Stereophile - May 2025

I denne utgaven

Capturing the live event … in the studio
Ken Micallef talks to master recording engineer James Farber.

Canton Reference 5 loudspeaker
by Sasha Matson

Innuos ZENith Next-Gen streamer/server
by Jim Austin

Ayre KX-8 preamplifier
by John Atkinson

Unison Research S6 Black Edition integrated amplifier
by Ken Micallef

GRAMOPHONE DREAMS

Falcon and Lyra

10+ mins

BRILLIANT CORNERS

Racks, cleaners, cables, resonators

10+ mins

SPIN DOCTOR

Connected-Fidelity TT Hub Turntable and AFI FLAT.DUO record flattener and relaxer.

10+ mins

dCS Varèse Music System

JASON VICTOR SERINUS - D/A PROCESSOR

6 mins

Canton Reference 5

Canton Elektronik GmbH is a family-owned manufacturer of loudspeakers based in Weilrod, Germany. Founded in 1972—the name is from Latin and German: “Can” from the Latin “cantare,” “to sing”; “Ton” from the German for “sound”—Canton is now well past its 50th anniversary. The largest manufacturer of perfectionist speakers in Germany, Canton is still based in the small township where it began, with manufacturing facilities in the Czech Republic.

10+ mins

Innuos ZENith Next-Gen

STREAMER-SERVER

10+ mins

Ayre Acoustics KX-8

PREAMPLIFIER - For the past decade or so, I haven't been using a preamplifier. The D/A processors I have been using all have volume controls, so I have been feeding their outputs directly to the power amplifiers.

10 mins

T+A Solitaire T

BLUETOOTH/WIRED HEADPHONES

10+ mins

JAMES FARBER

ASK THE AVERAGE JAZZ-LOVING AUDIOPHILE TO LIST HIS FAVORITE RECORDING ENGINEERS, AND SUCH ICONS AS RUDY VAN GELDER, ROY DUNANN, AND FRED PLAUT WOULD TOP THEIR LISTS. BUT IF YOU ASKED A HANDFUL OF CURRENT AND RECENT NEW YORK CITY JAZZ MUSICIANS TO CITE THEIR FAVORITES, ONE NAME WOULD LEAP TO THE FRONT OF THE PACK: JAMES ALLEN FARBER.

10+ mins

AURAL ROBERT

Staying up on what's new in music ain't easy these days, in a world short on new record stores and long on websites, social media blather, and celebrity. Asked what he listens to when he's not writing music, fast-talking septuagenarian Ray Mason exudes a teenager's eager urgency.

4 mins

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