert Deutsch's review of the P300, also from the May issue.
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Jonathan Scull thinks he has uncoverd the hot audiophile topic for the new millennium—e-commerce. He lays out the situation in "Fine">http://www.stereophile.com//finetunes/224/">"Fine Tunes" #19. Find out what various manufacturers are up to, and why.
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Bothered by bounce? Jonathan Scull offers some solutions for turntable owners with problem floors in "Fine">http://www.stereophile.com//finetunes/226/">"Fine Tunes" No.20. He also describes how impoverished audiophiles can make their own low-cost anti-vibration shelves. Stereophile readers respond with their own experiences—and a warning.
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With their simple circuits and low, even zero, levels of loop negative feedback, the sound quality of single-ended triode amplifiers is very dependent on the specific output tubes used. In "In">http://www.stereophile.com//features/229/">In Search of the Perfect 300B Tube," Peter van Willenswaard finds that not all tubes are created equal. Measured and auditioned in his survey of 300B power tubes are samples from Golden Dragon, JJ Electronics, KR Enterprise, Sovtek, Svetlana, Valve Art, and Western Electric. "If you want the best," sums up Mr. W, "there's only the . . . "—well, you'll have to read the article to find out!
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Jonathan Scull stuffs as many "relatively inexpensive" building tweaks as he can fit into "Fine">http://www.stereophile.com//finetunes/230/">"Fine Tunes" #21. Find out about basic room and electrical treatments on the relative cheap.
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Build the audiophile kingdom and they will come . . . or do we need to get out there and proselytize? In "Fine">http://www.stereophile.com//finetunes/233/">"Fine Tunes" #22, Jonathan Scull looks at the debate both ways and comes to a conclusion.
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With multichannel DVD-Audio just around the corner, the surround-sound debate among audiophiles is starting anew. But how far have we come with surround sound in 30 years? J. Gordon Holt wrote "Bye">http://www.stereophile.com//asweseeit/235/">Bye Bye, Quadrifi?" back in 1971, in which he explored the same dilemmas faced by today's audiophile.
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Sure, we review a lot of big-bucks equipment in Stereophile, but readers constantly remind us to try the cheaper stuff as well. John Atkinson does exactly that in his review of the Acoustic">http://www.stereophile.com//loudspeakerreviews/239/">Acoustic Energy Aegis One loudspeaker. As JA puts it, "Acoustic Energy has introduced the Aegis One; its price is one-tenth that of the AE1 in its current, Signature guise. Does the Aegis One live up to what its heritage promises? I asked the company's US distributor, Audiophile Systems, to send me a pair so I could find out."
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Back in 1979, most of us had never seen a digital audio product, much less heard one, but J. Gordon Holt knew what was coming: "The beginning of 1979 saw the introduction of the first samples of what will finally, after 79 years of supremacy, lower the curtain on the mechanically-traced disc: The digital recording." In "High">http://www.stereophile.com//asweseeit/240/">High Fidelity at the Crossroads," Holt looks at the new twinkle in Sony's eye and makes some sage observations.