Articles & Reviews in This Issue
8 Letters
122 Manufacturers Comments
15
From The Editor (click here for article)
16 Industry News
20 Future TAS
28 Mainstream Multichannel
Barry Willis on the Rotel RMB-1077seven-channel amp.
Basic Repertoire
40 Andy Downing on Ambient music.
Music
127 Recording of the Issue
Maslanka: Garden of Dreams
127 Classical
Coverage of the new Mendelssohn collection by Janine Jensen, Shostakovich’s The Golden Age,
Angelika Kirschshlager’s Handel Arias, Anna Netrebko’s Russian Album, eighth blackbird’s strange imaginary
animals, and four SACDs, including Chesky’s Urban Concertos and HK
Gruber’s Rough Music.
136 Rock Etc.
Reviews of the latest CDs and LPs from Lucinda Williams, Rickie Lee Jones, Patty Griffin, The Silos, The
Early Years, Yoko Ono, Aereogramme, Dälek, The Clipse, Ghostface Killah, Of Montreal, PJ Harvey, a Brazilian
compilation, Alison Krauss, and the Drones.
152 Jazz
The scoop on the newest discs from Matt Wilson, Tin Hat, Dan Willis, Ximo
Tebar, Stefano Bollani, Jan Lundgren, and Sylvain Luc.
160 TAS Back Page
12 Questions for Paul Barton of PSB Speakers, by Neil Gader.