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Audacious AudioFloor Loudspeaker Reviews G bel High End Divin Marquis loudspeaker John Atkinson Sep 17, 2020 5 comments Although it was founded by ex-Siemens loudspeaker engineer Oliver G bel in 2003, I am embarrassed to admit that I had never heard of G bel High End until I visited the room hosted by Florida retailer Bending Wave at the 2019 AXPONA. There, I listened to the German manufacturer's ginormous $220,000/pair Divin Noblesse loudspeakers, which were making their US debut. I was impressed by what I heard. I was interested, therefore, to learn that G bel was introducing a smaller Divin model, the Marquis, which would not be too large for my listening room and would be priced at $80,000/pair. Recording of the Month Recording of October 2020: Rough and Rowdy Ways Sasha Matson Sep 16, 2020 1 comments Bob Dylan: Rough and Rowdy WaysColumbia C-250652 194397980991 (2LP; also available on CD and as 24/96 FLAC download) Chris Shaw, eng.; Greg Calbi, mastering.Performance *****Sonics ****The stats alone are impressive or, as we at Stereophile like to say, the measurements. 79-year-old Bob Dylan's 39th studio album is his first album of original material since 2012. Rough and Rowdy Ways times out at more than 70 minutes of music, due in part to the inclusion of Dylan's lengthiest studio song to date, "Murder Most Foul," which runs 16 minutes, 54 seconds. The LP version requires 2 discs. His tour was supposed to be Never Ending but it did end, temporarily, because of COVID-19, just as Dylan and the band were set to play Japan. Continue Reading » As We See It Mikey Bats 302 John Atkinson Sep 15, 2020 1 comments Issue 54 of The Absolute Sound, cover-dated July/August 1988, had arrived in my mailbox. I had been warned that this issue contained a report from Stereophile's third hi-fi show, which had been held in Santa Monica the previous April. Although it wasn't listed in the issue's table of contents, I found the show report on page 186, written by Michael Fremer, who was listed on the magazine's masthead as "Senior Editor: Pop Mix." Continue Reading » Analog Corner Analog Corner #302: 25 Years and Counting Michael Fremer Sep 14, 2020 13 comments I was planning to ignore the big three oh oh my 300th Analog Corner column and go about my normal business of covering an assortment of new analog gear and accessories. There's an abundance of those today, 25 years after the publication of my first column. Back then, there was far less to write about: Vinyl was on life support and headed for the obsolete-music-format trash heap atop a pile of Elcasets and 8-track tapes. Continue Reading » Digital Processor ReviewsMiscellaneousPhono Preamp Reviews FollowUp RoundUp John Atkinson Sep 14, 2020 3 comments When Stereophile publishes followup reviews of various kinds in the print magazine, we add the followup as a "child page" to the full review. That means that they don't appear on the website's home page and might get missed. The October 2020 issue included three followups: of the Boulder 2108 phono preamplifier, the Weiss DAC502 D/A processor, and the IsoAcoustics Gaia loudspeaker isolation feet. Continue Reading » CD Player/Transport Reviews Bow Technologies ZZ-Eight CD player Michael Fremer Sep 10, 2020 First Published: Aug 01, 1998 18 comments "Something's coming, I don't know what it is, but it is gonna be great!" Tony, West Side StoryWhile the Sharks and the Jets rumble in the consumer electronics playground, knife-fighting for supremacy in the next software go-round, in 1998 we're still living in the 16-bit/44.1kHz audio world, and will be doing so for the foreseeable future. Maybe your idea of audio bliss is listening to the equivalent of computing with a Commodore 64, but it's not mine. Continue Reading » Reference Spectral X-Contamination: Problems in Op-Amp Chips Ben Duncan Sep 09, 2020 First Published: Jun 01, 2001 28 comments In high-end circles, the sonic repute of integrated-circuit op-amps (from "operational amplifier") is, at best, checkered. Of course, the expertise with which they are used and the parts they're used with can make all the difference. For example, my DIY preamplifier design, "AMP-02," published in Hi-Fi News & Record Review in 1989 90, and my earlier (1983 84) AMP-01 (footnote 1), I used the better IC op-amps of the time throughout. Both units were thought to outperform cost-no-object commercial units of the time that employed discrete transistors and even tubes, and only indicate what's possible. Continue Reading » CD Player/Transport Reviews Luxman D-105u CD player Guy Lemcoe Sep 08, 2020 First Published: Feb 01, 1991 2 comments The $1200 D-105u, the top of Luxman's CD-player line, is novel in its twin-triode vacuum-tube amplification in the analog output stage. This configuration is said to provide high linearity with low distortion and that hard-to-quantify musicality found in tubed products. In addition, the D-105u incorporates an anti-vibration laser pick-up mechanism and a high-mass magnetic disc clamper, the latter feature said to mass-load the disc center to minimize spindle-motor microvibration, thus improving tracking accuracy for lowest error rate.

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