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Stereophile is a monthly publication dedicated to premium audio gear, including speakers and amplifiers, as well as the latest news in the audio world, like online streaming. It was established in 1962 by J. Gordon Holt.

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May 2025 Jazz Record Reviews

3 days ago | stereophile.com | Thomas Conrad |Andrey Henkin

Sylvie Courvoisier and Mary Halvorson: Bone BellsSylvie Courvoisier, piano; Mary Halvorson, guitarPyroclastic PR 40 0199006320662 (CD). 2025. Courvoisier, Halvorson, Ned Rothenberg, prods.; Ryan Streber, Owen Mulholland, Scott Hull, engs. Performance ****Sonics ****Pianist Sylvie Courvoisier and guitarist Mary Halvorson came to New York within four years of each other, on either side of the new millennium.
May 2025 Rock/Pop Record Reviews

3 days ago | stereophile.com | Robert Baird |Phil Brett |Ray Chelstowski

Peter Perrett: The CleansingDomino Records WIGLP543 (LP). 2024. Jamie Perrett, prod.; Barry Grint, eng. Performance ****½Sonics ****The Only Ones formed in 1976, at the dawn of the punk era. The South London quartet never quite fit in, being more Dylan and Velvet Underground than Damned or Pistols. After three good albums and a masterpiece of a single ("Another Girl, Another Planet"), the group split in 1982.
AXISS Audio Introduces the Accuphase E-3000 Integrated

4 days ago | stereophile.com | Jason Victor Serinus

AXISS Audio Introduces the Accuphase E-3000 Integrated In front of a passive hallway display in the lobby of the Renaissance Schaumburg Convention Center, Mark Henninger and I caught up with TJ Goldsby, AXISS Audio's vice president of sales and dealer relations, and Takaya Inokuma, senior management director, Accuphase Laboratory. Together, we chatted about the first showing of the brand-new, entry-level Accuphase E-3000 integrated amplifier ($8975).
The Sicks of Us and the Two of Them: Luxman and Marten Find Show-Stopping Symmetry

4 days ago | stereophile.com | Jason Victor Serinus

“It’s Luxman’s 100th Anniversary,” Stereophile Editor Jim Austin told me in passing. “You’ve got to hear how good the sound is in the Rhythm Distribution room that Luxman shares with Marten and Jorma.”In the Prosperity room—a nice aspirational name—I found beautiful timbres and open, spacious sound. A DSD file of the Shelly Manne Trio’s “The Sicks of Us” excelled in smoothness and refinement.
Four Systems, One Statement: Scott Walker Audio, Acora, and VAC Deliver With Gear by VPI, Aurender, SonoruS

4 days ago | stereophile.com | Ken Micallef

The Palm Ballroom and adjacent rooms hosted systems from Acora Acoustics, Scott Walker Audio, and VAC—an ambitious collaboration by Valerio Cora, Scott Walker, and Kevin Hayes. The trio presented a range of well-curated systems. Four systems were up and running. Let’s take a closer look. System One featured a VPI Avenger Direct Statement turntable ($36,000)—including a VPI Fatboy Gimbal 12" 3D tonearm—and a Hana Umami Red MC cartridge ($3,950).
Audia Flight and Wilson Benesch Pair Up: Utopia or Close Enough

5 days ago | stereophile.com | Jason Victor Serinus

No fewer than five Stereophilers visited Fidelity Imports’ Utopia-D room during AXPONA 2025. I focused on the Audia Flight Strumento No.8 monoblocks ($34,999/each) that had joined forces with Audia Flight’s Strumento No.1 EVO preamplifier ($29,995), an FLS 20 SACD player/streamer ($21,999), and a Flight Phono ($6999).
Gramophone Dreams #96: Falcon 2024 Limited Edition LS3/5a loudspeaker, Lyra Delos phono cartridge

6 days ago | stereophile.com | Herb Reichert

The story goes that starting in 1962, Malcolm Jones was KEF's "first employee," where he "did most of the design and development of the legendary KEF drive unitsthe B139, B200, B110, T15, T27and the systems in which they were incorporated. Malcolm left KEF in 1974, having just completed the Reference Series 104 system and work on an active professional monitor to work full time at Falcon Acoustics Ltd."Fast-forward a few years. I bought my first BBC LS3/5a in 1980.
Spin Doctor #24: Connected-Fidelity TT Hub turntable and AFI FLAT.DUO record flattener and relaxer

1 week ago | stereophile.com | Michael Trei

It doesn't happen very often, but every once in a while a new turntable comes to my attention that I have no prior knowledge of. The last new turntable company that was a complete blank slate was J.Sikora, which I first encountered about six years ago courtesy of importer Jeff Fox of Notable Audio. Now I find myself in that position again, with UK-based Connected-Fidelity and their turntable the TT Hub (footnote 1).
Wynn, Métronome, Fono Acustica, and Entreq Delivered . . . But the Baby Stole the Show

1 week ago | stereophile.com | Jason Victor Serinus

What I thought would be a quick hello to distributor Wynn Wong of Wynn Audio—accompanied by his wife, Candy, and their adorable 15-month-old daughter, Victoria—turned into a tour of premieres from three companies. Technically four, if you count Victoria’s AXPONA debut.
Low Watts, High Drama: Western HiFi Brings Consonance, Well Tempered Lab, and Dynavector

1 week ago | stereophile.com | Ken Micallef

Mike Stephens of Farmersville, Texas’s Western HiFi presented one of the show’s top five systems at AXPONA. Built from modestly priced gear, it stopped people in their tracks and kept them planted in their seats—including me. The system’s vinyl front end featured a Well Tempered Lab Amadeus Jr. turntable ($3350) with the matching Ctrl motor controller ($450) and a Dynavector XX-2A cartridge ($2250). A Lejonklou Entity 1.2 MC phono stage ($2795) amplified the signal.