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  • Wilson Audio Alexx V

    Wilson Audio Alexx V

    Why do the upper boxes on the Wilson Audio Alexx V move? The reel opens the door to its manually adjustable modules, driver design and setup.

  • Audio Research Reference 5 SE

    Audio Research Reference 5 SE

    The Audio Research Reference 5 SE brings capacitor and power-supply developments from the Reference Anniversary into an updated Reference 5 chassis, retaining a balanced valve line stage with…

  • Wireworld Platinum Starlight 7 HDMI

    Wireworld Platinum Starlight 7 HDMI

    The Wireworld Platinum Starlight 7 HDMI represents the upper tier of the manufacturer’s Series 7 lineup, featuring a distinct conductor architecture and material selection for high-bandwidth digital transmission.

  • Bowers & Wilkins HTM2D

    Bowers & Wilkins HTM2D

    The Bowers & Wilkins HTM2D puts the original 800 Series’ diamond tweeter and dedicated FST midrange into a three-way centre speaker, with two bass drivers and twin rear-facing…

Music

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  • Attila Zoller & Masahiko Sato — A Path Through Haze

    Attila Zoller & Masahiko Sato — A Path Through Haze

    Attila Zoller and Masahiko Sato move between quartet, trio and duo on A Path Through Haze, a Berlin recording released by MPS in 1972.

  • Tsuyoshi Yamamoto Trio — Misty

    Tsuyoshi Yamamoto Trio — Misty

    A Tokyo studio session by three regular musical partners, Misty brings Tsuyoshi Yamamoto’s piano together with Isoo Fukui’s bass and Tetsujiro Obara’s drums.

  • Gábor Szabó — The Sorcerer

    Gábor Szabó — The Sorcerer

    Two guitars, a Boston club and a programme that reaches from Cole Porter to Sonny Bono: The Sorcerer documents Gábor Szabó’s working quintet in 1967.

  • Sonny Rollins — Way Out West

    Sonny Rollins — Way Out West

    Tenor saxophone, bass and drums carry Sonny Rollins’s Way Out West: a 1957 Contemporary Records album whose cowboy imagery connects directly with its repertoire.