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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 168, January 2007 table of contents and editorial.
January 2007
| Cover Story |
| HP's Workshop: Hansen Audio's The King V.2 Loudspeaker System, plus an interview with designer Lars Hansen |
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2006 Product of the Year Awards |
| Equipment Reports |
| Absolute Analog: Marantz TT-15S Turntable Robert E. Greene reports. |
| Cayin Audio A-88T
Tube Integrated Amplifier and SCD-50T SACD Player Paul Seydor takes a trip down memory lane. |
| Parasound Halo A21
Stereo Amplifier Jonathan Valin on a terrific and affordable amp. |
| ProAc Studio 140
Loudspeaker Neil Gader on a small British speaker. |
| Legenburg Hermes S
Interconnect and Loudspeaker Cables Neil Gader reports. |
| VTL IT-85 Integrated
Amplifier Jacob Heilbrunn on a sweet little integrated. |
| TacT 2.2 XP
Room-Correction System Anthony H. Cordesman on an innovative DSP. |
| MartinLogan Vista
Loudspeaker Dick Olsher makes his TAS debut. |
| Pathos Endorphin CD
Player Wayne Garcia listens to an Italian hybrid. |
| Bolzano Villetri
Torre 3005 Speaker and Vecchio Subwoofer Jacob Heilbrunn on an Italian omni. |
| Start Me Up: Oppo Digital DV-970HD Universal Disc Player Usher V-601 and V-604 Loudspeakers Chris Martens and Barry Willis. |
| Mainstream
Multichannel Definitive Pro Cinema 1000 Loudspeakers Chris Martens. |
| Music |
| Basic Repertoire:
Hard Bop Bill Milkowski. |
| Recording of the Issue - Mark Feldman: What Exit. |
| Rock Etc Reviews of the latest albums by Tom Waits, John Legend, Robert Randolph, The Who, David Grisman, and Kasey Chambers. Plus, compelling Lucinda Williams, Johnny Cash, and Tony Joe White reissues. And, the lowdown on 2006's best box sets. |
| Classical Coverage of new discs from Frnak Peter Zimmerman, Paul McCartney, Renée Fleming, and Danny Elman, as well as operas by Rossini and Wagner. Plus, a Beethoven SACD box and single-disc Mahler and Beethoven SACDs. |
| Jazz The scoop on the newest discs from Bill Frisell, John Patitucci, Omer Avital, and Ray Charles, plus an SACD from Stu Goldberg and an audiophile LP by Wes Montgomery. |
| Finale |
| The TAS Back Page: 11 Questions for Bob Stuart of Meridian Audio Neil Gader. |
| In
the Next issue: Quad 2805 loudspeaker London Reference phono cartridge Levinson No436 monoblock amps Avid Acutus Reference turntable And More! |
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