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    The Marantz Model 8B: Fifty Years On, Still the Standard

    Saul Marantz built an amplifier that defined a generation of high fidelity. The Model 8B has never stopped casting its shadow.

    Where the Tubes Still Glow: The Enduring Authority of the McIntosh MC275

    In an industry that discards last year’s reference amplifier without a second thought, the MC275 has done something almost impossible — it has become a permanent fixture, a benchmark that each new generation of audiophiles returns to not out of nostalgia but out of respect.