The Absolute Sound (DIGITAL)

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The Absolute Sound (DIGITAL)

Letters • Email the Editor: rharley@nextscreen.com or: TAS, 1801 Red Bud Lane, Suite B, P.O. Box 164, Round Rock, TX

A Distorted Perspective—and a Solution

FUTURE TAS

The Gary Burton Quartet: Duster • A Great Recording In All Formats

A Visit to Magico

Beyond Kissaten • Birmingham’s High Dive HiFi Lounge

Hallof Fame 2026’s Inductees

Kenneth Ernest Wilkinson • (1912–2004)

Chad Kassem • (b.1962)

Peter Lyngdorf • (b.1947)

Hall of Fame

Garrard 301 Advanced with SME VA-12 Tonearm • Everything Old Is New Again

The Case for Low-Torque Motors

Zesto Audio Athena Digital-to-Analog Converter • Taming Digital with Tubes

Imersiv D-1 Digital-to-Analog Converter • Is This the Best DAC in the World?

Lumin P2 Streaming DAC/Preamplifier • Audio Elegance

MANUFACTURER COMMENT

Nordost ONET7 Network Switch • Stealth Mode

masterwork! • CH Precision C10 Statement DAC and D10 Reference Transport

Monitor Audio Silver 300 8G Loudspeaker • Silver Threads Among the Gold

Trafomatic Tara 30A Preamplifier and Elysian Monoblock Amplifier • The Path to Musical Glory

Wolf von Langa WVL 11620 Organic Loudspeaker • Very Special

Moodsville Revisited • Vinyl Reissue Series Receives White Glove Treatment

We Will Always Love Her • Dolly Parton: The Woman and the Music

Essential Dolly Parton Recordings

A Lone Star State of Mind • Tail Gators Debut Still Strikes a Chord

Yarlung’s Bright Young Stars • Quartet Integra Shines on Two New Releases

MUSIC ROCK ETC

MUSIC JAZZ

MUSIC CLASSICAL

Q&A • Holger Wachsmann