Jonathan Scull found himself in awe of the beautiful and ingenious construction lavished on the <A HREF="http://www.stereophile.com//digitalsourcereviews/505/">Boulder 1012 D/A preamplifier</A>. "Its design and build qualities are icons to elegant engineering know-how. No screws show on the rectangular box . . .", J-10 enthuses. And as Scull finds, this D/A preamp combines both beauty and brains to create sheer audio pleasure.
The <A HREF="http://www.ce.org">Consumer Electronics Association</A> (CEA) believes 2002 will be a slow year for home-audio sales, but not an unsuccessful one for either manufacturers or retailers.
As Robert J. Reina writes in his review of the <A HREF="http://www.stereophile.com//loudspeakerreviews/500/">JMlab Chorus 706 loudspeaker</A>, "The most exciting development in audio today isn't multichannel surround, single-ended triodes, or $10,000 phono cartridges. It's 'trickle down.'" Find out just what has trickled into the Chorus from the company's highly regarded Utopia line.
Klein Technology Group and <A HREF="http://www.adcom.com">Adcom</A> have announced an agreement for the sale of Adcom's consumer electronics business to Klein, according to a press release issued January 8, during the Consumer Electronics Show. The effective date of the merger will be February 15.
Thousands upon thousands of new discs are released each year, yet only a select few made it to the top of the heap for <A HREF="http://www.stereophile.com//records2die4/496/">Records to Die For, 2001</A>, number 11 of the annual rite of passage for the <I>Stereophile</I> staff. Find out what music made the cut and why.
Kalman Rubinson admits to having plenty of Sony trinkets, including clocks, VCRs, and TVs. But until the <A HREF="http://www.stereophile.com//digitalsourcereviews/491/">Sony SCD-XA777ES multichannel SACD/CD player</A>, he's always preferred other brands when it came to audio. Rubinson reveals whether this latest expression of SACD engineering from Sony has changed his perception of the company as a serious audiophile contender.
Martin Colloms reviewed the <A HREF="http://www.stereophile.com//loudspeakerreviews/487/">Sonus Faber Guarneri Homage loudspeaker</A> back in 1994, finding that "Sonus Faber provides a fascinating and challenging insight into the art of high-quality sound reproduction." But does the diminutive Guarneri breathe real music? Colloms reports.
As Jonathan Scull reports in his review of the <A HREF="http://www.stereophile.com//digitalsourcereviews/474/">Classé Omega Super Audio CD player</A>, "Classé has guts. These are uncertain times, but here they are with an audiophile classic: an expensive two-channel Super Audio CD player." Read how one of the first SACD machines from a high-end audio company stacks up.
As Larry Greenhill reports in his review of the <A HREF="http://www.stereophile.com//digitalsourcereviews/469/">Sony SCD-C555ES SACD changer</A>, "I didn't know what to expect from multichannel SACD. Would a multichannel music-only disc give me high-energy dramatics? Would there be any room for meditative, closed-eyed, total progressive muscular relaxation?" As Greenhill says, "The best was yet to come."
Over-the-air classical music broadcasting is becoming increasingly rare, but classical has got a huge listenership on the Internet, according to a survey by rating service <A HREF="http://www.arbitron.com">Arbitron, Inc.</A>, which early this month announced that three classical music stations were among the five most listened to on the Internet.