Each Friday, Stephen Mejias, AudioQuest’s Director of Communications and former Stereophile and Audiostream columnist, will browse through the many exciting albums released that day and select 15 worth a closer listen.

There may be some danger in naming albums as numbered sequels due to the well known fact that movies that do the same typically get worse the higher the number.

The new APEX Range from Advance Paris includes three hybrid tube/transistor integrated amplifiers—A8 APEX, A10 APEX, and A12 APEX—offering 75, 130, and 190 Watts respectively with each also housing a MM phono input and on-board DAC joined by the ACD APEX compact tube CD player.