Bowers & Wilkins Stands Tall at Audio Advice Live 2026
At Audio Advice Live 2026, Ken Micallef speaks with Kevin Zarow about the gear in this room at the show, including Bowers & Wilkins' 801 D5 floorstanding loudspeakers.
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Steinway Lyngdorf Mounts Up at Audio Advice Live 2026
At Audio Advice Live 2026, Ken Micallef speaks with Lee Rambler of Steinway Lyngdorf about the company's new LCR-2 wall-mount loudspeaker.
Re-Tales #69: High-End Audio Hotspots
Audio Advice, the North Carolina–based hi-fi company, has been busy—and bullish. Recent acquisitions have brought its empire to seven stores. For years, Audio Advice has also hosted a hi-fi and home-theater show.
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Is This Year's "Gobsmacked" Next Year's "Ho-Hum"?
Jay Jay French, still Twisted today.
I bought my first real stereo setup—a Sony STR-6050 receiver, an Audio Research XA turntable, and a pair of KLH 6 speakers—in 1968. After that, I routinely changed my equipment, but it wasn't until 1982, when I started reading Stereophile and The Absolute Sound, that my pursuit of great sound began in earnest.
Playback Distribution Presents a Grand North American Vienna Acoustics Loudspeaker Debut at Audio Advice Live 2026
At Audio Advice Live 2026, Ken Micallef speaks with Rob Standley of Playback Distribution about the gear in this room at the show, including the North American debut of Vienna Acoustics' Schubert Grand Sonata loudspeakers.
Focal Attains Utopia at Audio Advice Live 2026
At Audio Advice Live 2026, Ken Micallef speaks with Chris Shaw of Focal and Naim about the gear in this room at the show, including the North American debut of Focal's Scala Utopia Evo M loudspeakers.
Intimate Machines
In this space in the September 2025 Stereophile—exactly a year ago—I wrote about bicycles. I was researching a bicycle purchase, and the more I read about bikes, the more parallels I saw between bikes and hi-fi, especially economic parallels between that industry and this one.
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Recording of September 2026: Miles Davis: Miles '56: The Prestige Recordings
Miles Davis: Miles '56: The Prestige Recordings
Miles Davis, trumpet; Sonny Rollins, John Coltrane, tenor saxophone; Tommy Flanagan, Red Garland, piano; Paul Chambers, bass; Art Taylor, Philly Joe Jones, drums
Craft 7274563/4, CR00693 (3 CDs, 4 LPs, 24/192 PCM files). 1956/2026.
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Miles Davis, trumpet; Sonny Rollins, John Coltrane, tenor saxophone; Tommy Flanagan, Red Garland, piano; Paul Chambers, bass; Art Taylor, Philly Joe Jones, drums
Craft 7274563/4, CR00693 (3 CDs, 4 LPs, 24/192 PCM files). 1956/2026.
Rega's Royal Analog Experience at Audio Advice Live 2026
At Audio Advice Live 2026, Ken Micallef speaks with Rick Williford of British distributor The Sound Organisation about the gear in this room at the show, including Rega's new Planar 6 RS turntable, Elex MK4 integrated amplifier, and Aya loudspeakers.
August 2026 Classical Record Reviews
Terry Riley: The Holy Liftoff, Claire Chase, flute; JACK Quartet; Dvorák: Symphony No.9, Simon: Four Black American Dances, Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra/Honeck; Trio Boccherini: Conversations à Trois: Cras, Ysaÿe & Françaix; Elgar, Dvorák: Cello Concertos, Alban Gerhardt, cello; WDR Symphony Orchestra/Manze.
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