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I'm going to tell a story about blind listening, because it illustrates what I consider the most important issue in today's audiophile environment. I'm going to skip the names of the participants because you probably know them. And I'm not going to name the components, because their role in this story is merely as symbols of their type. Here is what I'll reveal: We were playing LPs through an expertly curated, six-figure–priced sound system in a largish room that suited the large speakers perfectly.

On orchestras and cultural decline.

The Old Testament prophet Elijah summons the attention of our reviewer Erik Levi, who names the finest recordings of Mendelssohn’s 1846 oratorio

Eloquence celebrates a French violinist and a Dutch soprano.

A selection of the finest – and oddest – pieces by the French composer and eccentric Erik Satie