Derek Gilligan, the founder and designer of Kudos Audio the UK’s Isobaric loudspeaker design and manufacturing specialist, this week confirmed improvements to the Cardea C10 and C20 loudspeakers. These improvements to crossover date from last year but it has taken until now to verify that Kudos’ retailers worldwide had the new stock on demo or […]
Month: February 2021
Found 573 results
This week I’ll have a bigger grin than usual. I’d like to say a big Thank you first to Jonny7 and Audio Origarmi. I purchased another Tabriz in need of some TLC, the wiring was disconnected I had a look, but my own fat fingers said NO. Late night emails, then a phone call to […]
“Banstead” / Atomic Rooster “Luck Of The Draw” / Bonnie Raitt – with a very fine guitar solo from Mr Richard Thompson “Rip Her To Shreds” / A live version from Blondie The picture below is of Bonnie Raitt
Details HERE
Looks interesting to me. Might well go ahead and dip my toe in the water. Read more it HERE
Why is sexism still tolerated in our industry? We need an immediate and total change in attitudes across the board. Classical music is not dying (pace yet another overly-enthusiastic report at Slate.com) but there are clearly many problems in the industry. Most of them are brought on by those of us in the business itself, […]
Details HERE
Martin Chilton writes: “You say blues, you gotta say BB.” So remarks Aaron Neville, one of the many leading musicians – including Buddy Guy, Bobby Bland and Dr John – who line up to pay tribute to the man revered as ‘The King Of The Blues’. The Life Of Riley, an exceptionally good documentary about […]
Madness – Welcome to the House of Vinyl As a collector myself, I’ve long believed that ‘collecting’ (like any addiction) is a sort of madness. For some unfathomable reason, you become convinced that certain things are worth far more than they really are. It’s not helped by idiot reviewers raving over certain discs as though […]
“BEIJING — The great Polish composer Frederic Chopin is one of the classical music world’s best-loved musicians, admired both for his lyrical piano compositions and romantic life story.The bicentennial of his birth has thus been marked by a seemingly endless series of concerts and commemorations. While many of these are in Poland (where Chopin was […]
Geoffrey Norris (The Guardian) writes …. This trio of sonatas resumes Paul Lewis’s exploration on disc of Schubert’s piano music after a gap during which Beethoven was the prime focus. Lewis’s mature insight into the workings and emotional characteristics of these works lends … MORE
Mix plenty of traditional, deep south, old country blues, a sprinkling of cajun spice and a dollop of bluegrass will only result in an Agnostic Mountain Gospel Choir cake. Following the release of the brilliant Ten Thousand, AMGC have been extremely busy and in high demand. The Canadian four piece have just completed a very […]
Gentlemen – any thoughts re this apparently fantastic arm? We thought it best to pitch this one to Howard. Please click HERE to read what he says. Thank you Neil – editor in chief
Hi Howard It is possible to get an upgrade of motor for my turntable from an AC one to a DC one. Should I? If my own experience is anything to go by, probably not. I changed my AC motor to a DC one on my Michell Orbe SE. At first, I heard a […]
FYI ONLY … NOT FOR SALE
When you’re on a limited hifi budget can you do better by investing your money in used equipment rather than new? This is an important question because new keeps up with technology while the older used equipment may or may not. Watch Now
He said ….. “You want my opinion don’t touch it. I neither can nor will service it or help repair it in any way, it is Tannoys responsibility and I am contractually blocked and I don’t want to anyway. I have seen it before, every one of the *next persons* who end up with it […]
