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Digital jitter was a lively topic in the mid-'90s, and the Genesis">http://www.stereophile.com//digitalsourcereviews/824/">Genesis Technologies Digital Lens was created to tame it. Robert Harley reviews the product and explains why the Lens became an essential part of his system at the time. JA adds comments.
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In 1997, Martin Colloms reviewed the Krell">http://www.stereophile.com//amplificationreviews/829/">Krell Full Power Balanced 600 power amplifier, wondering "Can a 600Wpc amplifier be relevant to domestic high fidelity?"
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For Listening">http://www.stereophile.com//artdudleylistening/834/">Listening #5, Art Dudley tackles audio moderation, Lowther Land, and the audio puritans spying on the nudists next door. AD also explains the statement, "Just because I have a job in the lunch line doesn't mean I have to keep serving the kid who shows off for his friends by spitting out his food."
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Several readers have been asking "What's with all of the Musical Fidelity reviews in Stereophile?" Michael Fremer fearlessly wires the Musical">http://www.stereophile.com//digitalsourcereviews/838/">Musical Fidelity Tri-Vista SACD player into his system, noting, "Overachievers tend to rankle people after a while."
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Robert Deutsch warms up the Audiopax">http://www.stereophile.com//amplificationreviews/843/">Audiopax Model Eighty Eight monoblock power amplifier to hear what famed Brazilian designer Eduardo de Lima has to offer. Deutsch notes, "The Audiopax Model Eighty Eight represents the latest refinement of de Lima's thinking about power amplifiers."
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Several writers take turns with the Apogee">http://www.stereophile.com//loudspeakerreviews/848/">Apogee Duetta II loudspeaker, beginning with Alvin Gold in 1986. Anthony H. Cordesman exclaims, "The Duetta II breaks so much new ground, and is so obviously a superb speaker system, that it simply would not be fair to you readers to put off reporting on this speaker until the next issue."
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The ultimate system evaluation disc? John Atkinson has been busy putting together Editor's">http://www.stereophile.com//features/853/">Editor's Choice: Stereophile's Sampler & Test CD. JA chooses his favorite Stereophile recordings from the past 10 years and throws in a few test tones.
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"Does the modern audiophile want a sleek, compact, powerful, remote-controlled, microprocessor-driven, two-channel integrated amplifier?" Michael Fremer seeks the answer as he reviews the Perreaux">http://www.stereophile.com//amplificationreviews/858/">Perreaux R200i integrated amplifier. It may be small, but as MF finds, it also packs a punch.
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Art Dudley slips his DIY leash, and revels in the high-tech splendor of the Linn">http://www.stereophile.com//amplificationreviews/863/">Linn Klimax Kontrol preamplifier and Klimax Twin power amplifier. AD admits he's feeling a little guilty about shunning his home-brew gear, but counters, "I've been having too much fun."
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Starting in 1984, Anthony H. Cordesman and Martin Colloms filed several reports on the Magnepan">http://www.stereophile.com//loudspeakerreviews/868/">Magnepan Magneplanar MGIIIA loudspeaker. Cordesman wrote, "In a world which seemed doomed to finding out just how small and dull it could make acoustic-suspension boxes, the Magnepans reminded me that speakers could produce a large open soundstage, real dynamics, and musical life."