Editor’s Note: Rather than place cables in the usual “Recommended Components” classes, we’ve just listed those cables that members of the magazine’s review team either have chosen to use on a long-term basis or have found to offer good value for money. They are therefore implicitly r...
The Transparent One Encore is an active speaker system in which all electronics are housed in one of its two MDF speaker enclosures. Each speaker has a 1" aluminum-dome tweeter, a 5.25" aluminum-dome woofer, and a rear-firing 5.25" passive radiator, while a four-channel class-D amp provi...
I'm going to say speaker cables were first, mid to late 80s. Long before that. The first I'm aware of was Bob Fulton back in the early '70s. Matt Polk was not far behind. By the time I moved to Utah in '77, Kimber was already out there doing dishonest demos. "The only w...
He had an idea for a new feature in which, instead of recommending audio components, which we had been doing since the first edition of Recommended Components in 1963, we should do the same for music. "Rather than a selection of all-time (or year's) best recorded performances—which are...
Stereophile covers everything high-end and audiophile audio. Turntables and music servers, to solid-state and tube amplifiers and preamps, to loudspeakers.
with replacement suggested after 5000–8000 hours. The battery is claimed to last five to 10 years, though replacing it after five years is recommended for the best sound quality. Following the failure of the first two samples of the P1 and the first sample of the V1 on the test bench,...
with replacement suggested after 5000–8000 hours. The battery is claimed to last five to 10 years, though replacing it after five years is recommended for the best sound quality. Following the failure of the first two samples of the P1 and the first sample of the V1 on the test bench,...
Stereophile's Recommended Components list is concerned mainly with products available in the US through hi-fi retail outlets. Companies that sell only through dealers must have well-established dealer networks. Products sold online also qualify, but companies that sell only online must demonstrate the...
Browsing through the current Stereophile Recommended Components list, I only found one other manufacturer that utilizes an animal moniker. The imagery summoned by the use of the mythical treasure-guarding Gryphon seems appropriate; a hybrid creature combining features of the eagle and the lion, ...