The tangle of wires and cables behind your stereo are causing sonic damage because of their emissions. Paul shows that to us and explains what we can do about it. View HERE Audio cables / buy / sell / info and … more
Month: August 2020
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They tell us….. The Unique Thelonious Monk, recorded in 1956, is the pianist’s second LP of standards. Though the recording was his label’s attempt at reaching a larger audience, this is in no way watered down; Monk takes his unique interpretive approach to tracks from the likes of the Gershwins, and Rodgers & Hart. […]
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In both types of drivers, we start with the same sort of plastic substrates like Mylar or Kapton, but there the two radically depart. To make a ribbon driver we need to layer on a thin sheet of copper in the form of a coil, then add tension to this diaphragm and suspend it between […]
A 1961 Leak Stereo 20. It is in really tidy condition, barely a mark on it, and was apparently sympathetically serviced a couple of years ago with new caps etc. Thankfully no modifications other than a decent set of RCA input sockets and speaker posts (the original leak ones are naff to the extent of […]
Amazing, driving cinematic world music on acoustic instruments (hammered dulcimer, percussion, & cello). Woodland Dance was composed by Joshua Messick and inspired by the Blue Ridge Mountains of Asheville, NC. — Get the Music — iTunes: https://goo.gl/D8HtSi Amazon MP3: https://amzn.com
John Atkinson writes: “Meeting Englishman Tim de Paravicini for the first time, you start to wonder if your mind has slipped a gear, whether premature brain fade has cut in. The conversation seems not only to be racing by unexpectedly quickly, but also subjects you hadn’t even realized were subjects are being examined in […]
When we speak of global feedback we’re referring to the practice of wrapping the output signal of a device back to its input for comparison and correction. Because the input “knows” what’s right, a simple comparison circuit between the two serves to rectify any differences. Of course, nothing in engineering is a free lunch. You […]
Most interconnects are shielded to reduce noise and improve sound quality. Is the same true for speaker cables? Watch Now Audio cables / buy / sell / info and … more
Original 1962 album from this Greenwhich Village folk singer with assistance from Bob Dylan I’ll Fly Away When Jesus Lived In Galilee Los Bibilicos Yarrow Dink’s Song Swing And Turn Jubilee Once I Had A Sweetheart Come Back , Baby Dear Companion Galway Shawl Pobre De Mi Virgin Mary
When evaluating a new piece of gear—perhaps that new Power Plant, DAC, cable, or speaker—what’s the first track of music you turn to? Is it always the same? Does it vary from type to type of gear? In my experience we all have a few go-to pieces of music we rely upon to evaluate equipment. […]
Singer Carmen Lundy has returned to the scene with an album that can easily be categorized as one of her best yet. With music that is both consistent and a pleasure to listen to, this nine-track collection is entitled ‘Changes’ and features eight original compositions. It is a CD that will charm you, encourage you […]
Paul McGowan … Here’s a subject I am perhaps more guilty of than most. The practice of making a sweeping statement about how everything is one way or the other. This is wrong and this is right. This matters and that does not. This guy’s a liar, and this one always tells the truth. The problem with this line of communication is two-fold: nothing is always one […]
Geoffrey Norris is left wondering what motivated Valery Gergiev and the Mariinsky to make this recording Please click HERE to continue
Kate Molleson reports on how the ‘classical’ music label is proving outdated for many of today’s creative artists and speaks to several musicians for whom the whole notion of genre is entirely irrelevant. Generic labels have always been more widely used by listeners, retailers and record companies than by musicians themselves (no musician wants to […]
Gray Bread (Positive Feedback) writes: He of All Things Deeply Biased… He is an audio engineer extraordinaire and has the medal, golden sash and purple hat plume to prove it. His best friend was the Most Interesting Man in the World until he got tired of supplying all the beer and told him to go […]
When I was 15 years old I built my own HiFi system. I swear it sounded better than anything else I had ever heard. I wonder how much of that was because I built it? I think that when we handcraft something there’s a certain level of customization—personal attention—that not only makes the final result […]
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nVe-izA-Fj4 89,594 views A few viewer comments: I was working in the middle of the New Mexico desert in 75 when I first heard this and I decided then and there I was going to marry either Maddy Prior or Gracie Slick. What a voice. I wore out the album Below the Salt. Thanks for […]
Originally published July 2015 The Guardian write: “As we near the end of Led Zeppelin’s exhaustive reissue programme, the band’s leader and curator discusses their legacy and their difficult final years” Continues HERE
Paul McGowan …. My friend, Sandy, is having good success adding a layer of ambience with a rear-positioned second set of speakers fed from an old Audio Research SDP1. You can read the late J. Gordon Holt’s evaluation of it here. Essentially, the device extracts the difference between the left and right channels, adds a bit […]