Issue 64 Table of Contents
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How DVD is Changing Cinema 20
Film directors used to imagine their work on a cinema screen. Now they’re imagining your home.
NUTS&BOLTS
LP Cleaner: an update 25
A UHF reader makes our famous machine for cleaning vinyl even better.
Upsampling 32
by Paul Bergman
Turning a 16/44 Red Book recording into 24/96 sounds like getting something for nothing. So what can upsampling do? And what can’t it do?
FEATURE
CES 2002 26
by Gerard Rejskind
The world’s largest consumer electronics show rides again!
THE LISTENING ROOM
YBA Passion Intégré 37
Years ago YBA showed you can have an integrated amp that makes almost no compromise. Now it attempts to erase the “almost.”
Totem Hawk 40
Totem fills a perceived gap in its ever-expanding loudspeaker family.
Totem Model One Signature 43
The model that made the brand famous…in its greatest incarnation.
Visonik E352 48
Small can be good. Affordable can be good too. How about both?
Cambridge IsoMagic Followup 52
Here’s a digital converter with the usual in and out jacks. Plus one more we had never tried before.
Power to Go 55
Not all good audio gear plugs into the wall. And not all power sources are equal. Here’s a battery test You shouldn’t miss.
Zapping the Interruptions 56
What does this telephone gadget have to do with the enjoyment of music?
RENDEZVOUS
Ray Kimber Branches Out 34
Ray Kimber is famous for audiophile cables, but now he’s turning his attention to other things.
SOFTWARE
The Cello’s remarkable comeback 57
How a century of composers overlooked the orchestra’s most sensuous voice.
Record Reviews 65
by Reine Lessard and Gerard Rejskind
DEPARTMENTS
Editorial 2
Feedback 5
Free Advice 7
Classified Ads 53
Gossip & News 70
State of the Art 72