LATEST ADDITIONS

Sixty years ago today, the Grateful Dead performed on July 3, 1966, at Fillmore Auditorium in San Francisco, California, at promoter Bill Graham’s legendary Independence Ball event. And now, that important, early-career show is being released 60 years later to the day on July 3, 2026, as a five-sided, 3LP set dubbed July 3, 1966 Fillmore Auditorium, San Francisco, CA. Read Mark Smotroff’s review to see if this historic performance belongs in your Dead-on-wax collection. . .

Now that we’ve finished previewing the Soulines tt23 turntable, it’s finally time to put it to the test. Read Ken Micallef’s review to see if the tt23 table delivers on its rich playback promise of providing dynamics, resolution, detail, tone, and more. . .

Ola Björling speaks with Aaron Leung of Skyanalog at High End Vienna 2026 about the company’s two new cartridges: the triple-diamond 3D REF, and the P-1GC with its bespoke stylus profile. . .

The days grow short, the nights are gone — but Stampede lives on to spin another day. That’s our way of saying that we are very much looking forward to Mobile Fidelity continuing their most excellent Original Master Recording series revisitations of The Doobie Brothers Warner Bros. catalog with their upcoming 180g 45rpm 2LP edition April 1975’s Stampede. AP editor Mike Mettler corrals all the details. . .