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  Album review

  Bob Dylan: John Wesley Harding

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  Jeff Wilson

  | Jul 20, 2017

  The sessions for John Wesley Harding took place in Columbia’s Nashville recording studios, where most of Bob Dylan’s previous album, Blonde on Blonde, was also recorded. Bob Johnston was again the producer, and the core ...

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  Equipment report

  Crystal Cable Arabesque Minissimo Diamond Edition with Subissimo Subwoofer

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  Julie Mullins

  | Jul 19, 2017

  When high-end audio manufacturers delve into the so-called “lifestyle” category they must tread lightly to avoid giving the impression that they’re prioritizing good looks at the expense of great sound. Sure, there are many approaches ...

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  Blog

  Prog-Rock Is Dead, Long Live Prog-Rock

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  Greg Cahill

  | Jul 17, 2017

  Progressive rock has long been shunned by critics and ignored by radio. How is it, then, that the music continues to find new fans? “You can’t completely kill an art form,” Dave Weifel wrote in ...

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  Blog

  TAS Legacy: NAD 3020 Integrated Amplifier

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  Neil Gader

  | Jul 14, 2017

  The legendary NAD 3020 is one of the most successful integrated amplifiers ever marketed. The timing of its release played a key role in its success. When the NAD 3020 intro’d in London in 1978 ...

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  Album review

  Gavin Bryars: The Fifth Century

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  Andrew Quint

  | Jul 13, 2017

  The Fifth Century, a 42-minute work for choir and saxophone quartet by the English composer Gavin Bryars (b.1963), has been described as “music that makes eternity audible.” Bryars sets texts by the lesser-known 17th-century metaphysical ...

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  News

  The Sound Organisation Announces Immediate Shipping of Rega Ania MC cartridge and Fono MC phono preamp

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  TAS Staff

  | Jul 12, 2017

  The following is a press release issued by The Sound Organisation. July 12, 2017 - Rega Research and The Sound Organisation are pleased to announce the availability of the entry level Ania moving coil cartridge ...

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  Equipment report

  Stein Music Harmonizer System

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  Jonathan Valin

  | Jul 12, 2017

  Stein Music’s Harmonizer System is your classic black magic tweak. Though its inventor Holger Stein tried to explain how his small, shelf- or stand-mounted, black or white plastic boxes (labeled H2a and H2b) and wall-mounted ...

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  News

  Rotel Introduces Several New Stereo Components

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  TAS Staff

  | Jul 11, 2017

  The following is a press release issued by Rotel. North Reading, MA | June 28, 2017—For over half a century, Rotel has been manufacturing award winning hi-fi components that set new levels of audio performance ...

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  Equipment report

  Linear Tube Audio ZOTL40 Mk. II Power Amplifier

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  Dick Olsher

  | Jul 10, 2017

  Kudos to Linear Tube Audio’s Mark Schneider for continuing to market David Berning’s amplifier designs. Berning’s patented ZOTL circuit obviates the need for a conventional audio transformer to couple the tube output stage to the ...

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  Album review

  Cameron Graves: Planetary Prince

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  Jeff Wilson

  | Jul 07, 2017

  For a jazz album, Kamasi Washington’s The Epic drew an unusually wide audience after its release in 2015. The four musicians at the core of Planetary Prince—pianist and leader Cameron Graves, drummer Ronald Bruner Jr., ...

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