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Hardware Reviews
Acoustic
Sciences Corporation Tube Traps
The
Anthem CD 1 CD Player
The
Anthem Pre 1P Phono Stage
Anthony
Gallo Acoustics' Nucleus Solo Loudspeaker
Anthony
Gallo Acoustics' Nucleus Solo Loudspeaker:
Follow-Up
The
Assemblage DAC-2 D/A Converter
The
Atma-Sphere M-60 Mk.II Reference Monoblock
Power Amplifiers
The
Audio Analogue Puccini Integrated
Amplifier
The
Audible Illusions Modulus 3A Preamplifier
The
Audio Magic Presto II Digital Cable
The
Audio Power Industries Power Wedge 114 AC
Line Conditioner
The
Audio Research D130 Power Amplifier
The
Benz-Aesthetix Moving-Coil Cartridge Demagnetizer
The
Bel Canto Design SETi40 Integrated
Amplifier
The
Benz-Micro L0.4 Phono Cartridge
Black
Diamond Racing's Round Things Record Clamp
Cary
CD-303 one box CD player
The
Camelot Technologies Merlin Pro CD
Transport
The
Camelot Technologies Dragon Pro 2 Mk.II Jitter
Reducer/Resolution Enhancer
The
Camelot Technologies Uther v2.0 Mk.II DAC
The
Coincident Speaker Technology Conquest
Loudspeaker
The
Coincident Speaker Technology Triumph
Signature Loudspeaker
The
Coincident Speaker Technology Triumph
Signature Loudspeaker: Follow-up
The
Copland CDA 266 CD Player
Cromolin
Vibration Control Strips
The
D Lin Audio Silver Bullets 4.0
Interconnects
Elnika
Edgar integrated amplifier
The
Esoteric Audio Research 834P Phono Stage
The
Jadis Orchestra Integrated Amplifier
Echo
Busters Acoustical Room Treatment Products
The
47 Laboratory System
Immedia
Needle Nectar Stylus Cleaning Fluid
The
Kimber PBJ Interconnect
The
Kimber 4TC Loudspeaker Cable
The
LP Lab Carbon Fibre Armtube for the Well-Tempered
Tonearm
The
Lyra Lydian Phono Cartridge
The
MDG Audio Allegrio Preamplifier and Power
Amplifier
The
Meadowlark Audio Kestrel Loudspeaker
The
Naim Audio CD 3.5 CD Player
The
NBS King/Serpent II Interconnect and
Loudspeaker Cable
The
Nitty Gritty 2.5Fi Mk.II Record Cleaning
Machine
The
Nitty Gritty CD Master CD Cleaning System
The
ProAc Response One SC Loudspeaker
The
ProAc Studio 150 Loudspeaker
The
Quad ESL-57 and ESL-63 USA Monitors
The
Radio Shack Sound Pressure Level Meter
The
Rega Planet CD Player
Rowland
Concentra integrated amp
The
Silver Audio Silver Breeze Analog
Transmission Cable
The
SimAudio Celeste Moon W-3 Power Amplifier
The
SimAudio Celeste Moon W-5 Power Amplifier
The
Soliloquy 5.3 Loudspeaker Part 1
The
Soliloquy 5.3 Loudspeaker Part 2
The
Soliloquy Sat Five monitor and S10 subwoofer
The
Sonic Frontiers Line 1 Preamplifier
The
Sonic Frontiers Power 1 Power Amplifier
The
Sonic Frontiers Power 2 Power Amplifier
The
Sonic Frontiers Phono 1 Phono Stage
The
Sonic Frontiers Assemblage SET 300B power
amplifier
The
Sony SCD-1 SACD player
The
Stager Sound Systems Silver Solids
Interconnect
Symposium
Acoustics Rollerblocks
Talk
Electronics System 3 (CD player, pre and
amplifier)
The
Totem Acoustics Forest Loudspeakers
The
Transparent Audio HDL Digital Cable
The
Transparent Audio MusicLink Plus
Interconnect
The
Transparent Audio MusicWave Plus
Loudspeaker cable
The
Vandersteen 2Wq Subwoofer
The
Verity Audio Fidelio Loudspeaker
The
Visual Ears Loudspeaker Placement Program
The
VPI Aries Turntable
The
VPI HW-19 MK-III Turntable
The
VPI Synchronous Drive System: First Look
The
Waveform Mach 17 Loudspeaker System
Welborne
Labs Apollo I DHT Amplifiers
The
Wilson Benesch Circle Turntable and ACT
0.5 Tonearm
The
Wireworld Polaris III Interconnect and
Loudspeaker Cable
The
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:
Violin Concerto
Eugen
Jochum/Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, Wolfgang
Schneiderhan:violin (DG)
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
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)
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
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)
Mendelssohn,
Schubert/Liszt, Bach/Busoni: Songs Without
Words Murray Perahia, piano (Sony Classical)
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:
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
Georges
Auric: Film Scores
Adriano/Moscow
Symphony Orchestra (Marco Polo)
Patrick
Doyle: East-West (Sony)
Hugo
Friedhofer: Film Music
William T.
Stromberg/Moscow Symphony (Marco Polo)
The
Great British Film Music Album
Various orchestras, conducted by Kenneth Alwyn, Paul
Bateman (Silva Screen)
Bernard
Herrmann/Alfred Newman: The Egyptian
Moscow Symphony Orchestra, William T.
Stromberg, cond. (Marco Polo)
Bernard
Herrmann: Taxi Driver Soundtrack
(Bernard Herrmann, cond.)
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 (Original
Soundtrack)
Alfred
Newman: How the West was Won
(Rhino/Turner)
Alfred
Newman: The Hunchback of Notre Dame; Beau
Geste; All About Eve (Moscow
Symphony, William Stronberg, cond.)
Alex
North: Viva Zapata (Varese Saraband)
Recent
Soundtrack Releases (January 2000)
Miklos
Rosza at MGM
Shostakovich:
The Film Album
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: Legends of Hollywood Vol.4 (Varese
Sarabande)
Franz
Waxman: Humoresque (Varese Sarabande)
20th
Century Fox: Music from the Golden Age (Varese
Sarabande)
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)
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)
Terence
Blanchard: Wandering Moon (Sony Classics)
Carol
Welsman: Inclined (welcar)
Cassandra
Wilson: New Moon Daughter (Blue Note)
Record
Reviews - Pop
Cracker:
Gentleman's Blues
The
Fabulous Thunderbirds: High Water (High
Street Records)
Janis
Ian: Hunger (Windham Hill)
Josh
Joplin Group: Useful Music
Chantal
Kreviazuk: Colour Moving And Still
(Columbia)
John
Lennon: Wonsaponatime (Capitol Records)
Willie
Nelson: Milk Cow Blues (Pedernales)
Madonna:
Ray of Light (Warner Brothers)
Julian
Lennon: Photograph Smile (Sony)
Steely
Dan: Two Against Nature (Giant Records)
Tara
Lyn Hart: Tara Lyn Hart (Epic)
Taj
Mahal: Señor Blues (Private Music)
Taj
Mahal: Phantom Blues (Private Music)
Taj
Mahal: Señor Blues (Private Music)
Shawn
Mullins: Beneath the Velvet Sun (Columbia)
Tom
Petty: Full Moon Fever (Mobile Fidelity)
Night
Noise: The White Horse Sessions (Windham
Hill)
Densil
Pinnock; Bill Coon: Mona Lisa
Vonda
Shepard: Heart and Soul : New songs from Ally
McBeal
Vonda
Shepard: The Radical Light (Reprise
Records)
Vonda
Shepard: Songs from Ally McBeal (Sony
Music)
Elliot
Smith: XO
Warren
Zevon: Life'll Kill Ya (Artemis)
Record
Reviews - Alternative
The
Red Hot Chili Peppers: Californication
Depeche
Mode: Ultra
Garbage:
Version 2.0 (Almo/Universal)
Hole:
Celebrity Skin
Jamiroquai:
Synkronized
The
Mayfield Four: Fallout (Epic / Sony Music)
Oasis:
Standing On The Shoulder Of Giants (Epic /
Sony Music)
Pearl
Jam: Binaural (Epic / Sony Music)
Radiohead:
OK Computer (Parlophone/EMI)
The
Tragically Hip: Phantom Power (Universal
Music)
Zebrahead:
Waste of Mind (Columbia Records / Sony
Music USA )
Features
Bluebacks
Revisited - Part 1
Bluebacks
Revisited - Part 2
A
Beginner's Guide to Cartridge Setup
A
Chat at CES '99 with 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)
The
Classic Records Reissues - Part 1
The
Classic Records Reissues - Part 2
The
Classic Records Reissues - Part 3
The
Classic Records Reissues - Part 4
Concert
Pianists for a Weekend: The Van Cliburn
Amateurs
Going
Home Again: The Second Van Cliburn Amateurs
Editor's
Choice - 1997 Components of Merit
A
survey of in-print Jazz reissues on vinyl - Part 1
A
$25 DIY Turntable Stand
Sonic
Frontiers Factory Tour
Waveform
Factory Tour
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
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
Canadian
Consumer Electronics Exposition and Conference '96
The
Trenches
A
Visit to Alternative Audio
A
Visit to Analog Emporium
"The
Good The Bad and The Ugly" - A Visit to a
Trio of High-End Audio Shops
A
Visit to Applause Audio
High-End
in the Canadian Pacific
San
Jose's The Analog Room
Audio
and Music in Northern California
Audio
and Music in New York City
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