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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 158, January 2006 table of contents and editorial.
January 2006
| Equipment Reports | ||||||||||
| 108 - Cover Story Krell Evolution Two Preamp and One Amplifier Anthony H. Cordesman listens to Krell's statement gear - starting at a cool $90k. |
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| 48 - Rocky Mountain
High (End) Jonathan Valin, Chris Martens, and Robert Harley report on North America's premier high-end audio event. |
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| 20 - Mainstream
Multichannel KEF KHT6000 ACE 5.1-Channel Speaker System Chris Martens checks out a neutral multichannel music system from England's KEF. |
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| 24 - Absolute Analog Jim Hannon reviews two turntables - Music Hall's MMF 2.1LE and Thorens' TD 190-1 - and the affordable Bellari VP129 tube phono preamp. |
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| 70 - Monitor Audio
Silver RS8 Loudspeaker Monitor Audio updates its Silver Series. Chris Martens and Sallie Reynolds listen to the flagship RS8, with a CM sidebar on the RS6. |
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| 75 - Cyrus 8vs
Integrated Amplifier, CD 8x Player, and PSX-R Power Supply Three new items from Cyrus deliver good things in small packages, says Jim Hannon. |
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| 82 - NuForce
Reference 9 Monoblock Power Amplifier A report by Chris Martens on what may be a new benchmark in affordable excellence. |
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| 88 - McIntosh MC275
Series IV Stereo Amplifier and Quad II Classic Monoblock Amplifier Vintage retro-classics from McIntosh and Quad, by Paul Seydor. |
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| 95 - TacT Audio RCS
2.2X Robert E. Greene goes about getting the bass right with the TacT corner-woofer system. |
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| 101 - Focus Audio FS
78SE Loudspeaker Neil Gader on a classic small monitor reinvented for a 10th anniversary. |
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| 104 - 2nd Rethm
Loudspeaker Mr. Greene again, this time on one company’s new way with a very old driver technology. |
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| The Cutting Edge | ||||||||||
| 118 - Music-Minded
Controllers, Part 2: Theta Casablanca III and Six Shooter In his quest for musical multichannel controllers, Alan Taffel checks out the latest from Theta Digital. |
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| 127 - HP’s
Workshop Music, music, music (and a few surprises for the reviewer). Updating the Super Disc List; Super Discs Redux, and two more surprises. |
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| Columns | ||||||||||
| 12 - From The Editor | ||||||||||
| 14 - Industry News | ||||||||||
| 16 - Future TAS: New Products on Horizon | ||||||||||
| 32 - Next-Generation
High-Resolution Digital Formats Two new disc formats may finally deliver high-res digital audio - and end the CD, SACD, and DVD-Audio debate. Robert Harley reports. |
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| 38 - The Quest for
Great Sound on a $2000 Budget One audiophile's comparative shopping experience, by Barry Willis. |
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| Music | ||||||||||
| 138 - Recording of the Issue - Brad Mehldau: Day Is Done | ||||||||||
| 138 - Jazz Derek Bailey's Carpal Tunnel, Herbie Hancock's Possibilities, Marty Ehrlich's News on the Rail, plus a pair of new Tommy Dorsey sets, a Dylan van der Schyff SACD, and two new Acoustic Sounds 45rpm LPs. |
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| 148 - Rock Etc. 2005's Best Rock and Pop Box Sets, plus 16 more CDs and LPs reviewed, including the latest from Wilco, Fiona Apple, Richard Hawley, Franz Ferdinand, Bonnie Raitt, Wynnona, Ali Farka Toure, Tim O'Brien, Atmosphere, And Silver Jews. |
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| 181 - Classical EMI's big-budget Triastan und Isolde, Renée Fleming's Sacred Songs, two projects from Giden Kremer, Roger Waters' Ça Ira SACD, and the full scoop on four other new CDs. |
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| Viewpoints | ||||||||||
| 8 - Letters | ||||||||||
| 125 - Manufacturer Comments | ||||||||||
| Finale | ||||||||||
| 189 - Classifieds | ||||||||||
| 190 - Where To Buy The Absolute Sound | ||||||||||
| 191 - Ad Index | ||||||||||
| 192 - TAS Back Page Audiophiles Anonymous, by Wayne Garcia. |
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