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9 Steve Hoffman Selects: Fresh McIntosh Gear — The MC275

15 Get Off The Couch: Colleen Cardas Gives Us Sailing Lessons

20 The Vinyl Anachronist: Marc Phillips Why Bad Things Happen to Good Components

25 Old School: A Legendary Workhorse The Audible Illusions Modulus 2 Preamplifier

27 Jazz Pianist Darrell Grant talks about his inspiration with Norwood Brown

82 Bill Conrad and Lew Johnson’s Magic Bus: The Conrad-Johnson ART3

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6. NEW CONTRIBUTORS

7. PUBLISHER’S LETTER

8. TONE TOON — Liza Donnelly

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34. Classical Music A to Z — Dan Babineau

42. KISSology and My Generation — Christina Kratzman

46. Club Mix: Does Music Repeat Itself Like History? — Scott Tetzlaff

50. Tone On Tour: Jeff and Steve Meet and Greet

53. Blues You Can Use — Irv Gross

57. Video Killed The Radio Star: The State of Music Video Television — Joe Golfen

63. Six Head-banging Favorites — Jerold O’Brien

67. Book Report: This Is Your Brain On Music

69. Current Classics: Three Modern Sonatas and Bach’s Works for Trumpet? — Dan Babineau

72. From the UK to the US — Nicole Rice

77. Audiophile Pressings: The Japanese Experience from Eastwind Import — Jeff Dorgay

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187. DeVore Fidelity Gibbon Super 8 Speakers

192. AV123 Strata Mini Speakers

198. Penaudio Charisma Speakers

103. Sehring S704 SE Speakers

109. The Harbeth HL-P3ES-2 Classic British Monitors, Reinvented — Joe Nino-Hernes

114. The Aurum Acoustics CDP System Integration at Its Finest

120. Peak Consult Princess Floorstander 127. HEADPHOnE PLAnET: The Meier Corda Opera Amp and The Cardas Headphone Cable

133. SHORT TAKES: Tubes.Tubes.Tubes.

138. SLUMMIn’ Audio on the Cheap!

140. Where to Find What You’ve Seen In TOnE

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