Stereophile

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