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7. NEW CONTRIBUTORS

8. PUBLISHER’S LETTER

9. TONE TOON By Liza Donnelly

10 Old School: Table Radios From the Vault By Kieth Guisinger

14 Budget Gear: Making Music Fun Again with the ZU DL-103 Phono Cartridge

19 Wadia 170 iTransport Compact Audiophile Sound By Jeff Dorgay

41 The Vinyl Anachronist: Nitty Gritty Record Cleaners, Sucking Dirt for Decades

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53 Anti-Tone: The Smart Car for Two Invades America – Save Your Gas Money for Records

57 Shine A Light The New Stones Concert Film That’s More Than Rock ‘N’ Roll

65 Makana Marc Phillips Interviews the Artist about his Passion for Slack Key Guitar and Its Evolution

74 Show Report: Sandy Greene Does The Montreal Show

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24. On The New Music Front: Fresh Releases in the Pop/Rock World By Jeff Dorgay and Marc Phillips

30. Five From Polyvinyl By Marc Phillips

34. Live Music: Adrian Belew’s Power Trio, K.D.Lang and a night with X By Jeff Dorgay and Marc Phillips

46. Audiophile Recordings: The Long Awaited Doors Box Set, Santana and Much More Plus Three Classics from the works of Ravel, Elgar and Dvorak

60. Club Mix: Celebrating Ubiquity By Scott Tetzlaff

70. Four Releases From Asthmatic Kitty By Marc Phillips

78. Classical Music A to Z: Some Light, Middle and Heavyweights: Saint-Saens, Schumann and Schubert By Dan Babineau

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85. Continuum Criterion The Entry Level Table Explored

94. Shunyata Anaconda Power Cord & Dark Field Cable Elevators

99. Luxman’s L-590 A II Old and New School In One Big Box 106. Gemme Audio’s Tanto Speakers Beauty and Performance

112. GamuT SI100 Integrated Amplifier Fantastic Sound and Build Quality

118. The MartinLogan Grotto i Subwoofer A Baby Boomer

122. Sutherland Ph3D Phono Stage Battery Power At Its Best 126. Dynaudio’s Contour S1.4 Understated Powerhouse Speakers

132. The Naim SuperNait Greater Than the Sum of its Parts

138. Verity Audio Rienzi Speakers Versatility Is the Key

145. PrimaLuna ProLogue Eight CD Player Tubed Magic

152. Headphone Planet

159. SLuMMIN’ Audio on the Cheap!

162. Manufacturer’s Index

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