This December, we have 56 pages of in-depth audio component coverage--COUNT 'EM! Amps of all sorts from Rega, Conrad-Johnson, Music Reference, Harman Kardon; affordable digital excellence found in the Centrance DACmini; bookshelf speakers from Epos and Proac; guitarist Bill Frisell channels John Lennon; and finally! Stereophile's 2011 60 Best Products of the Year.

This October issue will blow you away. Vivid's smooth B1 loudspeaker impresses JA; MF finds a new favorite in the VPI Classic 3; AD finds a new digital friend w/the Wavelength Audio Proton; ST and a CJ preamp; SM and NHT; JM and some CD-eivers; an inside look at the new Pink Floyd reissue set; and finally, 700 sparkling Recommended Components.

The August 2011 issue is unique, to say the least. For starters: Henry eff'n Rollins writes our As We See It. No apologies from this horn speaker: Schimmel's Voxative Ampeggio. In-ears from JH Audio; Primaluna preamp; power from Mark Lev; SM settles in w/some affordable cables; and the many voices of GBV's Robert Pollard.

Get Digital with Bryston's sleek BDP-1 Music Player; Michael Lavorgna wonders when did being interested in hi-fi lose its cool; Clearaudio Concept turntable and an LFD phono-pre; Speakers from Triangle, Klipsch, Linn, and Direct Acoustics; Mr. Lichte reviews the Bel Canto e.One DAC3.5VB; SM saves Natalie and Nicole's party; Steve Earle searches for Hank Williams; and an Analog Corner with silly-expensive cables.

The new April issue is HOT! SM compares the affordable Wharfedale Diamond 10.1's and his reference PSB Alpha B1's; JM updates the general public on the Loudness Wars; JA reviews the Musical Fidelity V-Link; Hot tube amps from Audio Note and VTL; Sax Man Joe Lovano channels Bird; and Art Dudley's 100th Listening!

The Wilson speaker to hear: the Sophia Series 3! Hot speaker imports from Vivid, Triangle, Epos, and Wharfedale; The rebirth of vinyl from Garrard, Rega, Thorens, Sutherland, and Nagaoka; HRT's Music Stremer Pro; Art Dudley starts building a plinth; and the two Johns do a big listen.

Focal's 30th-Anniversary Speaker; 40 years of sonic excellence from ECM's legendary Manfred Eicher; and new gear from Goldring, Miyajima, Simaudio, AMR, Gradient, Rega, NuForce, Musical Fidelity, and Magico.

SM on "Building Quality"; integrated tube amps from Manley Labs and Audio Research; reviews of products from Acapella, Benchmark, Electrocompaniet, Cary, Vitus, ASUS, Audiostone, Oswalds Mill Audio, and Krell.

Our Special Aspiration Issue includes coverage on the Vivid G1Giya, Wilson Sasha, and Focal Maestro Utopia loudspeakers; Marantz SA-KI-Pearl and Playback Designs MPS-5 integrated amplifiers; Boulder 1008, Vitus MP-P201, and AMR PH-77 phono preamps; Classe CT-SSP surround-sound processor; and Fi 2b tubed preamp.

Our web monkey describes the Holy Trinity of Audiophiledom; ST auditions headphone amps; Mikey plays with a Fozgometer; Art restores a pair of Large Advents; Kal reports from the 2009 CES and tries out an A/V receiver. Plus: Reviews of hot products from JBL, Klipsch, Roksan, Musical Fidelity, Lindemann, Stello, and Grado.

Steve Guttenberg rediscovers the joys of analog; Keith Howard examines tonearm geometry (and Art Dudley totally ignores it, sort of); Richard Lehnert dives into Bruckner's Symphony No.9; ST goes class-A; Mikey goes to Denmark; Kal uncovers a Lexicon; RB devours Neil Young; Reviews of hot components!

On the cover of Vol.33 No.1, we feature the Xonar Essence soundcard. Inside, Art wishes us a Happy New Year; JVS speaks with Allen Perkins; RB chats with Wayne Coyne; MF reports from RMAF; EL gets an earful from Totem. And so much more!

We vote for our favorite products of the year; RB talks with Kevn Kinney of Drivin' and Cryin'; JA looks back on a year in which too many of audio's pioneers passed away.

We remember Stereophile's founder, J. Gordon Holt, and review products from Zu, Acoustic Energy, Chario, Ayre, PSB, Spendor, Bel Canto, Nagra, Sooloos, Totem, NAD, Graham Engineering, Artemis, and Arcam.

JM submits his Commonsense System Strategies; RB talks to bassist Christian McBride; ST gets back to his cheapskate roots; MF listens to a couple of cost-no-object phono preamps; AD goes to RadioShack; JM finds a Peachtree.

SM reflects on SSI 2009 and imagines the glory days of hi-fi; KR reviews Floyd Toole's new book; RB reports from SXSW and speaks with the Posies' Ken Stringfellow; ST spends time with a new Mac SACD player; Mikey is impressed by the Nagra BPS phono pre; Artie explores the $100,000 Lars integrated; JM falls in love with a new take on Bach's Brandenburgs...

The Meridian 808.2: Oh, only the finest-sounding CD player JA has ever heard. David Lander talks with Richard Sequerra; Robert Baird parties in New Orleans; Mikey Fremer reports from Las Vegas; Steve Guttenberg ponders audio nirvana; reviews galore; and over 500 Recommended Components!

February means "Records to Die For." We also offer 45 pages of equipment reviews including: One-box systems from Primare and Carat; speakers from Jamo and PSB; disc players from Bryston, Marantz, and Ayre... Plus: Bob Deutsch asks if you're a "leveler" or a "sharpener."

Ayre's KX-R preamp may be the 8th Wonder of the World! Tons of equipment reports; AD on how god makes audiophiles; SM on the elements of our enthusiasm; and Frank Zappa rises from the dead!

Jon Iverson and Kal Rubinson get SERVED, Sooloos-style; Mikey Fremer and ol' Artie Dudley spin some vinyl; Wee Bobby Baird gets down with the Philadelphia Sound.

VINYL RULES! Rega's bargain-priced P3-24 graces the cover of our Vinyl Revival issue. Inside: SM smells the vinyl and feels the love; MF brings us turntables, tonearms, and phono preamps; AD examines the EMT 997 banana 'arm.

In our May 2008 issue, we have an interview with Magico's Alon Wolf and a review of his V3 loudspeaker. Gracing the cover is the Marantz SM-11S1 power amplifier and, inside, we have reviews of loudspeakers, headphones, turntables, phono cartridges, and more.

50 pages of audio equipment coverage, including: Shanling's MC-30 music center; Continuum Audio Lab's Criterion turntable; Cayin's A-50T integrated amp; Parasound's Halo JC 2 line preamp; Revel's Ultima Studio2 loudspeaker; DALI's Helicon 400 Mk.2; and Linn's Klimax DS network D/A processor!

We open the new year in grand style, with 48 pages of in-depth equipment reports. Gracing our cover is the MS750 music server—with 750GB of storage, it's the biggest MAC of all.

Lots of great speakers including: Vandersteen's Quatro Wood, Sonus Faber's Elipsa, Pioneer's Pure Malt, DeVore Fidelity's Gibbon Nine, and Audioengine's 2. We've also got amplifiers, turntables, headphones, and our 60 favorite products of the year.

October is beautiful and offers tips on getting the best out of LP playback; super SACD players from Muse, Marantz, and Esoteric; speakers from Infinity and Verity Audio; and gorgeous amplification from Ars-Sonum. October also includes our "Recommended Components" list.

August is our special Show Report issue, featuring hot news from New York and Munich, as well as some wonderfully colorful (and frighteningly accurate) caricatures by Jeff Wong!

Our June 2007 issue begins with Jon Iverson detailing the benefits of music servers and downloads.

WP falls in love with the elegant and powerful Ayre MX-R monoblocks; Keith Howard examines how two audio channels can create a surround sound experience. Plus: CES reports, Italian jazz, The Fountains of Wayne, and "The Joy of Music." And: 500+ Recommended Components.

WiFi Hi-Fi goes high-end with the Slim Devices Transporter; state-of-the-art CD playback from Naim; multichannel power from Classe; LP playback from Metronome; bargains from Musical Fidelity; and, of course: Records to Die For!

We've got mucho macho loudspeakers from Wilson, NHT, Klipsch, Canton, and JL Audio. We've got phono preamps from Oracle and Artemis. We've got the world's most expensive CD player from Zanden. We've got intense features from Thermal Compression to Shostakovich.

Special Amplification Issue: On the mark with Sutherland's Direct Line Stage preamp; Amps, big and small, from Cary, Portal, Ray Samuels, Rega, Atoll, and mbl. Plus: JA gets serious with the Slim Devices Squeezebox.

"A lovely, sunny thing:" The Musical Fidelity kW DM25. Speakers from Revel, Vandersteen, and Quad; Vinyl playback from Pro-Ject, Einstein, PS Audio, and Clearaudio; Keith Howard shows us how to optimize bass quality; Robert Baird goes crazy for the Flaming Lips.

A Music Lover's Speaker: Vienna Acoustics' Concert Grand. Plus: The LP Revival; loudspeakers from Sonus Faber, Dynaudio, Audio Note, and a review of the classic Smaller Advent; a new Stereophile CD; and a beautiful look at the making of an audiophile jazz recording.

What?! They put a $600 receiver on the cover? How dare they? And how's about that 2W power amp? What's going on with these guys? If that wasn't enough: Laurence Borden brings us "A Tale of Two Transports;" Speakers from Monitor Audio and DeVore Fidelity; Amps from Chord and Simaudio.

The $90,000 Continuum Caliburn turntable system: The World's Best? Plus: Keith Howard's Special Report on Digital Filters; Getting Solo Acoustic with Jackson Browne; 40+ Pages of Equipment Reports...

The 60 BEST Products of 2005! Plus: Sonic Transparency with B&W's 802D; Sweet Soul Music from Susan Tedeschi; Goodies from the CEDIA Expo and London Show...

500 Recommended Components; Cary's CD303/300; Les Paul at 90; Vintage Audio: the Bozak Concert Grand; David Chesky on the record industry...