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Welcome to The Abso!ute Sound online! We explore music and the reproduction of music in the home. We believe that the sound of music, unamplified, occurring in a real space is a philosophic absolute against which we may judge the performance of devices designed to reproduce music. Our goal is to provide the resources consumers need to judge how a component's sound either honors or departs from the music's truth, and to make sound purchasing decisions that maximize their experience of reproduced sound. Below is our Issue 161, April/May 2006 table of contents and editorial.
April / May 2006
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| 122 - Cover Story: Mark Levinson No.326S Preamplifier and No.432 Power Amplifier Listening to Levinson’s latest, Robert Harley finds the company’s tradition of excellence not just upheld but improved upon. |
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| 14 - Absolute Analog: Lamm Industries LP2 Deluxe Phonostage and Clearaudio Titanium Cartridge, Spin a few LPs with Jonathan Valin, who is savoring some tasty analog goods. |
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| 97 - Sonus Faber
Concerto Domus Loudspeaker Neil Gader on an Italian speaker that makes you feel right at home. |
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| 101 - Thule Audio
Spirit IA350B Integrated Amplifier and Space DVA250B DVD/CD Player Sallie Reynolds on two sweet performers from Denmark. |
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| 106 - Esoteric X-03
CD/SACD Player Jacob Heilbrunn listens to the latest from TEAC’s high-end division. |
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| 112 - Channel
Islands Audio D-200 Monoblock Amplifier Class D amps are all the rage. Chris Martens listens to another offering inthis rapidly growing field. |
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| 118 - Krell SACD
Standard CD/SACD Player Fred Kaplan explains how one player changed a critic’s mind about the SACD format. |
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| The Cutting Edge | ||||||||||
| 130 - HP’s
Workshop Memoirs of the CES: What happened in Las Vegas doesn’t stay in Las Vegas—this time around. |
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| Colums | ||||||||||
| 12 - From The Editor | ||||||||||
| Music | ||||||||||
| 136 - Recording of the Issue - Mogwai’s Mr. Beast | ||||||||||
| 118 - Rock Etc. Reviews of 11 new CDs, including the latest from the Flaming Lips, Drive-By Truckers, Cat Power, Loose Fur, Rosanne Cash, Sarah Harmer, Tom Zé, and Swearing at Motorists. Plus, a round-up of recent Pure Pleasure and Analogue Productions audiophile blues LPs. |
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| 151 - Classical Shostakovich’s Cello Concerto No. 1 with Han-Na Chang, Shostakovich’s Piano Trios Nos. 1 and 2 with Beaux Arts Trio, Handel’s Delirio with Natalie Desay, and five more new CDs critiqued. Also, four Mozart SACDs with which to celebrate the composer’s 250th birthday. |
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| 161 - Jazz The scoop on the latest from Manu Katche, Ken Hatfield, Paul Motian, and Quinsin Nachoff, plus four Nina Simone reissues and Monster Cable’s Vince Guaraldi set. |
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| Viewpoint | ||||||||||
| 6 - Letters | ||||||||||
| 134 - Manufacturer Comments | ||||||||||
| Finale | ||||||||||
| 160 - TAS Retrospective: Harman Kardon Citation 16 Power Amplifier Sue Kraft goes shopping on eBay. |
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