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Stereophile • OCTOBER 2023
LETTERS • FEEDBACK TO THE EDITOR
CALENDAR OF INDUSTRY EVENTS
INDUSTRY UPDATE • AUDIO NEWS & VIEWS
Laissez-faire listening
Dual-mono mahis
The Vertere DG-1S record player
RECOMMENDED RC2023 COMPONENTS
HOW TO USE THE LISTING
Electrocompaniet AW 800 M • STEREO/MONOBLOCK POWER AMPLIFIER
MEASUREMENTS
ASSOCIATED EQUIPMENT
JBL 4329P • INTEGRATED LOUDSPEAKER SYSTEM
MEASUREMENTS
ASSOCIATED EQUIPMENT
Ayre VX-8 • POWER AMPLIFIER
MEASUREMENTS
ASSOCIATED EQUIPMENT
Audio-GD Vacuum HE1 XLR • PREAMPLIFIER
MEASUREMENTS
ASSOCIATED EQUIPMENT
FOLLOW-UP
Records for the New Land
Chronic jazz
Quebec’s Voïvod remakes its own best songs.
RECORD REVIEWS
MANUFACTURERS’ COMMENTS
(Re)imagining a Brahms piano quintet—without piano.