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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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