March 2010

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FEATU RES
ARC ANGLES
51 Keith Howard looks at the thorny problem of optimizing
tonearm geometry and comes lip with some diflnitive
C01l cl us; 0 115.

FINALLY, A FINALE?
61 Left unfinished at his death ill 1896, All/on Bmckller's
Symphony No.9 has finally been completed- several
times! Bruckn erian Richard L ehnert recounts the //lays
alld sounds of how one of classieoll1lHsie's grearest detective
stories was finally solved.

EQUIPMENT REPORTS
68 NAD M2 "Direct Digital" integrated amplifier
John Atkinson
79 Vandersteen Model Seven loudspeaker
Michael Frclllcr
91 Dynaudio Excite X12 loudspeaker
Robert]. Reina
99 Naim Uniti CD player/receiver
Art Dudley
107 Manley Laboratories
Stingray iTube
integrated
amplifier
Erick Lichte

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COLUMNS
3 As We See It
Stcve GllttellbclY{ rediscovcrs the Joy of Villyl, thallks to a reccllt purchase ofa
VPI fIImtablc.
11 Letters
Readers respond to Art Dlldley's rcecllt IVritillSs 011 live vs recorded sOl/lid alld
u:"y III'. call't keep his political viell/S ill Ilis pallfs, alld COllllllellt 011 two cOlltrover~
sial reviews.

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15 Industry Update
High~e/l{1 audio 111'1115, illdwlillg the deall'r~spollsoreJ evellts lakillg place ill
Mardi awl April, a prelimillary rqJOrt 011 the Dallish Holm DSPrc 1 DSP~
based preamplifier amI rOO/IJ correctioll system, alld a visil to professiollal Ellglisll
alladJrophileJolm HOllies alld 'Iis collcctioll of Voigt !'om loudspeakers.

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the·/lJillllle ilifo.
23 Sam's Space
SOllie like it hot! Sam Tellig allditiolls the dillS~A Musiml Fidelity AMS3 5i
illtegrated amplifier.
29 Analog Corner
Michael Premer visits cartridge I1I(//Jllfocturer Ortofoll ill Dellmark, allditiolls
tlTe Orade Delphi Mk.VI tumlable, alld tries ollf a hig/14tec{, stroboscope from
SlItllcrlalid Eligilleerilig.
37 Listening
Art Dlldley sets lip 111t~ ·1110111(/5 Sf"i&' tralJ5m·ptioll~lellgth tOlleanll from Ger+
mallY Oil his '11lOrells TD~124 Ilimtable.
43 Music in the Round
Kalmall Rubillsoll (lilditiolis ulliversal BIll-ray players with aspiratiolls
from Oppo alld Lexicoll allli is impressed by PSB's bJil/gel4priced III/age '1'6
10lldspeaker. Plus "Recordillgs ill tile RoulUl:' Kal's Sllrvey ofthe latest, greatest
lIIulticllalillel recordi IIgs.
115 Record Reviews
AileII' LP boxed set of Neil YoIIIIg'S first follr albums, Neil Young Official
Release Series, Discs 1-4, is our "Rewrdillg of the Momh" jor March. 111
Classiml, wc have reviellls oftWOIICIII rewrdillgs by malc soprallos, Philippe
Jaroussky alld Michael Malliaci. 111 Rock/ Pop, we havc all IIl1expected British
folksollg rcvivalfrom Midlake. A mi illJazz; we !Javc /lelV releasesfrol1l Slefa/lo
Bollani, KeitllJarrctt, and Gmllt Stewart.
123 Manufacturers' Comments
DC SOllllll, Slif/Jerlalld, Schick, Valldcrsteell, Dyllmulio, allll Mau/ey Labs
respolld to ollr revi/..1I's oj their prodllcts.
130 Aural Robert
Whalll/akes a solo artist solo? Ollce a part ofJellyjish lIlIil "l1,e Grays, sillger/
sOllgwriterJasOIi Falkller, who's rccellt a/bulIIs/Jave oll/y beell lIvai/aMe ill Japall,
is filially raisillg his profile here at hOll/c. By Robert Baird.

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