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Origin Live Sovereign-S Mk5 Turntable and Agile Tonearm • Quirky But Great Sounding
Metaxas & Sins Papillon Tape Deck • A New Standard in Source Components
JV Talks About the Papillon with Designer Kostas Metaxas
YG Acoustics Sonja 3.2 Loudspeaker • Musically Immersive
Berkeley Audio Design Alpha DAC Reference Series 3P and Alpha USB Reference Series USB Interface • Perfected, Indeed
Clock Phase Noise
Clarisys Audio Piccolo Loudspeaker • Speakers That Sing
Audience frontRow Reserve Speaker Cable • Fine Tuning
WILSON AUDIO SPECIALTIES WATT/PUPPY LOUDSPEAKER 50TH ANNIVERSARY EDITION
DAVID WILSON AND THE LEGACY OF THE WATT/PUPPY
Manufacturer Comments
Marston Records • Unique Label Preserves A Different Style of Music-Making
Kindred Spirits • The Live Adventures of Miles Davis and Santana
Return of the Bluesmen • Craft Recordings Revisits Three Essential Titles
MUSIC ROCK ETC
MUSIC JAZZ
MUSIC CLASSICAL
Q&A • Dan Meinwald EAR USA