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Every month Stereophile magazine offers authoritative reviews, informed recommendations, helpful advice, and controversial opinions, all stemming from the revolutionary idea that audio components should be judged on how they reproduce music.

The skating force phenomenon

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LETTERS • FEEDBACK TO THE EDITOR

CALENDAR OF INDUSTRY EVENTS

INDUSTRY UPDATE • AUDIO NEWS & VIEWS

Who’s the next 007?

Umami tunes

Hi-fi near and far

T+A Symphonia • STREAMING INTEGRATED AMPLIFIER

MEASUREMENTS

Dynaudio Contour 20 Black Edition • LOUDSPEAKER

MEASUREMENTS

McIntosh DS200 • STREAMING D/A PROCESSOR

MEASUREMENTS

System Audio Legend 40.2 Silverback DS • WIRELESS STREAMING LOUDSPEAKER SYSTEM

MEASUREMENTS

HiFi Rose RA280 • INTEGRATED AMPLIFIER

MEASUREMENTS

EAT F-Dur • TURNTABLE WITH EAT F-NOTE TONEARM

MEASUREMENTS

15 FOR 50 1975 IN 15 RECORDS • WAS IT SOMETHING IN THE AIR, SOMETHING IN THE WATER? COSMICALLY INSPIRED BY THE STARS AND THE MOON? OR MAYBE THE DEVIL WAS FINALLY CLAIMING HIS OWN AS ROCK MUSIC IN ALL ITS VARIANTS WAS UNASSAILABLY ASCENDENT.

Doing it for themselves—and for us

The BEAT Goes On

The Meters

ECM’s vinyl essence

Monk’s tenor

RECORD REVIEWS

EISA 2025-26 HI-FI PRODUCTS OF THE YEAR • THE BEST SOUND, MOST ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY AND DESIRABLE FEATURES, THE ULTIMATE EXPRESSION OF DESIGN AND, OF COURSE, THE GREATEST VALUE FOR MONEY. EVERY YEAR THE EISA AWARDS APPLAUD THOSE PRODUCTS THAT STAND ABOVE THE REST. READ ON…

Half a century in hi-fi

In defense of sticker shock