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Hardware Reviews

Acapella Audio Arts Campanile Loudspeaker

Acme Audio Labs Wall Outlet

AcousTech PH-I Stereophonic phono preamplifier

Acoustic Sciences Corporation Tube Traps

Acoustic Zen's ABSOLUTE Power Cord

Acoustic Zen Gargantua power cord

AcousticZen Hologram speaker wire

Acoustic Zen Matrix Reference II Interconnect & Silver Byte Digital Cable

Acoustic Zen WOW Interconnect

Accustic Arts CD-Player 1

Amazon Audio Components Model 2 Turntable

amphion creon loudspeakers

amphion xenon loudspeakers

Anthem CD 1 CD Player

Anthem Pre 1P Phono Stage

Anthony Gallo Acoustics' Nucleus Solo Loudspeaker

Anthony Gallo Acoustics' Nucleus Solo Loudspeaker: Follow-Up

Assemblage DAC-2 D/A Converter

Atma-Sphere M-60 Mk.II Reference Monoblock Power Amplifiers

Atoll Electronique's CD80 CD Player

Audio Analogue Puccini Integrated Amplifier

Audible Illusions Modulus 3A Preamplifier

Audio Magic Presto II Digital Cable

Audio Power Industries Power Wedge 114 AC Line Conditioner

Audio Research D130 Power Amplifier

Audioquest DC powered cables

Avid Volvere Sequel Turntable

Behringer Ultra Curve Pro DSP 8024 Equalizer

Benz-Aesthetix Moving-Coil Cartridge Demagnetizer

Bel Canto Design SETi40 Integrated Amplifier

Benz-Micro L0.4 Phono Cartridge

Birdland Audio Silver Series Odeon-Ag DAC

Birdland Audio Silver Series Odeon-Ag DAC with reclocker

Black Diamond Racing's Round Things Record Clamp

Burmester 911 Mk.III Power Amplifier

Cary CD-303 one box CD player

Camelot Technologies Merlin Pro CD Transport

Camelot Technologies Dragon Pro 2 Mk.II Jitter Reducer/Resolution Enhancer

Camelot Technologies Uther v2.0 Mk.II DAC

Channel Islands Audio VAC-1 Power Supply

Channel Islands Audio VDA-1 DAC

Classé CDP-100 CD Player

Clearaudio Champion Level 2 turntable

Clearaudio Virtuoso Wood MM Phono Cartridge

Coincident Speaker Technology Conquest Loudspeaker

Coincident Speaker Technology Triumph Signature Loudspeaker

Coincident Speaker Technology Triumph Signature Loudspeaker: Follow-up

Copland CDA 266 CD Player

Cromolin Vibration Control Strips

D Lin Audio Silver Bullets 4.0 Interconnects

DCCA Audio Cables: Part 5 in the Series 'Cables R Us'

deHavilland UltraVerve Preamplifier

Elnika Edgar integrated amplifier

The ELAC 310.2 JET Loudspeaker

Esoteric Audio Research 834P Phono Stage

Eventus Audio Metis Loudspeaker

Echo Busters Acoustical Room Treatment Products

fab audio Brat Loudspeaker

fab audio Model 1 Loudspeaker

fab audio Stonehenge Loudspeaker

47 Laboratory System

The Golden Sound Premier Red and Premier Blue AC Power Cables

Hansen Audio's 'The King' Loudspeaker

Immedia Needle Nectar Stylus Cleaning Fluid

InnerSound ESL Power Amplifier Mk. II

Innersound's iPower 330 Stereo Power Amplifier

Integra DPS-8.3 THX Ultra Certified Universal Player

Jadis Orchestra Integrated Amplifier

Kimber PBJ Interconnect

Kimber 4TC Loudspeaker Cable


The Kora Crescendo Tube Line Stage Preamplifier

KR Audio Electronics "Kronzilla" Monoblock Power Amplifier

KR Audio Electronics VA340 Integrated Amplifier

Legenburg Apollo Cables (Cables R' Us Part 4)

LP Lab Carbon Fibre Armtube for the Well-Tempered Tonearm

Lyra Lydian Phono Cartridge

Magnum Dynalab MD-308 Integrated Amplifer

MDG Audio Allegrio Preamplifier and Power Amplifier

Meadowlark Audio Kestrel Loudspeaker

Meadowlark Audio Swift Loudspeaker

Metronome Technologie CD-1V Signature Tube CD Player

Murata Manufacturing Company's ES103A Spherical Super Tweeter

Naim Audio CD 3.5 CD Player

NBS King/Serpent II Interconnect and Loudspeaker Cable

Nitty Gritty 2.5Fi Mk.II Record Cleaning Machine

Nitty Gritty CD Master CD Cleaning System

ProAc Response One SC Loudspeaker

ProAc Studio 150 Loudspeaker

Quad ESL-57 and ESL-63 USA Monitors

Radio Shack Sound Pressure Level Meter

Raysonic SP-120 Integrated Amplifier

Rega Jupiter CD Player

Rega Planar 25 turntable

Rega Planet CD Player

Rega Planet 2000 CD Player

Roksan Kandy KC1 CD Player

Rotel RX-1050 Stereo Receiver

Rowland Concentra integrated amp

Silver Audio Silver Breeze Analog Transmission Cable

SimAudio Celeste Moon W-3 Power Amplifier

SimAudio Celeste Moon W-5 Power Amplifier

SimAudio Celeste Moon W-10 Power Amplifier

Soliloquy 5.3 Loudspeaker Part 1

Soliloquy 5.3 Loudspeaker Part 2

Soliloquy Sat Five monitor and S10 subwoofer

Sonic Frontiers Line 1 Preamplifier

Sonic Frontiers Power 1 Power Amplifier

Sonic Frontiers Power 2 Power Amplifier

Sonic Frontiers Phono 1 Phono Stage

Sonic Frontiers Assemblage SET 300B power amplifier

Sony SCD-1 SACD player

Sound Fusion "Sound Boosters"

Soundcare SuperSpike

Soundstring Cable Technologies

Stager Sound Systems Silver Solids Interconnect

StudioLAB Reference Three Loudspeaker

Sunfire Signature 600~two Stereo Power Amplifier

Symposium Acoustics Rollerblocks

Synergistic Research AC Shielded Cable

Talk Electronics System 3 (CD player, pre and amplifier)

Tetra Listening Instruments' Bullit loudspeaker

Tetra Speakers Kid Loudspeaker

Tetra Listening Instruments Rebel 3 loudspeaker

Tetra Listening Instruments Space loudspeaker

Totem Acoustics Forest Loudspeakers

Transparent Audio HDL Digital Cable

Transparent Audio MusicLink Plus Interconnect

Transparent Audio MusicWave Plus Loudspeaker cable

The Valve Amplification Company Standard Preamplifier -- Limited Edition

Vandersteen 2Wq Subwoofer

Verity Audio Fidelio Loudspeaker

Visual Ears Loudspeaker Placement Program

VPI Aries Turntable

VPI HW-19 MK-III Turntable

VPI Synchronous Drive System: First Look

Wasatch Cable Works 'Ultama' Speaker Cable

Waveform Mach 17 Loudspeaker System

Welborne Labs Apollo I DHT Amplifiers

Wilson Benesch Circle Turntable and ACT 0.5 Tonearm

Wireworld Polaris III Interconnect and Loudspeaker Cable

Wireworld Starlight III Digital Cable

Yamamura Millennium Q-151 CD Coating Oil


Record Reviews - Classical

J.S. Bach: Goldberg Variations
Murray Perahia, piano

J. S. Bach: Keyboard Concertos Nos. 1, 2 and 4
Murray Perahia, piano/ASMF


J.S. Bach: Transcriptions
Esa-Pekka Solonen, L.A. Philharmonic
Sony

Beethoven: 32 Piano Sonatas

Beethoven: Violin Concerto
Eugen Jochum/Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, Wolfgang Schneiderhan:violin (DG)

Bells for Stokowski
The University of Texas Wind Ensemble, conducted by Jerry Junkin
Susato Selections from The Danserye; Vaughan Williams English Folk Song Suite; Del Tredici In Wartime; Daugherty Bells for Stokowski

Bernstein: Overture and Suite from "Candide" Five Songs; Three Meditations from "Mass"; Divertimento for Orchestra
Eiji Oue, Minnesota Orchestra Beth Clayton, mezzo-soprano, Anthony Ross, cello Reference Recordings

Bolero:Orchestral Fireworks
Eiji Oue, Minnesota Orchestra

Brahms: Piano Concerto No. 2 / Cello Sonata (78)
Emanuel Ax, piano Yo Yo Ma, cello Boston Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Bernard Haitink (Sony)


Brahms: Violin Sonata No.1 in G Major Op. 78, Beach: Sonata in A minor Op. 34
Arturo Delmoni: violin, Yuri Funahashi: piano (John Marks Records)

Anton Bruckner: Symphony No. 5
Georg Tintner/Royal Scottish National Orchestra (Naxos

Anton Bruckner: Symphony No. 9
Stanislav Skrowaczewski/Minnesota Orchestra (Reference Recordsings)

Anton Bruckner: Symphony No. 4
(Los Angeles Philharmonic, Esa-Pekka Salonen, cond.)


Chopin: Piano Concerto No. 1; Grande Valse Brilliante in A minor, Op. 34 no.2; Variations on "La ci darem la mano", Op. 2
Emmanuel Ax

Debussy and Rachmaninov Cello Sonatas

Elgar: Orchestral Works (Harmonia Mundi)
ECO/Paul Goodwin

A Fistful of Naxos (April 2000)

Isaac Stern: My First 79 Years (Sony Classical)

Mephisto & Co.: The Music of Liszt, Mussorgsky, Liadov, Franck, Dukas, Saint-Saëns, Arnold and Strauss (Reference Recordings)

Music for a Glass Bead Game
Arturo Delmoni: violin, Nathaniel Rosen: cello (John Marks Records)

Gustav Mahler: Symphony No. 9
Jesús López Cobos/Cincinatti Symphony Orchestra (Telarc)

Gustav Mahler: Das Lied von der Erde
James Levine, Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra (DGG)


Gustav Mahler: Das Lied von der Erde
Eiji Oue, Minnesota Orchestra (Reference Recordings)

Marches I've Missed
(Frederick Fennell, cond.)

Mendelssohn: String Quintets
L'Archibudelli

Mozart: Violin Concerto No. 5
Wolfgang Schneiderhan/Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, Wolfgang Schneiderhan: violin (DG)

Mozart: Piano Concertos No. 9 in Eb, K.271; No. 25 in C, K.503
Orpheus Chamber Orchestra, Richard Goode: piano (Nonesuch)

Paganini's Dreams
Ruggiero Ricci, violin Brooks Smith, piano (John Marks Records)

Paul Paray: Joan of Arc Mass/Symphony No. 1
James Paul/Royal Scottish National Orchestra and Chorus (Reference Recordings)

Pictures at an Exhibition: Music by Mussourgsky, Ravel, Debussy, Schumann, and Chabrier (Reference Recordings)

Ports of Call: The Music of Chabrier, Sibelius, Ibert, Alfven, Borodin, Smetana and Tchaikovsky (Reference Recordings)

Essential Purcell
Robert King/The King's Consort (Hyperion)


Recent Classical Releases (January 2000)

Respighi: Pines of Rome, Belkis, etc.
Eiji Oue, Minnesota Orchestra (Reference Recordings)

Reverie: Romantic Music for Quiet Times
Nathaniel Rosen: cello, Doris Stevens: piano, Arturo Delmoni: violin, Kaaren Erickson: soprano (John Marks Records)


Schubert: Symphony No. 9 in C Major (The Great), D944
Sergiu Celibidache, Munich Philharmonic Orchestra (EMI)

Sensemayá - Music of Silvestre Revueltas

Esa-Pekka Salonen, Los Angeles Philharmonic, Los Angeles Philharmonic New Music Group - Sony

Serebrier Conducts Serebrier
London Philharmonic Reference Recordings

Sibelius and Goldmark Violin Concertos Bell/LA Phil/Salonen/Sony

Sibelius Symphonies

Stokowski: Bells for
The University of Texas Wind Ensemble, conducted by Jerry Junkin

Susato Selections from The Danserye; Vaughan Williams English Folk Song Suite; Del Tredici In Wartime; Daugherty Bells for Stokowski

Richard Strauss: Four Last Songs, Orchestral Lieder, Der Rosenkavalier Suite
Christoph Eschenbach/Houston Symphony Orchestra, René Fleming: soprano (RCA)

Richard Strauss: Ein Heldenleben; Die Frau ohne Schatten Suite
Eiji Oue, Minnesota Orchestra (Reference Recordings)

Strauss/Mullikin: Oboe Concertos (Summit)

Mendelssohn, Schubert/Liszt, Bach/Busoni: Songs Without Words Murray Perahia, piano (Sony Classical)

Robert Silverman: Live at the Chan Centre

Stravinsky: The Firebird Suite, The Song of the Nightingale, The Rite of Spring
Eiji Oue/Minnesota Orchestra (Reference Recordings)

Stravinsky: Symphonies
En Shao/New Zealand Symphony Orchestra (Naxos)

Tchaikovsky: Symphonies and Piano Concertos (Naxos)
Polish Radio Orch, Antoni Wit with Bernd Glemser, piano

Tchaikovsky: Variations on a Rococco Theme, Shostakovich: Cello Concerto No. 1
Nathaniel Rosen (John Marks Records)

Turtle Creek Chorale: Psalms
(Reference Recordings)

Vivaldi for Diverse Instruments
Nicholas McGegan/Philharmonia Baroque (Reference Recordings)



Record Reviews - Film Music

Malcolm Arnold: The Roots of Heaven, David Copperfield

Georges Auric: Film Scores
Adriano/Moscow Symphony Orchestra 


Patrick Doyle: East-West 

Hugo Friedhofer: Film Music
William T. Stromberg/Moscow Symphony 


The Great British Film Music Album
Various orchestras, conducted by Kenneth Alwyn, Paul Bateman 

Bernard Herrmann/Alfred Newman: The Egyptian
Moscow Symphony Orchestra, William T. Stromberg

Bernard Herrmann: The Snows of Kilimanjaro; Five Fingers 

Bernard Herrmann: Taxi Driver Soundtrack
(Bernard Herrmann, cond.)

James Horner: Enemy at the Gates

Film Score Monthly's " Golden Age Classics "

Tribute to Erich Wolfgang Korngold
(Koch)

The Ladykillers: Music from those Glorious Ealing Films
(Kenneth Alwyn, Royal Ballet Sinfonia)


The Lion's Roar: Classic MGM Film Scores 1935-1965
MGM Studio Orchestra


Ennio Morricone: The Legend of 1900 

Alfred Newman: How the West was Won  

Alfred Newman: The Hunchback of Notre Dame; Beau Geste; All About Eve (Moscow Symphony, William Stronberg)

Alex North: Cleopatra

Alex North: Viva Zapata  

Rachel Portman: Chocolat

Recent Soundtrack Releases (January 2000)


Miklos Rosza at MGM

Shostakovich: The Film Album

Max Steiner: The Treasure of the Sierra Madre

Max Steiner: They Died with Their Boots On

Warsaw Concerto and other Piano Concertos from the Movies
Philip Fowke, piano; RTE Concert Orchestra, conducted by Proinnsias o Duinn (Naxos)

Franz Waxman: Objective Burma

Franz Waxman: Legends of Hollywood Vol.4 


Franz Waxman: Humoresque  

20th Century Fox: Music from the Golden Age 

John Williams: Jane Eyre


Record Reviews - Jazz

The Harry Allen Quartet: Blue Skies (John Marks Records)

The Lynne Arriale Trio: The Eyes Have It (DMP Records)

The Lynne Arriale Trio: With Words Unspoken (DMP Records)

Heather Bambrick: it's about time

David Braid: The David Braid Sextet

Lenny Breau: Live at Bourbon Street (Guitarchives Records)

Beyond the Missouri Sky: (Short stories) by Charlie Haden and Pat Metheny (Verve)

John Coltrane: Coltrane (MCA Impulse!)

John Coltrane and Johnny Hartman (Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab)

The DMP Big Band Salutes Duke Ellington (DMP Records)

Dave Grusin: Random Hearts (Sony/Columbia)


Dick Hyman in Recital (Reference Recordings)

The Bob Mintzer Big Band: Big Band Trane (DMP Records)


Ottmar Liebert: Innamorare - Summer Flamenco (Epic)

Eric Reed (piano), Reginal Veal (bass), Gregory Hutchison (drums): Pure Imagination (Impulse)

Thelonious Monk: Live at Monterey Jazz Festival '63, Volume 1 (Mobile Fidelity)

Zoot Sims: In Copenhagen (Mobile Fidelity)

Toots Thielemans: Chez Toots (Windham Hill)

Richard Todd: With a Twist

Terence Blanchard: Wandering Moon (Sony Classics)

Carol Welsman: Inclined (welcar)

Cassandra Wilson: New Moon Daughter (Blue Note)



Record Reviews - Pop

Michael Bublé: Michael Bublé

Leonard Cohen: Ten New Songs

Cracker: Forever

Cracker: Gentleman's Blues

Bob Dylan: Love and Theft

ELO: Zoom

The Fabulous Thunderbirds: High Water  

Janis Ian: Hunger  


Josh Joplin Group: Useful Music

Chantal Kreviazuk: Colour Moving And Still  

John Lennon: Wonsaponatime

Willie Nelson: Milk Cow Blues  

Madonna: Ray of Light 

Julian Lennon: Photograph Smile  

Steely Dan: Two Against Nature  

Tara Lyn Hart: Tara Lyn Hart 

Taj Mahal: Señor Blues  

Taj Mahal: Phantom Blues  

Taj Mahal: Señor Blues 


Shawn Mullins: Beneath the Velvet Sun  

Tom Petty: Full Moon Fever  

Night Noise: The White Horse Sessions  

Densil Pinnock; Bill Coon: Mona Lisa


Vonda Shepard: Heart and Soul : New songs from Ally McBeal

Vonda Shepard: The Radical Light  

Vonda Shepard: Songs from Ally McBeal  

Elliot Smith: XO


Warren Zevon: Life'll Kill Ya  


Record Reviews - Alternative

The Red Hot Chili Peppers: Californication

Depeche Mode: Ultra

Garbage: Version 2.0  

Hole: Celebrity Skin

Jamiroquai: A Funk Odyssey

Jamiroquai: Synkronized

The Mayfield Four: Fallout  

Alanis Morissette: Under Rug Swept

New Pornographers: Electric Version

Oasis:Familiar to Millions


Oasis: Standing On The Shoulder Of Giants

Pearl Jam: Binaural 

Radiohead: OK Computer

The Tragically Hip: Phantom Power

Wellabee: Wellabee

Zebrahead: Waste of Mind


Features

Accuracy and Musicality -- A Psychological Approach

Audio Dilemmas chez Appel

Bluebacks Revisited - Part 1

Bluebacks Revisited - Part 2

A Beginner's Guide to Cartridge Setup

A Chat at CES '99 wit-h the Deiter Burmester (RealAudio)

A Chat at CES '99 with the John Dunlavy (RealAudio)

A Chat at CES '99 with "Prof" Keith Johnson of Spectral and Reference Recordings (RealAudio)

An essay on Neutrality: Fallacies and other issues

The Classic Records Reissues - Part 1

The Classic Records Reissues - Part 2

The Classic Records Reissues - Part 3

The Classic Records Reissues - Part 4

Components of Merit 1997

Concert Pianists for a Weekend: The Van Cliburn Amateurs

Going Home Again: The Second Van Cliburn Amateurs

Editor's Choice - 1997 Components of Merit

Film Music Pantheon #1

Film Music Pantheon #2

Film Music Pantheon #3

The Film Music Pantheon #4: The Best Years of Our Lives

Fixing the weakest link: The Listening Room

Knowledge, Opinion and the Audio Experience

Music Appreciation and Sound Quality

A survey of in-print Jazz reissues on vinyl - Part 1

A $25 DIY Turntable Stand

Quad ESLs: Then and Now

Sonic Frontiers Factory Tour

Stereo Assessment: Part 1 - Accuracy

Synergistically Speaking 

Waveform Factory Tour

What is the Purpose of A Stereo System

What's Old is New Again: A survey of in-print jazz reissues on vinyl - Part 1

Von Schweikert Research Factory Tour

A Bit About Word Lengths and Sampling Rates

The Sound Archeology Digital Remastering Process

The Wizard of AWEs - An Interview with Coincident Speaker Technology's Israel Blume

Future Look: Will DVD Audio be a Commercial Flop?

The Audiophilia Nervosa Test - Find out if you've got "the disease"!

Forward into the Past: D. Malcom Fairbrother examines the current state of the pop music industry


Book Reviews

Reading Jazz by Robert Gottlieb

The Search for Musical Ecstasy by Harvey "Gizmo" Rosenberg


Show Reports

Consumer Electronics Show '99

Consumer Electronics Show 2003

Consumer Electronics Show 2004

Canadian Consumer Electronics Exposition and Conference '96

CanadianConsumer Electronics Exposition and Conference '98

Festival du Son et de l'image '98

Festival du Son et de l'image '97

Festival du Son et de l'image '01

Festival du Son et de l'image '02

The Home Entertainment Show 2002 (New York City)


The Trenches

A Visit to Alternative Audio

A Visit to Analog Emporium

A Visit to Applause Audio

Audio and Music in Northern California

Audio and Music in New York City

High-End in the Canadian Pacific

House of Sounds Oakville Ontario

San Jose's The Analog Room

"The Good The Bad and The Ugly" - A Visit to a Trio of High-End Audio Shops



date updated: Nov 10, 2006




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