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Some truly affordable phono cartridges

THOMAS SCHICK 10.5" TONEARM

Marantz Model 30 • INTEGRATED AMPLIFIER

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Acora Acoustics SRB • LOUDSPEAKER

MEASUREMENTS

PS Audio Stellar M1200 • MONOBLOCK POWER AMPLIFIER

MEASUREMENTS

IS CLASS-D DIGITAL?

McIntosh MAC7200 • STEREO RECEIVER

MEASUREMENTS

Cambridge Audio CXA81 • INTEGRATED AMPLIFIER

MEASUREMENTS

KEF LS50 Meta • LOUDSPEAKER

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BOWIE, CURATED • FIVE YEARS AFTER THE ICON’S PASSING, A FAN REVIEWS THE POSTHUMOUS RELEASES

Some great new reissues

RECORD REVIEWS

PRINCE • Sign “☮” the Times (Super Deluxe Edition)

ADRIANNE LENKER • Songs and Instrumentals

BEABADOOBEE • Fake It Flowers

THE ROLLING STONES • Goats Head Soup 2020 (Deluxe Reissue)

JAKOB BANGSØ • Corigliano, Caravassilis, Siegel: Guitar Concertos

SIR JOHN TAVENER • No Longer Mourn for Me

BEETHOVEN • Christus am Ölberge

TCHAIKOVSKY • Swan Lake (excerpts)

MATTHEW SHIPP TRIO • The Unidentifiable

JULIET KURTZMAN / PETE MALINVERNI • Candlelight: Love in the Time of Cholera

FRED HERSCH • Songs from Home

HORACE SILVER QUINTET • Further Explorations

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