features

features
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Old School: Marc Recalls the
19
Blue Man Group: Still Drumming
35
The Vinyl Anachronist
Celestion SL 600 Loudspeakers
Budget Gear: Much More
Than iPod Speakers: The Amazing
B&W Zeppelin
After 20 Years and What It Takes To Be
A Blue Man
A Journey With LFD
(on the cover)
7. NEW C O NTRIBU TORS
8. P UB L I SH ER’S LETTER
9. T O NE T OON
By Liza Donnelly
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VSAC 2008: The Tube Show Returns
43
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Carlos Santana All That He Is
98
Music Matters Event The High End
With Live Music by Jacqui Naylor,
Jonny B. Connolly and John Standefer
by Ben Fong-Torres
MusicGiants Rocks The
CES Show with Live Music
The Computer Audiophile:
Introducing Chris Connaker and the
Audioengine 2 Speakers
Revealed at Difinative Audio in Seattle
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music
25. On The New Music Front:
50
Fresh Releases in Pop/Rock World
By Jeff Dorgay, Marc Phillips and
Terry Currier
32. Live Music:
An Evening With Mingus Big Band
In New York By Tom Caselli
50. Club Mix: Looking Backwards and
Forwards By Scott Tetzlaff
57. Marc’s Movie Madness: Killing Bill
and a Round With Black Belt Jones
By Marc Phillips
61. Missed Music From 2007
By Joe Golfen
67.
Desi On Jazz
A Quick Overview of Sonny Rollins
By Desi Day
71.
Audiophile Recordings In Three Parts:
New Music from Mobile Fidelity, Classic
Records and Naim Records. Blue Note
Remasters and New Vinyl from Straight
Ahead Records
81.
Classical Music A to Z:
Sonic Blockbusters - Respighi,
Rimsky-Korsakov and Rossini
By Dan Babineau
90. Current Classics: Russian Opera,
Piano Concertos and a Red Violin
By Dan Babineau
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reviews
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101.
Avalon Ascendants The First
U.S. Avalon Review in Four Years
Comes to TONEAudio
108.
Red Wave Power Cords
From DH Labs
112.
Vinnie Rossi Talks About Red
Wine Audio and a Review of the
30.2 Signature Amplifier
120.
The New McIntosh C2300
Infinite Possibilities
128.
Stunning Beauty and Sound
The KEF 203/2 Loudspeakers
134.
The Revolutionary Wadia 170
A Brief Encounter
137.
NAGRA’s Compact Powerhouse
The PL-L Preamplifier
143.
The Maestro and Conductor
Cables From Audience
147.
Two Great CD Players From REGA
The Apollo and Saturn
153.
Slummin’ Audio on the Cheap!
155.
Where to Find What You’ve
Seen In TONE
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