Stereophile Staff

Recommended Components: 2019 Fall Edition
Recommended Components
Stereophile Staff  |  Sep 19, 2019  |  32 comments
Products listed here have been formally reviewed in Stereophile, and we have determined them to be among the finest available in each of four or five quality classes. Whether a component is listed in Class A or Class D (or E), we consider it to be a genuinely recommendable product.

Each listing, in alphabetical order within classes, is followed by a brief description of its performance characteristics and a note indicating the issue of Stereophile in which its review, and in some cases its Follow-Up reports, have appeared—ie, "Vol.41 No.6" indicates our June 2018 issue. And so forth.

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Dealer Event: Customer Appreciation in Newport Beach, California
News
Stereophile Staff  |  Sep 10, 2019  |  First Published: Aug 27, 2019  |  1 comments
Saturday September 14th from 6 pm–10 pm, Excel Audio in Newport Beach, California, will be hosting its second annual Customer Appreciation night. In attendance will be representatives from Wilson Audio, D’Agostino, Luxman, Clearaudio, and Impex Records.
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Stenheim and CH Precision at Sound by Singer in Manhattan
News
Stereophile Staff  |  Sep 04, 2019  |  4 comments
Thursday, September 19, 2019, 6-10pm Sound by Singer (242 W. 27th St., second floor, New York, NY 10001) will host a special two-part program featuring CH Precision, Stenheim, and Stereophile's Michael Fremer.
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Dealer Event: Gryphon Audio in West Hollywood, CA
News
Stereophile Staff  |  Aug 28, 2019  |  0 comments
On Thursday, August 29 from 6pm to 9pm, Joseph Cali will celebrate the opening of his dedicated Gryphon Audio Designs showroom located within Audio Video Interiors M66 at 8687 Melrose Avenue, Studio 66, West Hollywood, CA 90069.
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MoFi, Isotek Event in Falls Church, Virginia
News
Stereophile Staff  |  Aug 19, 2019  |  0 comments
On Saturday, August 24th, Command Performance AV will be hosting an open house event in collaboration with MoFi Distribution. Also in attendance will be IsoTek's "headmaster," Keith Martin, visiting from the U.K.
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The 2019-2020 EISA Hi-Fi Expert Group Citations
EISA AwardsNews
Stereophile Staff  |  Aug 14, 2019  |  0 comments
Every year, the Expert Imaging and Sound Association hands out awards for the best products in each of 19 hi-fi categories, as determined by a panel of judges from the world's leading hi-fi magazines.

Notice the word "world"—for, EISA, one a European organisation, has gone global, with members from Japan, Hong Kong, Australia—and the United States, where Stereophile is the only member of EISA's Hi-Fi Expert group. (Stereophile's partner publications, Shutterbug and Sound & Vision, are also EISA members—in the Photography and A/V categories, respectively.)

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Woodstock 50th Anniversary "Peace of Stage" and 5 Vinyl LP Back To The Garden Sweepstakes
Sweepstakes
Stereophile Staff  |  Aug 12, 2019  |  87 comments
Register to win one of five actual pieces of the original 1969 Woodstock stage (Value $99.00 ea) or a Back To The Garden - 50th Anniversary Collection 5 Vinyl LP set (Value $124.98) we are giving away.

According to the companies:

"Peace Pendant: Always have a piece of Woodstock magic around your neck and close to your heart, with this Peace Pendant, that is encased with a piece of the original and authenticated stage from the 1969 Woodstock Festival.

Acrylic Frame: Ideal for display and connecting with the festival magic, this touchable piece of the original 1969 Woodstock stage is surrounded by rainbow colors with the concert dates and location, Peace of Stage logo, and a tamper-proof hologram certifying its authenticity.

Woodstock 50 – Back To The Garden - 50th Anniversary Collection features 42 of the finest performances recorded at the legendary festival, on 5 vinyl LPs."

[This Sweepstakes is now closed.]

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Dealer Event: Gryphon Audio in Reno, NV
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Stereophile Staff  |  Aug 02, 2019  |  2 comments
Friday and Saturday, August 2 and 3, mark the opening of the Mountrose Music showroom, 7589 South Virginia Street, Suites A and B, in Reno, Nevada, and they are marking the occasion with demonstrations of two complete, end-to-end Gryphon Audio systems, including Gryphon loudspeakers, electronics, source components, and cables.
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AudioQuest DragonFly Cobalt Portable USB DAC Sweepstakes
Sweepstakes
Stereophile Staff  |  Jul 08, 2019  |  491 comments
Register to win an AudioQuest DragonFly Cobalt Portable USB DAC (Total value $299.95) we are giving away.

According to the company:

"Now comes DragonFly Cobalt—AudioQuest's new flagship DAC. Cobalt takes what music lovers around the world have come to expect from the multi-award-winning DragonFly family—naturally beautiful, seductive sound—and strips away fuzz and fog that weren't even noticeable until Cobalt removed them."

[This Sweepstakes is now closed]

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D'Agostino Relentless Monoblocks in Marin County, California
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Stereophile Staff  |  Jul 04, 2019  |  4 comments
Thursday, July 18th from 4 - 7 PM at our showroom located at 647 Francisco Blvd. E., AVI Marin of San Rafael, California, will hold an intimate listening event with Dan D’Agostino’s Relentless monoblock amplifiers.
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