Every month Stereophile magazine offers authoritative reviews, informed recommendations, helpful advice, and controversial opinions, all stemming from the revolutionary idea that audio components should be judged on how they reproduce music.
Big-hall acoustics and hi-fi • THERE ARE AS MANY OPINIONS AS THERE ARE EXPERTS
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LETTERS • FEEDBACK TO THE EDITOR
INDUSTRY UPDATE • AUDIO NEWS & VIEWS
Some Mighty fine tube amps from Lab12 • Suddenly, I am listening to my favorite blues song ever, “When I Lay My Burden Down,” and digging it more than ever—with pentodes! In Ultralinear! And fixed bias!
A big fish • PEERING INTO HI-FI’S BACK ALLEYS AND DUSTY NOOKS
Wilson Audio Specialties Alexia V • LOUDSPEAKER
MEASUREMENTS
If Wishes Were Horses
Topping DM7 • 8-CHANNEL D/A PROCESSOR
MEASUREMENTS
KLH Model Three • LOUDSPEAKER
MEASUREMENTS
Pathos InPoL Remix MkII • INTEGRATED AMPLIFIER
MEASUREMENTS
SVS Prime Wireless Pro • ACTIVE LOUDSPEAKER
MEASUREMENTS
Schiit Audio Tyr • MONOBLOCK POWER AMPLIFIER
MEASUREMENTS
Seeing Red?
MELISSA ALDANA • The jazz saxophonist, who recently released her first Blue Note album, is a scientist of jazz, process, and sound.
Blondie Against the Odds 1974–1982 • A DEEP DIVE INTO OVERLOOKED AND UNDERAPPRECIATED MUSIC
Some funky strains from Craft Recordings and VMP • THERE’S ONLY TWO KINDS OF MUSIC: THE BLUES AND ZIPPETY DOO-DAH.—TOWNES VAN ZANDT
Still. Willin’.
RECORD REVIEWS
MIRACLE WORKERS • Checking in exclusively with the producers behind the massive new box set for Queen’s stunning May 1989 album The Miracle, to learn why you’ll want it all—and you’ll want it now.
A hi-fi market health check • INSIDER DISPATCHES FROM HI-FI’S FRONT LINES
MANUFACTURERS’ COMMENTS • ANY CLOD CAN HAVE THE FACTS; HAVING OPINIONS IS AN ART
Some Polish hi-fi discoveries and delights • GOOD AND BAD, I DEFINE THESE TERMS QUITE CLEAR…—BOB DYLAN