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.

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LETTERS • FEEDBACK TO THE EDITOR

INDUSTRY UPDATE • AUDIO NEWS & VIEWS

Let the music transport you • EXPLORING THE ANALOG ADVENTURE

Adventures in Schwabylon • PEERING INTO HI-FI’S BACK ALLEYS AND DUSTY NOOKS

Dos Locos buenos • WE COME SPINNING OUT OF NOTHINGNESS, SCATTERING STARS LIKE DUST.—RUMI

Dan D’Agostino Relentless • PREAMPLIFIER

MEASUREMENTS

Dynaudio Contour 30i • LOUDSPEAKER

MEASUREMENTS

ASSOCIATED EQUIPMENT

EMT 928 II • RECORD PLAYER

Pass Laboratories XP-27 • PHONO PREAMPLIFIER

MEASUREMENTS

Piega Coax Gen2 811 • LOUDSPEAKER

MEASUREMENTS

DUKE IN 10 • TO COMMEMORATE THE 50TH ANNIVERSARY OF DUKE’S DEATH, ROBERT BAIRD SELECTS A DOUBLE HANDFUL OF EXEMPLARY TRACKS FROM PERHAPS AMERICA’S GREATEST MUSICAL GENIUS.

Vital art never rests • THERE’S ONLY TWO KINDS OF MUSIC: THE BLUES AND ZIPPETY DOO-DAH.—TOWNES VAN ZANDT

Trane meets the Motor City • A MONTHLY SURVEY OF THE BEST NEW LP REISSUES

Mind Games to the bottom of the rabbit hole • A DEEP DIVE

RECORD REVIEWS

Riding the Common Wave • INSIDER DISPATCHES FROM HI-FI’S FRONT LINES

MANUFACTURERS’ COMMENTS • ANY CLOD CAN HAVE THE FACTS; HAVING OPINIONS IS AN ART

My last Far East trip • GOOD AND BAD, I DEFINE THESE TERMS QUITE CLEAR…—BOB DYLAN