Stereophile - February 2024

In this issue

Records to Live For!
Our writers each choose two recordings that help make it all worthwhile.

Luxman L-509Z integrated amplifier
by Ken Micallef

Klipsch The Nines integrated loudspeaker system
by Tom Fine

GRAMOPHONE DREAMS

I always say I can't find what I'm not looking for, which doesn't mean I always know what I'm looking for. And not knowing what I want is unsettling.

10+ mins

BRILLIANT CORNERS

I said to Hank Williams, how lonely does it get?

10+ mins

SPIN DOCTOR

In 1985, I visited what was then known as Soviet Estonia with my family.

10+ mins

Wilson Audio Specialties Sasha V

Wilson Audio's new Sasha V loudspeaker (that's \"V\" as in victory, not \"five\") extends the line that began in 2009 with the debut of the Sasha 1 model.

10+ mins

Luxman L-509Z

When I reviewed Luxman's L-509X flagship integrated amplifier, in May 2018,' that sleek machine shook me to my vitals.

10 mins

Ferrum Wandla

D/A PROCESSOR

10+ mins

Klipsch The Nines

INTEGRATED LOUDSPEAKER SYSTEM

10+ mins

JMF Audio HQS 7001

MONOBLOCK POWER AMPLIFIER

10+ mins

Focal Bathys

BLUETOOTH + WIRED HEADPHONES

10 mins

FOLLOW-UP

I concluded my September 2023 review of this tubed integrated amplifier by writing that the Audio Research I/50 \"is the perfect amplifier for use in a relatively small room with a high quality source and speakers, especially if the latter have a fairly high impedance.

8 mins

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