Luke Turner writes: Royal Albert Hall, London The Proms were treated to starry covers of Scott Walker’s 1960s classics, but they didn’t always invoke the songwriter’s own spirit of invention Continues HERE More music like this HERE
Month: July 2017
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Tim Ashley writes ….. Wigmore Hall, London Franz Schubert’s range of influences were brought to the fore in a fascinating and often beautiful programme of lesser-known works Continues HERE More music like this HERE
Paul White writes ….. No sooner had I opened a new file to write this leader column, aimed squarely at the annoyance of external power supplies, than I received an email from one of our long-time readers asking if he could submit a Sounding Off piece in favour of them. His argument was that by […]
In the mid 1980s, just when I thought it was safe to relax in our demonstration rooms at Subjective Audio and enjoy the music … Linn made the public and the industry aware of the damage an extra pair of speakers in that room might be inflicting on the music. The era of the single-speaker […]
John Atkinson writes: I write this in a Seattle coffee bar—my flight home to New York has been canceled due to a snowstorm. As I try to put down these thoughts, I’m listening to the high-resolution masters of the April issue’s “Recording of the Month,” Sasha Matson’s jazz opera Cooperstown, on my Pono player using […]
From and including the 1970s, Linn popularised the concept of the A-B demonstration. It was, on the face of it, a faultlessly logical ethos. It was adopted by reviewers and dealers alike, myself included. It was rumoured they had mystery shoppers in circulation, prepared to report back any deviation from the dogma. For a while […]
Originally published October 2015 As the vinyl revival continues apace, we asked music lovers and experts to nominate their favourite record shops across the country Continues HERE More music like this HERE
https://www.theguardian.com/music/2017/jul/24/how-we-made-princes-purple-rain-interview#img-1 More music like this HERE
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https://www.theguardian.com/music/2017/jul/24/art-garfunkel-review-london-palladium#img-1 More music like this HERE
“Muscle Of Love” is the 7th studio album and the last album to feature the entire original band. The two best-known songs are the title track and the Top 20 anthem “Teenage Lament ‘74” which features Ronnie Spector, Labelle and the Pointer Sisters on back-up vocals. The other tracks include the Led Zep-stomping opener, “Big […]
““Your Parasound amp is fixed,” said Charlie in his usual calm voice. “Oh great, what was the problem?” I asked “Nothing,” He said. “Nothing?” I asked “It was just its heat sink that had come off, so I attached it back and it stopped heating up. It won’t shut off by itself now,” Charlie replied. […]
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https://www.theguardian.com/music/2017/jul/18/bill-frisell-trio-review-jazz-cafe-london More music like this HERE
Caroline Sullivan writes … Brixton Academy, London Launching her album Lust for Life, Lana Del Rey’s newfound politics are nowhere to be seen – but her melancholia is magnetic Continues HERE More music like this HERE
Paul McGowan writes: Perhaps the single biggest reason to use a switch mode power supply (SMPS) on a power amplifier is that the output of a properly designed one is more like perfect DC than that of a conventional supply; and not just by a little bit. Conventional supplies switch back and fourth between plus […]
EDITORIAL NOTE: The opinions expressed in the above post do not necessarily reflect those of our editorial team – just in case you wondered. Neil McCauley
Paul McGowan writes: Today I’d like to cover how a Noise Harvester works. It’s a clever little device that converts line noise into light and when it does that the converted noise energy dissipates into the room in a series of flashes never to be heard from again. Literally. The basic circuit is a fairly […]
Steve Guttenberg writes ….. The Beyerdynamic DT 880 Edition and DT 990 Edition headphones are available in different impedance versions. The Audiophiliac listens to them all Continues HERE EDITORIAL NOTE: The opinions expressed in the above post do not necessarily reflect those of our editorial team – just in case you wondered. Neil McCauley
From VALVE Volume 2 Number 7 July 1995 Bill called a couple Saturdays ago to tell me that he had traded a Mac 1700 (a hybrid receiver, with tube tuner and solid-state amp) for a Scott 340 receiver. The person he traded with acknowledged a greater value for the Mac than the Scott and offered […]
It’s impossible, however hard I try, to remain immune to the financial crisis gripping the UK. Of course it’s tempting, and yes I have been sorely tempted, just to sit back in the comparative warmth and security of Stereonow, warm in both the physical and the financial sense, and try and let it pass me […]
Paul McGowan writes: Recently we mentioned that DSD and Class D operating systems were similar in that each can be played directly into the loudspeaker without conversion; unlike digital audio which cannot. Both are bit streams – DSD a series of fixed width bits that get more or less dense to make music and Class […]
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http://www.laocaudiosociety.com/index.html EDITORIAL NOTE: The opinions expressed in the above post do not necessarily reflect those of our editorial team – just in case you wondered. Neil McCauley More music like this HERE