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Book Review: Audio Research: Making the Music Glow Written by Ken Kessler, designed by Henry Nolan. 220pp. $150. Available at Audio Research dealers and online at audioresearch.com.

The first true high-end component I owned was an Audio Research SP-10. I reviewed this two-box, tubed preamplifier in the May 1984 issue of the English magazine Hi-Fi News & Record Review. "The SP-10 presented [recorded] information in a more coherent, less distorted manner than any preamp I've tried," I wrote in the review, concluding that "the SP-10 made me realize how many good records I owned." I purchased the SP-10 and brought the preamplifier with me when I mov...

Breguet, Blancpain, Rolex, Jaeger-LeCoultre and Longines all make the lust list for one of the world's most respected watch writers.

Born in Portland, Maine, “long before quartz was invented”, Ken Kessler’s link to watches started out as a fan and collector before he became a part-time dealer of vintage watches.

MBS Textbook Exchange announced Tuesday that its "reducing its workforce and reorganizing a number of roles" in its business.

Railroad industry news about: Valley Metro, Ken Kessler, Regional Public Transportation Authority, Phoenix Public Transit Department, Jessica Mefford-Miller. From the editors of Progressive Railroading Magazine

And sparkle is definitely a penchant of Kulture’s parents as demonstrated through their own impressive watch collections that include Patek Philippes, Audemars Piguets, Rolexes and, of course, a clutch of Richard Milles (Kulture herself received a diamond-studded Patek Nautilus just last year). But was the gift really as misguided as so many of the comments left by outraged spectators would have us believe? Perhaps not, bearing in mind that there are now an estimated 12 million watch collecto...