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Adele’s tearful Vegas cancellation sparked backlash not just for its timing, but for symbolizing spectacle over soul—an irony, given her voice alone could’ve carried a show that ticket holders paid thousands to witness.
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Montreal dealer Christian Vézina of Planète Haute-Fidélité delivers PMA’s first certified $10K system: Martin Logan XT i60 speakers, Exposure 3510 amp, and an Innuos ZENmini streamer punch far above their price, with upgrade paths mapped.
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Blue Note’s Classic Vinyl Reissue Series delivers high-quality 180-gram LPs mastered by Kevin Gray, offering pristine sound from iconic jazz albums like Horace Silver’s 6 Pieces of Silver and Art Blakey’s The Big Beat. Audiophile vinyl is back—but with modern care and legacy.
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Discovering Booker T. & the M.G.’s McLemore Avenue as a Beatles-ignorant 12-year-old, Wayne E. Goins recalls how the soul-streaked tribute became a personal classic—long before he realized it echoed Abbey Road note for note.
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Lyle Mays, the introspective sonic architect of the Pat Metheny Group, gets a fitting farewell in Eberhard—a sweeping, posthumous masterwork co-produced with his niece, Aubrey Johnson, whose voice helps carry Mays’s final vision home.
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After decades of lo-fi compromises, improved gear and high-res streaming from Tidal to Qobuz signal a turning point—finally letting listeners hear the full artistry behind recordings, not just a compressed shadow of it.
