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Letters

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