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December 1996 Stereophile Magazine HV Integrated Amplifiers
This is a wonderful and informative copy of the December 1996 Stereophile Magazine . The Table of Contents is listed below the image
This magazine is in good condition. There is some edge wear. There are a few creases on the covers as well as some small rips along the edges. The binding is tight with no loose or missing pages. There may be a little fading of the pages.
Here is the table of contents:
- FEATURES
- PRODUCTS OF THE YEAR '96 John Atkinson and Wes Phillips pay homage to the best-sounding components in eight categories.
- Wadia Know? Wadia Digital's Jim Kinne, Peter Bohacek, and Steve Huntley talk with Robert Harley about the company's new attitudes and directions.
- RICK VISITS ... TONY BENNETT Tony Bennett chats with Rick Rosen about his musical inspirations, recording in the '50s, and his new album.
- SINGLE-ENDED VS PUSH-PULL In the flrst of three articles, Scott Frankland explores amplifier history, design, measurements, and sound.
- THE KING OF CONJUNTO Music Editor Robert Baird reveals the mystique behind accordionist Flacojimenez.
- VALERY GERGIEV The celebrated Russian maestro talks with Peter Catalano about opera divas, the Kirov sound, and the dangers of becoming a metronome.
- THE CARBON-FIBER Boys Jonathan Scull talks to Craig Milnes and Andrew Scholey of Wilson Benesch in Sheffield, England.
- THE ABSOLUTE REFERENCE AUDIO LABS J-10 converses about cables with Matthew Bond, co-founder of TARA Labs.
- EQUIPMENT REPORTS
- CONRAD-JOHNSON PREMIER FOURTEEN PREAMPLIFIER (WES PHILLIPS)
- MARK LEVINSON No-333 POWER AMPLIFIER (JOHN ATKINSON)
- LINN MAJIK-I INTEGRATED AMPLIFIER (ROBERT HARLEY)
- SONIC FRONTIERS ANTHEM INTEGRATED-I INTEGRATED AMPLIFIER (ROBERT HARLEY)
- ROTEL RA-97013X INTEGRATED AMPLIFIER (ROBERT HARLEY)
- ROTEL RQ-97oBX PHONO PREAMPLIFIER (ROBERT HARLEY)
- WILSON BENESCH CARBON MOVING-COIL PHONO CARTRIDGE (MICHAEL FREMER)
- LEXICON DC-I SURROUND-SOUND PROCESSOR (J. GORDON HOLT)
- AUDIOLAB, 8oooCDM MK.II CD TRANSPORT (KALMAN RUBINSON)
- AUDIOLAB 8oooDAC MK.III D/A CONVERTER (KALMAN RUBINSON)
- TARA LABS RSC DECADE INTERCONNECT (JONATHAN SCULL)
- TARA LABS RSC DECADE LOUDSPEAKER CABLE (JONATHAN SCULL)
- TARA LABS RSC DECADE DIGITAL DATALINK (JONATHAN SCULL)
- SIGTECH TiMEFIELD ACOUSTIC CORRECTION SYSTEM (STEVEN STONE)
- FARASOUND T/DQ-16OO AM/FM TUNER (DON SCOTT)
- FOLLOW-UPS
- KRELL KRC-HR PREAMPLIFIER (WES PHILLIPS)
- AUDIO RESEARCH LS22 PREAMPLIFIER (WES PHILLIPS)
- CONVERGENT AUDIO TECHNOLOGY SL-1 SIGNATURE MK.II PREAMPLIFIER (ROBERT DEUTSCH)
- WADIA 2000 D/A PROCESSOR (ROBERT HARLEY)
- COLUMNS
- As WE SEE IT -- Robert Harley presents a collection of profound and provoking observations on the audio world.
- LETTERS Topics this month: Questions about HI-FI96, back issues, reviewers' ears and ages, Miles on vinyl, the need for a new analog medium, Scull's record-cleaning recipe, and the launch of DVD. INDUSTRY UPDATE High-end news, including dealer-promoted seminars, DVD copyrights, DSD by Philips/Sony, NXT loudspeaker technolqy, a new Stereophile award, and reports on Harmonix, Rogers, Onkyo, the Canadian Consumer Electronics Expo, and more.
- SAM'S SPACE Sam Tellig Like It Is comments on YBAs Gallic alternatives to he-man amps and tiny triodes.
- ANALOG CORNER Mikey Fremer turns his attention to a collection of reasonably priced turntables and their cartridges.
- ASTOR PLACE Lisa Astor explains the workings of audiophile time in the first installment of her new bimonthly column.
- BUILDING A LIBRARY Stephen Francis Vasta examines recordings of Ralph Vaughan Williams's Symphony No. 5.
- QUARTER NOTES A Wes Phillips review of some of the best audiophile releases and reissues.
- RECORD REVIEWS Our two "Recordings of the Month" are both boxed sets: Emmylou Harris's Portraits, and The Mercury Blues 'N' Rhythm Story 1945-1955. Plus: reviews of Corigliano's 'AIDS Symphony," Herrmann'sfllm scores, the cross-cultural Appalachia Waltz, REM., Jimmy Scott, the Ginger Baker Trio, Joshua Redman, and more.
- MANUFACTURERS' COMMENTS Tales of compacts, cartridges, and carbon.
- THE FINAL WORD Publisher Larry Archibald reflects on the state of the industry.
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