I don't know why Stereophile doesn't recommend these components. Maybe it has to do with advertising, as some have suggested, and maybe it has to do with how established Mac is as a brand. I mean, it is fun to learn about much smaller specialty brands via Stereophile and they tend to cover these small volume manufacturers much more closely. More @Wikipedia
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