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Issue No. 76 Cover story:A new look at the contemporary version of the Totem Mani-2, which we once called one of the world’s finest speakers. In the background: a cloudscape of the imagination. NUTS&BOLTS Speaker Impedance 18 by Paul Bergman What it means, how impedance affects performance, and how you can measure your speakers’ own impedance FEATURES Montreal 2006 22 by Gerard Rejskind A leisurely tour of the venerable Montreal show, now in a new venue Touring the New/Old Show 25 by Albert Simon Another way of seeing (and hearing!) the show CINEMA Future High-Res Discs 50 Blu Ray? HD DVD? And what about the audiophile? The Listening Room The Totem Mani-2 Signature 30 It was 14 years ago that this astonishing loudspeaker wowed us. Now the Signature version does it again The Elac 204 Speaker 34 An inexpensive bookshelf speaker that comes with the fabled Heil tweeter Castle Richmond 3i Speaker 36 It looks rather like the superb (bu!t no longer made) Castle Eden, only with both dimensions and price tag scrunched down Headphone Amplifiers 38 We slip on our cans and try some amp options: the Lehmann Black Cube Linear, the CEC HD53R, and the built-in phone amp of the Benchmark DAC1 converter. We also listen to a new headphone from…Goldring The Squeezebox 3 44 Can you get high fidelity by getting a digital signal from your computer to your stereo system over the air? And if so, how? Is it better than just listening to your iPod? Power on the Go 49 Imagine a portable charger that can adapt to all the electronic stuff you own or ever will own RendezVous The Totem Man 52 We used the same title last time we talked with Vince Bruzzese…when Totem was still a startup Is it like looking for the Unknown Soldier? Software Lightfoot 63 by Reine Lessard Gordon Lightfoot is back after a near death experience. Reine looks at the way he changed a corner of the musical landscape Software Reviews 70 by Reine Lessard and Gerard Rejskind Departments Editorial 2 Feedback 5 Free Advice 7 Classified Ads 41 Gossip & News 77 State of the Art 80 ULTRA HIGH FIDELITY Magazine
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