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Should Music Be Free?
No one ever had to pay for recorded music—it was always "free" on the radio—and the home taping of LPs, the copying of cassettes, and, later, burning...
DSD Downloads
Acoustic Sounds Inc. has today announced that it has launched a new high resolution download service, Acoustic Sounds Super HiRez, at www.superhirez.com...
Free Online Course on Beethoven's Piano Sonatas
In collaboration with Coursera, the online learning company, and starting September 3, The Curtis Institute will be offering at no charge the course...
AB Analyzes His System
It was hot—the kind of hot where the second you get out of the shower, you start sweating. My ceiling fan could’ve provided relief, but the repeated...
Creek 4240 Special Edition integrated amplifier
In this, my first equipment review for Stereophile, I'll begin by explaining my philosophy regarding reviewing inexpensive components. In my quest...
B.M.C. Phono MCCI phono preamplifier
In July 2008 I reviewed the intriguing Phono 2Ci moving-magnet/moving-coil phono preamplifier from Aqvox Audio Devices. Though it then cost only...
Steve Coleman and the Five Elements
Alto saxophonist Steve Coleman's new CD, Functional Arrhythmias (Pi Recordings), is his best in many years. Coleman, 56, is a fascinating figure...
Payday Albums: 7/26/13 & 8/23/13
Julianna Barwick's new album, Nepenthe, is available now. Photo: Shawn Brackbill. I’ve been so happily preoccupied with my review...
Nothing More than Lights in a Box
" Without content, television is nothing more than lights in a box."—Edward R. Murrow, 1958 "When it comes to video, most audiophiles are insufferable...
The Great Wall of China
You could sense the frustration in Keith Pray's e-mail. "We are on the same team. I have always respected your wishes and will continue to do so,"...
JBL 250Ti loudspeaker
Once upon a time, in audio's infancy, anyone who wanted better than average sound—average sound during the 1940s being rich, boomy and dull—had no...
