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TONEA3 NO.18 2 0 0 8
7. NEW CONTRIBUTORS
8. PUBLISHER’S LETTER
9. TONE TOON By Liza Donnelly
10 Old School: PS Audio’s Digital Link: The Beginning of the Digital Revolution By Jeff Dorgay
12 Budget Gear: The Perfect Compact: AV123’s EL525T Tower Speakers By Jeff Dorgay
15 The Vinyl Anachronist: Marc Continues the Technics SL1200 Chronicals
20 Chuck D Of Public Enemy Talks About His Continuing Mission And How Rap Is Changing By Richard Simmons
75 Tone On Tour: A Visit to Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab: Shawn Britton Tells us what it takes to make Great Recordings and the real threat to vinyl By Jeff Dorgay
99 The Computer Audiophile: Focal’s XS, the king of desktop sound By Jeff Dorgay
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t o n e s t y l e 81 Breaking the Sound Barrier Bowers and Wilkins Teams Up With Jaguar On Their New XF By Jeff Dorgay
86 The Amazing Loiminchay Fountain Pens
By Ken Kessler
91 Premium Storage! A Safe Place for your Greatest Hits Collection By Jeff Dorgay
92 A Tale of Two Compacts The Canon G9 and G10 By Jeff Dorgay
95 Nagra’s Vibration Free System A Platform Worthy of the Name By Jeff Dorgay
97 The iPod Nano Just Try to Resist One By Jeff Dorgay
98 DJ Shirts Show off your DJ style! By Jeff Dorgay
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27. CLUB MIX: New Releases from David Byrne and Brian Eno, Mr. Scruff, Thievery Corporation and Hotel Costes 11 By Scott Tetzlaff
30. LIVE MUSIC: The TONE Staff Covers Recent Shows by Lindsey Buckingham, Alejandro Escovedo and Carrie Rodriquez, TK Webb, Squeeze, Vampire Weekend, Fleet Foxes, Al Stewart and Dr. Dog
43. TODD RUNDGREN INTERVIEW: What Keeps Him Rocking By Jeff Dorgay
50. CURRENT RELEASES: Fresh Releases in the Pop/Rock World By The TONE Staff
64. ON THE ROAD WITH CURTIS PEOPLES: An Interview with One of Manhattan/EMI’s Newest Talents By Jeff Dorgay
64. AUDIOPHILE RECORDINGS: Miles Davis, Sonny Rollins, Frank Sinatra, Little Feat, Linda Ronstadt and a record label to avoid By Jeff Dorgay
43. CLASSICAL MUSIC A TO Z: Tchaikovsky and Stravinsky: The Ying and Yang of Russian Classical Music By Dan Babineau
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104. Exquisite in Form and Function The Loiminchay Chagall Speakers By Jeff Dorgay 113. The Whest Audio PS.30R By Randy Wells
120. Let’s Get Small: The Paradigm Reference Signature S1 By Jeff Dorgay
126. The McIntosh MA 7000 Big Power By Jerold O’Brien 132. A Quick Turntable Upgrade Furutech AG-12 Phono Cable By Jeff Dorgay
135. The Ficion F200SE Speakers A Very Intriguing Newcomer By Jeff Dorgay
141. Major Versatility Red Wine Audio’s Isabella Preamp By Jeff Dorgay 149. Raising the Bar: The New Dmitri Power Conditioner From Running Springs By Jeff Dorgay
153. The Audioquest SUB-3 Cables Subwoofer Supreme By Jeff Dorgay
157. SLUMMIN’ Audio on the Cheap!
159. Manufacturers Index
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