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  • The most important component in your listening room isโ€ฆ

    Hints: It isnโ€™t your speakers. And it isnโ€™t your source. As a child, you probably played the game โ€œTelephoneโ€ or โ€œChinese Whispersโ€. Itโ€™s a simple game where each kid in a line or circle whispers a message into the next kidโ€™s ear with the goal that the message remain intact all the way to the…

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  • Our Review of the Rotel A12MKII Integrated Amplifier-DAC

    Short on time? Click here for our quick-access grid summary of the Rotel A12MKII As we delve into the world of the Rotel A12MKII, we find ourselves examining not just an electronic device, but a carefully constructed instrument designed to bring out the best in your music collection. Whether itโ€™s the intricate layers of a…

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  • Diving into Disco, Part 6 โ€” Psychedelics and Funkydelics

    By 1967, the Motor City is still monopolizing the music charts and airwaves, cruising full speed ahead, rivaled only by Britain’s Fab Four. But thereโ€™s turbulence and static on the horizon stemming from a strong current blowing from the West Coast, along with inner tensions within Hitsville U.S.A., a.k.a. Motown Records.These combined factors would eventually…

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  • “No, I have the best system in the world!” #2: The Personal Triumph of Audio Perfection

    I know, the best system in the world is in the ear of the beholder. So howโ€™s this: What I have is a system thatโ€™s best-ish, in that it has tamed the upgrade beast in me and made me very happy.

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  • Denafrips Pontus II DACโ€”why I bought it and kept it

    During the pandemic, like many music lovers between the ages of 7 and 77 who searched for new ways to entertain themselves at home, I bought a turntable. In the process, I succumbed to its musical charms […]

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