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Out Now: the First Issue of the Summer

Stereophile Staff Jun 11, 2016

Our July issue hits newsstands and mailboxes this weekend. Jason Victor Serinus kicks things off by asking whether CES will remain a major show for high-end audio, but occupying pride of place on the cover is Zu Audio's Soul Supreme speaker. A big paper-cone driver (with a whizzer cone) operated full-rangewe all know that can't work, right. But Herb Reichert and John Atkinson found their preconceptions blown away by the sound.

T.H.E. Show Newport 2016

The Remarkable Triumph of T.H.E. Show

Jason Victor Serinus Jun 10, 2016

Standing by the hotel check-in counter, next to T.H.E. Show's registration table, Marine was in overdrive to ensure everything was going smoothly

T.H.E. Show Newport 2016

T.H.E. Show Newport: Sasha's Wrap

Sasha Matson Jun 10, 2016

The stars were out, and it was a dark night

T.H.E. Show Newport 2016

Into T.H.E. Show's Home Stretch

Jason Victor Serinus Jun 10, 2016

Brooks Berdan Ltd. of Monrovia, CA eschewed the big stuff, and displayed, in two different rooms, "realistically priced Hi Fi Music Systems"

Robert Baird

Dylan Sings! Take Two

Robert Baird Jun 10, 2016

Sinatra Again?

Interviews Music and Recording Features

Colin Stetson: Sorrow & Górecki

Robert Baird Jun 10, 2016

Eine kleine Nachtmusik it ain't. And yet, in 1992, lightning struck, tectonic plates shifted, and the third symphony of Polish composer Henryk Mikolaj Górecki (19332010) became a bona-fide hit. Defying both skeptics and logic, a recording of this decidedly sepia-toned work, subtitled The Symphony of Sorrowful Songs, by the London Sinfonietta conducted by American maestro David Zinman, and featuring soprano soloist Dawn Upshaw, eventually sold over a million copies, making it the largest-selling recording of modern classical music ever.

T.H.E. Show Newport 2016

JA's Day at T.H.E. Show 2016

John Atkinson Jun 10, 2016

My beat at T.H.E. Show 2016 was the ground floor. En route to the audio exhibits, I was stopped dead in my tracks by this beautiful black Bugatti. No information on this particular car was available, but I assumed it was part of the display of tasty automobiles in the Hotel Irvine's lobby and outdoors pavilion, put on by Reus Car Audio Design, Whitledge Design, Wyred 4 Sound, Magnum Automotive Design, and The Source Audio Video Design Group. Pride of place in the car exhibit was Sony's Hi-Res Audio demo vehicle, which had been shown off two days earlier at the Capitol Studios event in Hollywood.

T.H.E. Show Newport 2016

Nearing the End of T.H.E. Show

Jason Victor Serinus Jun 10, 2016

At one point, an attendee approached me in the hallway and said, "Is it just me, or are a lot of these rooms bright?"

T.H.E. Show Newport 2016

More from T.H.E. Show: Sasha Matson's Day Three (Part One)

Sasha Matson Jun 09, 2016

There's more than one way to skin a cata profusion of ways to hook together audio components in the high-end world of todayand my hunch is that the number of dedicated cabling companies has increased within the past decade, and now exceeds that of any other audio-hardware category.

Solid State Power Amp Reviews Solid State Preamp Reviews

Naim NAC 62 preamplifier & NAP 140 power amplifier

Robert Harley Jun 09, 2016

Back in 1970, one Julian Vereker decided to record some musician friends in his house in Salisbury, England. Using standard, off-the-shelf electronics and tape machines, he was startled at how dissimilar the recording was to the sound of live instruments. As a result, he started designing his own recording electronics, including a recording console, of which he sold several to local broadcast facilities.