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The Ear's Best

January/February 2010  •  Audio Files  •  By Brent Butterworth

The Ear's Best

Brent Butterworth culls the most outstanding audio gear of 2009

October 2009  •  Audio Files  •  By Brent Butterworth

New Spins on the Old CD

Nearly three decades after their birth, CD players are still evolving.

August/September 2009  •  Audio Files  •  By Brent Butterworth

Power Trios: Sweet Speakers, A Solid Amp and a Smooth CD Player Are All You Need For Great Stereo Sound

Flip through a few magazines from the 1970s, and you might conclude that men were judged by the size of their stereos. Indeed, a towering rack (or two) of stereo gear once seemed as mission-critical as bushy sideburns and a Qiana shirt. While abundant facial...

The Sidemen of the System

May 2009  •  Audio Files  •  By Brent Butterworth

The Sidemen of the System

Quick—name three jazz artists. Who’d you pick? Bird? Miles? Hub? It’s a pretty safe bet you didn’t pick Jimmy Cobb or Paul Chambers. Great as they are, they’re best known as sidemen. They seldom get the recognition that the hotshot saxophonists and trumpeters...

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Following the Heard: The Best New Audio Products Of 2008

The audio business works on a different model than other electronics...

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December 2008  •  Audio Files

Alms for the Audiophile

Picture it: You’re spending a chilly December evening at home...

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November 2008  •  Audio Files

Look, Listen, Learn: Must-Have Gadgets Abound at 2008 CEDIA Expo

Imagine a fantastic, outsized home-entertainment toy store, although...

October 2008  •  Audio Files

Jon Faddis: Searching for Sonic Truth

Faddis' audio equipment has evolved alongside his music

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September 2008  •  Audio Files

Gearing Up, Getting Down: New Toys for the Changing Seasons

Fall is the time for regrouping, for preparing to hunker down...

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August 2008  •  Audio Files

How Great Speakers Work: Why We Hear What We Hear

Speakers are boxes or panels, among other things, designed to...

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June 2008  •  Audio Files

Perfect Sound for the Time Being: Behind the Compact Disc’s Sonic Ascent

Sony and Philips painted themselves into a digital corner when...

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May 2008  •  Audio Files

Watch the Changes

Big-screen television sets were once almost exclusively the property...

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April 2008  •  Audio Files

Viva Las Vegas

Among the 1.85 million square feet of exhibit space at the 2008...

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March 2008  •  Audio Files

All Systems Go

Bird and Diz. Metheny and Mehldau. Bix and Tram. Miles and his...

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