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TAS Retrospective Harman Kardon Citation 16 Power Amplifier IN THIS ISSUE ISSUE 161 I APRIL/MAY 2006 122 COVER STORY Mark Levinson No.326S Preamplifier and No.432 Power Amplifier Listening to Levinson’s latest, Robert Harley finds the company’s tradition of excellence not just upheld but improved upon. 85 Basic Repertoire: South African and West African Pop Derk Richardson dips into a richly varied musical culture, and recommends essential recordings. 22 A Higher High End—The 2006 22 Consumer Electronics Show Join us on a trip to Las Vegas, where our staff shows you a bounty of fascinating new gear and reports on the state of the high end. EQUIPMENT REPORTS 14 Absolute Analog: Lamm Industries LP2 Deluxe Phonostage and Clearaudio Titanium Cartridge Spin a few LPs with Jonathan Valin, who is savoring some tasty analog goods. 97 Sonus Faber Concerto Domus Loudspeaker Neil Gader on an Italian speaker that makes you feel right at home. 101 Thule Audio Spirit IA350B Integrated Amplifier and Space DVA250B DVD/CD Player Sallie Reynolds on two sweet performers from Denmark. 106 Esoteric X-03 CD/SACD Player Jacob Heilbrunn listens to the latest from TEAC’s high-end division. 112 Channel Islands Audio D-200 Monoblock Amplifier Class D amps are all the rage. Chris Martens listens to another offering in 97 this rapidly growing field. 118 Krell SACD Standard CD/SACD Player Fred Kaplan explains how one player changed a critic’s mind about the SACD format. 130 HP’s Workshop Memoirs of the CES: What happened in Las Vegas doesn’t stay in Las Vegas—this time around. 85 2 THE ABSOLUTE SOUND I APRIL/MAY 2006 VIEWPOINTS 6 Letters founder; chairman, editorial advisory board Harry Pearson 134 Manufacturer Comments editor-in-chief Robert Harley editor Wayne Garcia executive editor Jonathan Valin managing and Bob Gendron music editor acquisitions manager Neil Gader COLUMNS and associate editor news editor Barry Willis 12 From The Editor equipment setup Danny Gonzalez editorial advisory board Sallie Reynolds advisor, cutting edge Atul Kanagat senior writers John W. Cooledge, Anthony H. Cordesman, Gary Giddins, Robert E. Greene, Fred Kaplan, MUSIC Andrew Quint, Paul Seydor, Alan Taffel reviewers and contributing writers Soren Baker, Greg Cahill, Dan Davis, Andy Downing, 136 Recording of the Issue: Mogwai’s Mr. Beast Jim Hannon, Stephan Harrell, Jacob Heilbrunn, John Higgins, Sue Kraft, Mark Lehman, Ted Libbey, David McGee, Derk Richardson, Don Saltzman, Dan 136 Rock Etc. Schwartz, Aaron M. Shatzman, Reviews of 11 new CDs, including the latest from the Flaming Lips, Arnie Williams design/production Design Farm, Inc. Drive-By Truckers, Cat Power, Loose Fur, Rosanne Cash, Sarah Harmer, publisher/editor, AVGuide Chris Martens Tom Zé, and Swearing at Motorists. Plus, a round-up of recent web producer Ari Koinuma Pure Pleasure and Analogue Productions audiophile blues LPs. Absolute Multimedia, Inc. chairman and ceo Thomas B. Martin, Jr. vice president/publisher Mark Fisher 151 Classical advertising reps Cheryl Smith Shostakovich’s Cello Concerto No. 1with Han-Na Chang, Shostakovich’s (512) 891-7775 Marvin Lewis, Piano Trios Nos. 1 and 2 with Beaux Arts Trio, Handel’s Delirio with MTM Sales Natalie Desay, and five more new CDs critiqued. Also, four Mozart (718) 225-8803 th subscriptions, renewals, changes of address SACDs with which to celebrate the composer’s 250 birthday. Phone (888) 732-1625 (US) or (815) 734-5833 (outside US), or write The Absolute Sound, Subscription Services, PO Box 629, Mt Morris, 161 Jazz IL 61054. Ten issues: in the US, $42; Canada $57 (GST The scoop on the latest from Manu Katche, Ken Hatfield, Paul Motian, included); outside North America, $67 (includes air mail). Payments must be by credit card and Quinsin Nachoff, plus four Nina Simone reissues and Monster Cable’s (VISA, MasterCard, American Express) or US funds drawn on a US bank, with checks payable to Vince Guaraldi set. Absolute Multimedia, Inc. editorial matters Address letters to: The Editor, The Absolute Sound, PO Box 1768, Tijeras, New Mexico 87059, or 168 TAS Retrospective: e-mail [email protected]. classified advertising Harman Kardon Citation 16 Power Amplifier Please use form in back of issue. Sue Kraft goes shopping on eBay. newsstand distribution and local dealers Contact: IPD, 27500 Riverview Center Blvd., Suite 400, Bonita Springs, Florida 34134, (239) 949-4450 publishing matters Contact Mark Fisher at the address below or e-mail [email protected]. Publications Mail Agreement 40600599 Return Undeliverable Canadian Addresses to Station A / P.O. Box 54 / Windsor, ON N9A 6J5 E-mail: [email protected] Absolute Multimedia, Inc. 4544 S. Lamar, Bldg. G-300 Austin, Texas 78745 phone (512) 892-8682 · fax (512) 891-0375 e-mail [email protected] www.theabsolutesound.com 112 136 © 2006 Absolute Multimedia, Inc., Issue 161, April/May 2006. The Absolute Sound (ISSN #0097-1138) is published ten times per year, $42 per year for US residents, Absolute Multimedia, Inc., 4544 S. Lamar, Bldg G300, Austin, Texas 78745. Periodical Postage paid at Austin, Texas, and additional mailing offices. Canadian publication mail account #1551566. POSTMASTER: Send address changes to The Absolute Sound, Subscription Services, PO Box 629, Mt Morris, IL 61054. Printed in the USA. 4 THE ABSOLUTE SOUND I APRIL/MAY 2006 LETTERS Best Article Ever sound really good with the TacT (I’ve What’s worse is to see rich suburban As a reader since Volume 1 and a sub- used several, including VBT and RBH) kids listening to this shit with their four scriber since Volume 2, I have enjoyed I would encourage TacT users to exper- 18" subwoofers. All of the other your publication and believe you are iment with dipole bass also. I use a pair garbage, like the bands Garbage and working hard to make it even better. of stacked Linkwitz Phoenixes beside Phish, follow suit. The interview in Issue 159 with my line arrays, and the bass is simply Yes, gone are the days when an Benjamin Zander [by Jonathan Valin fabulous. I’m not a bass freak, and artist sat in front of a microphone and and Mark Lehman] has to be the best mostly listen to acoustic jazz, but the performed with real talent. Nowadays, article I have ever read in an audio pub- room-filling bass from eight 12" driv- the music is a MIDI patch stuck on lication! The passion this man has to get ers provides a foundation of power and repeat. Where is the melody? Today’s the “message” of classical music to the musical drive that I’d never experi- music is like Hollywood’s latest films. non-initiated is unprecedented. If only enced before in a listening room. The We need another King Kong? Most more people in the business/art had that miniscule trade-off in transparency movies today are patches of other movies desire we would not be talking about with the TacT is more than compensat- put together under a new title. There is the demise of classical music. ed for in musical realism. no creativity at all. JOHN C. SHAW RICHARD SHWERY If you like this shit Bob, you need to talk to someone who actually knows The new room-correction system from about music. Like a real musician. Neil No Mark Levinson? Lyngdorf Audio appears to be a significant Young’s latest album Prairie Wind is per- I bought the December issue of The advancement in the technology. See REG’s haps one of the finest albums to come Absolute Sound and was amazed that the report from CES in this issue. –RH along in years. There are no MIDI tracks listing of recommended products does stuck on repeat. It’s real music made by not feature any components from Mark a real person in real time. The lyrics are Levinson. On this side of the ocean, Perhaps it Was Breathing Those timeless. Will the world remember the these are often regarded as reference gear Solder Fumes band Garbage in 20 years? and have some “cult-status.” I must write after reading the garbage Back to the real reason high end is JOHN VAN POLEN written by Bob Gendron about high end doing the tip. No one builds kits any- THE NETHERLANDS doing the nosedive because manufactur- more. When I was sixteen all I could ers are ignoring new music. Hip-hop, afford were Dynakits and AR turntables See this issue’s cover story. –RH Bob, is garbage music from a garbage on my lawn-mowing budget. I got so culture that glorifies gangs, cop killing, turned on to hi-fi by building this stuff and the white man as the root of all evil. that it became a part of my soul. I’ll bet Getting the Bass Right Thank you for REG’s article on getting the bass right using the TacT 2.2X and corner subs. Flat bass response coupled Upcoming in TAS with time-alignment in a real room should be heard by music lovers every- A complete Goldmund system where. I’ve experimented with sub/sat arrangements since my first M&K sys- Hovland HP-200 preamp tem back in 1982. Finally, with the TacT, the promise is realized. The room Adept Response power conditioner effects, and the loss of midrange magic, obscured by those ever-present bass Revel F52 speaker nodes, are effectively removed. My TacT Basic Repertoire: Free-jazz guitarists replaced eight room lenses and bass busters in the corners and the effect is an Wilson Benesch Full circle turntable system order of magnitude more profound (and the Wife Acceptance Factor is high, too). HP’s Workshop While corner/front-firing subs can 6 THE ABSOLUTE SOUND I APRIL/MAY 2006 LETTERS a large number of equipment manufacturers put kits together Buying Used Gear when they were young, too.
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