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Fifty Years of The Absolute Sound
SOTA Quasar Turntable
MoFi SourcePoint 8 Loudspeaker
Nordost QBASE Mark III AC Distribution Unit
The Absolute Sound's YouTube Channel
The 2023 AXPONA Show • ROBERT HARLEY, ANDRE JENNINGS, ALAN TAFFEL, AND JONATHAN VALIN REPORT FROM NORTH AMERICA'S PREMIER HI-FI SHOW!
ROBERT HARLEY'S BEST OF SHOW
SHOW REPORT
ANDRE JENNINGS' BEST OF SHOW
ALAN TAFFEL'S BEST OF SHOW
JV'S BEST OF SHOW
EAT C-Dur Turntable • Easy A(nalog)
Ortofon MC Verismo • Convincing, Composed, and Consistent
Pro-Ject T1 Phono SB Turntable • A Starter System with Class
Half a Century of the absolute sound • We celebrate 50 years of The Absolute Sound with this special section looking back on our first five decades.
Editorial
TAS & ME Anthony H. Cordesman
TAS & ME Neil Gader
TAS & ME Michael Fremer
TAS & ME Robert E. Greene
TAS & ME Wayne Garcia
TAS & ME Robert Harley
TAS & ME Tom Martin
TAS & ME Dick Olsher
TAS & ME Andrew Quint
TAS & ME Paul Seydor
TAS & ME Steven Stone
TAS & ME Jonathan Valin
Components in Review The MAGNEPLANAR
Cabasse Murano Alto Loudspeaker • Squaring the Circle
Chord Electronics Ultima Pre 3 Preamplifier and Ultima 5 Power Amplifier • Solid-State Warmth from the UK
Krell KSA-i400 Stereo Power Amplifier • Monster from the Id
Krell KSA-i400 Stereo Power Amplifier Equipment Report
Wireworld Platinum Series 8 Digital Cables • In Search of Neutrality
Wireworld Founder and President David Salz Explains Cable Bypass Testing and Directionality in Data Cables
What's New? • Acoustic Signature Invictus Neo Turntable and TA-9000 Neo Tonearm
Gunther Frohnhőfer Explains What's New in the Invictus Neo Turntable/TA-9000 Neo Tonearm
Setting Up the Invictus Neo and TA-9000 Neo
Three Notable Accessories
Specs & Pricing
Manufacturer Comments
A Legacy Reimagined • U2 Strip Away Artifice on Songs of Surrender
The Remarkable Carmell Jones • Chatting with Joe Harley About a Cool-Toned Trumpeter
Bucking Tradition • Ten Acoustic Guitar Albums from the Past Ten Years
MUSIC ROCKETC
MUSIC JAZZ
MUSIC JAZZ
MUSIC CLASSICAL
Reminiscing About The Absolute Sound with Frank Doris