Steve Guttenberg ….. Tavish Design’s Vintage 6SL7 phono preamplifier brings out the best in the sound of the Audiophiliac’s LPs. Scott Reynolds founded Tavish Design in 2011 to follow his bliss. He holds a Ph.D. in electrical engineering, works for IBM, and authored over 30 patents. He may be a whiz with digital tech, but […]
Month: May 2019
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We are told: In 2010 Rhino reissued the very successful Live Classic Delaney & Bonnie & Friends on Tour with Eric Clapton as a Four-Disc set with more than three hours of unreleased performances. We are now releasing a revised version as a mid-price fatpack on June 16th. The revised version contains 4 CDs (identical […]
This 2-disc collection of every single one of Dr Feelgood’s BBC recordings during the Wilko Johnson years is an essential purchase for new and old fans alike. The 42 tracks cover the classic line-up’s seven visits to the BBC and capture the band at their very best throughout. Broadcasting legend Bob Harris championed […]
From the archives Following last year’s monumental Cutting Edge release, which covered Dylan’s 1965 and 1966 studio recordings, we are thrilled to announce Bob Dylan: The 1966 Live Recordings, a new box set that will contain every known live recording from the legendary 1966 tour with (what became known as) The Band. Bob Dylan: The […]
Morrissey, being a big Ramones fan, particularly of the early years, had always wanted to compile a “best of” album and this year he got his wish. This compilation reflects Morrissey’s experience of listening to the band for the first time. With the sad passing of Tommy recently, both management and Morrissey felt this was […]
We are told: The Shadows remain one of the most prolific bands of the last 60 years. They had 31 hit singles (plus 30 with Cliff Richard), which include 16 Top 10 hits (plus 25 more with Cliff), 5 No. 1 hits (plus 7 with Cliff). They’ve also spent 361 weeks on the albums chart […]
Neil – what’s the story re Yamamura Churchill Limited please? First things first – the following is not to be confused with (a) Yamamura Systems S.R.L. nor (b) Yamamura Systems (US) Inc. So, this is what I have discovered online: British company founded in 1994 by Robert William Charles Spencer Churchill and was based in […]
They say: Blue Horizon’s new Sanctum isolation platform is specifically designed to isolate individual high-performance components such as turntables, DACs, preamplifiers, power amplifiers, CD players and streamers from all sources of unwanted vibration. The platform’s construction brings together a selection of materials from opposite ends of the elasticity spectrum, combining them to reduce resonance. […]
I like the ‘Ask’ section very much where I can pick up valuable information about everything hi-fi. That’s why I write to you hoping that you can help me to find the right cartridge for my turntable. I have recently bought a Logic DM101 record player with an Audio-Technica AT1100 S-shaped tonearm. I have found […]
I am a long standing regular reader and would very much appreciate some help in fine tuning my system. I am not sure whether this level of system detail is a help or a hindrance for you, but here goes. My front ends are: Vinyl – Acoustic Signature Challenger, OL Silver and Shelter 5000 cartridge […]
Hi, and thanks for stopping here. Re the post below, we’d really, really like to know what you think. Have you got time to leave a comment? Thank you. Howard Popeck / HFA features editor +++++++++ Many of us have seen the worst purchase or most disappointing purchase threads, so here’s the opposite. Among the […]
Eva’s seminal, UK No.1, x6 Platinum Award Songbird album, unavailable in vinyl form for 8 years, returns to the European marketplace in re-sequenced and re-mastered form. The remaining four albums, available on vinyl for the very first time, have similarly been re-sequenced from their CD counterparts to maximise the audio quality. The Platinum Award, UK […]
Born in England in 1944, Joe Cocker undeniably had one of the most distinctive voices in music. He first rose to fame in the late 1960s with his cover of the Beatles’ song “With a Little Help From My Friends”. Cocker made a name for himself after his hypnotic performance at the legendary Woodstock music […]
Hi, and thanks for stopping here. Re the post below, we’d really, really like to know what you think. Have you got time to leave a comment? Thank you. Neil McCauley / HFA editor in chief +++++++++ 2 years back we spotted this: ‘Twisted light’ carries 2.5 terabits of data per second. Was it a […]
Am I the only person slightly under whelmed by some of the new vinyl reissues? These new expensive 180-gram offerings should be far better than the old 1970/80s records they are replacing. Often they are not. Yes, they are made of thick (and usually flat) plastic and they have great covers usually protected by up […]
New official remastered edition of the classic 1971 album by progressive / blues rock group steamhammer Fully restored artwork and liner notes Esoteric Recordings are pleased to announce the release of a newly re-mastered edition of the classic 1971 album by British Progressive / Blues Rock band Steamhammer. Formed in 1968 by Kieran White and […]
Recorded as the legendary Fillmore West closed its doors in July 1971, this superb set finds the three-piece CCR firing on all cylinders as they entered the final phase of their career. Incorporating early classics with more recent material, it demonstrated clearly why they were the most successful American band of their generation. This new […]
Neil. Hi. Has anyone successfully used ceramics for a speaker cabinets? Yes indeed. Zako Audio spring to mind. Here’s the back story as best we can ascertain. “Company that started trading in 1999 as “Zako Speakers Inc” but was incorporated in 2000 as Zako Audio and was based in Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA. Owned […]
They say ….. ELAC, a leader in premium loudspeakers and consumer electronics proudly unveils the Uni-Fi series of loudspeakers designed by Vice President of Engineering Andrew Jones.“My goal with the Uni-Fi series was to create a line of speakers with technology and performance normally reserved for speakers costing significantly more,” Jones said. “By going […]
A DELUXE CD & DVD DELUXE RELEASE FOR THIS EXCELLENT LIVE ALBUM RECORDED IN GERMANY IN 2004 ON THE SPOOKY TOOTH REUNION TOUR NEWLY REMASTERED CD DVD (NTSC – REGION FREE) WITH EXTRA VIDEO BONUS FEATURES INCLUDES BOOKLET WITH NEW LINER NOTES Esoteric Recordings are pleased to announce the release of a Deluxe two […]
Davy Jones & Micky Dolenz ‘Together Again’,live at Three Rivers Regatta, Point State Park, Pittsburgh on August 6th 1994. Though they originally split in 1971, the Monkees have continued to record and perform in various configurations ever since. In 1994 Davy Jones and Micky Dolenz toured under the ‘Together Again’ banner, performing a wide selection […]
Limited run, vinyl-only release of highlights from its fabled Halloween 2009 performance at the Tower Theater outside of Philadelphia. The show featured a long and varied set of impassioned, expertly executed Rolling Stones covers as only the Mule can deliver, with special guests Jackie Greene (Phil Lesh & Friends, Black Crowes, Trigger Hippy) ans saxophonist Steve […]
Hi guys. What can you tell me about White Audio Labs and can they be contacted perhaps under another name? Our archives drew a blank on this one and so we asked around. Here’s all that we found. “Tiny British operation run by David White that was on the vanguard of a wave of small […]
We are told: Dylan’s 1990s began with Under the Red Sky (1990), an about-face from the serious Oh Mercy. The album contained several simple songs with a nursery rhyme quality, including the title track and ‘Wiggle Wiggle’. The album was dedicated to “Gabby Goo Goo”, a nickname for the daughter of Dylan and Carolyn Dennis, […]