Month: August 2020
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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 […]
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
Hi. I need a budget (below £200) cd player to go with a denon pma700ae amp in a work space. Anyone have any ideas? I’ve looked at denon dcd500ae and Nad c525BEE but without access to a soundroom i can only go on advice from others. it is for classical and contemporary indie/rock. With a […]
Just wondering if anyone else has suspended their speakers. My first attempt was with an old pair of infinity’s which I placed on top of a bicycle tube. I was wondering if manufacturers would design a speaker with this in mind? My main purpose is to keep the floor from resonating, IMHO it works well […]
The thread starts: Is it just me or are there others who find the typical interviews with audio designers in the paper mags to promise more than they deliver? I’m not out to try and learn the intimate details of the people who design truly state-of-the-art gear, but I guess I’d like to know more […]
Originally published July 2015 As The Who close Glastonbury tonight, Pete Townshend talks to Neil McCormick about pop gatherings, playing loud and his classical version of rock opera Continues HERE
Many of you are familiar with the Audiophile’s dilemma: well recorded music sounds better on a high-end system and poorly recorded music sounds worse. It’s the problem of extremes: a high-end system extends the extremes – better sounds better, worse sounds worse. The problem with this lack of homogenizing is we tend to restrict […]
You know the ones, very small boxes with RCA input and digital coax and/or optical output? Anyone tried one? For twenty quid it’s tempting as a stop-gap whilst I wait for a better solution to playing vinyl through my MDAC… but if they’re likely to sound awful I might pass… then again, maybe they’ll sound […]
Ben Watt talks to Nick Duerden about three decades in music and returning to his roots. “You plod on, basically. You plod on.” Ben Watt says this matter-of-factly, in his slight, slightly impatient voice, and accompanies it with a shrug and a sort of half-smile. We’ve been discussing his longevity in the music industry, and […]
They say: The Cubo family, the new cubical omni-directional speaker collection, goes back to Architettura Sonora’s roots, the Cube, an iconic image of High-End speakers, reworking and redesigning the shape into a new context, using new materials and refined details, the concrete. The result is a timeless and advanced OUTDOOR/INDOOR speaker, combining designs and meticulous […]
The Beach Boys tell Neil McCormick how they have kept their sound strong after 50 years . MORE
Paul McGowan writes ….. Does your system give you the lowest bass notes? Is it right in the room? How would you actually know? I don’t need to remind most of my readers of the value I place on adequate, accurate, bass. It’s the foundation of a good system and most systems get it wrong. […]