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Marc Relives His
Sansui 8080 Days
Last Minute Gift Guide:
It’s Never Too Late To Surprise An
Audiophile
24 The Collector:
The Vinyl Anachronist:
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Tom Casseli Returns
With Some Island Hopping Advice
Face to
Face with Tonearm Manufacturer
Frank Schroder
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Henry Rollins Does Not
Disappoint Portland
Blue Note Reissues Dan Babineau
Gets the Scoop on Upcoming Remasters
for Acoustic Sounds
Now and Then With the
Reverend Al Green
by Ben Fong-Torres
7. NEW CONTRIBUTORS
8. PUBLISHE R’ S LE TTER
9. TONE TOON
By Liza Donnelly
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Ken Kessler Opens
Up His Wine Cellar with Four
Great Italians
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Becoming An Audiophile
Part One Kieren Downes offers
some insight to getting hooked
on hifi.
132 21st Century Sound
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Sonicweld
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31. Blues at the Crossroads:
Get a Taste of the Blues Masters
Festival in Salina, Kansas
(on the cover)
50. On The New Music Front:
Fresh Releases in Pop/Rock World
By Jeff Dorgay, Marc Phillips and
Terry Currier
62. Club Mix: A Musical Journey to
Vagoose By Scott Tetzlaff
76. Audiophile Recordings: Japanese
Recordings for MCA/Universal
available at Acoustic Sounds
By Jeff Dorgay
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Classical Music A to Z
Rachmaninoff the Romantic and
Ravel the Neo-classicist
By Dan Babineau
92. Blues You Can Use: New Music
from Tinsley Ellis, Joan Armatrading,
Debbie Davies and Gary Moore
By Irv Gross
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What’s On Tap? Running Springs Audio
Haley and Duke Power Conditioners
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MartinLogan Summit
The Panel That Takes No Prisoners
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ModWright-On! The Tone Staff Reviews
The ModWright SWP 9.0 SE
147.
Conrad-Johnson’s ET250
A Different Kind of Fun
153.
Sonics by Joachim Gerhard
Argenta Loudspeakers
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Musical Surroundings Supernova
Multiple Turntable Owners Rejoice
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Slummin’ Audio on the Cheap!
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