The Absolute Sound

American high-end audio magazine, publisher of wadax-digital-audio-interview — the spoke's first source from the audiophile press proper, as distinct from the producer/gear press (musictech, attack-magazine, headphonesty) it has drawn on so far.

The name states the tradition's premise: the "absolute sound" is live unamplified music, and reproduction is judged by ear against that memory. It is a coherent position, and it is the one this spoke's measurement sources argue with. Sources from this outlet should be expected to assert quality through listening, without gated, blinded or instrumented evidence — which is what happened here.

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