Month: July 2021
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The pianist’s new complete set, on Sony Classical, is an early contribution to the Beethoven 250 commemorations Hear HERE
There’s been a bit of talk about the Leak tuners in another thread on the Quad FM units. Here’s a site I found some time ago with some useful information, including a TLII schematic for those interested in the inside. http://werple.net.au/~kiewavly/Leak.html I have to get me one of these, it’s about time I zapped […]
Live at the second fret 1966, is a rare radio broadcast documenting one of the earliest chapters of joni mitchell’s career. This outstanding recording preserves one of Joni’s superb early North American gigs, a performance at the intimate Second Fret Club in Philadelphia, captured by the city’s Temple University radio station, WRTI, in November 1966 […]
We are told ….. For Sale: Live At Maxwell’s 1986 captures the Minneapolis legends (lead singer Paul Westerberg, guitarist Bob Stinson, bassist Tommy Stinson and drummer Chris Mars) for a raucous set at the famous Hoboken, New Jersey club in the winter of 1986. The band had signed to Sire Records the previous year and […]
Not happy with the standard 12AX7 input/driver tube Kai replaced it with NOS Mullard tube from the 1950s. That brought some betterment but not enough that he would not have sent the tubes, along with other tubes, cables, etc., to Germany to have them cryonized, ie. to undergo a process in which the product is […]
An open letter from myself and AudioQuest to the community—to everyone who cherishes the truth, regardless of their opinions about audio and digital cables, regardless of their opinions about AudioQuest. For good reason, there is growing internet “buzz” about the recently published findings of Mark Waldrep on his Real HD-AUDiO blog. Mark’s findings are very […]
Paul McGowan: In yesterday’s post I brought up the subject of the lowly TOSLINK cable, sometimes known as an optical cable. For most of us, this is the worst sounding digital audio interconnect made. Depending on the unit you are connecting to, sample rates are limited to 96kHz and below. Toshiba, the inventor and manufacturer […]
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We all know the law of diminishing returns — after certain level of quality has been reached, further investments in improving the quality will yield lesser and lesser and lesser returns. Until it reaches such plateau where even enormous investment does not make one iota of improvement. Applied to hi fi, this law holds that […]
This 3-CD set celebrates the 50th anniversary of Van Morrison’s first solo record and includes, for the first time on CD, the original mixes of the master recordings, including the hit “Brown Eyed Girl”. An additional 13 tracks of session outtakes (10 previously unreleased) complement the original masters, in both original stereo or mono mixes. […]
I’ve never been the type to worry about cables, power chords or separate spurs and that malarkey. Mainly because the system generally sounds fine as it is, I’m not made of money and I also don’t have the time to be constantly ABX testing these things to make sure I’m not getting ‘snake-oiled’. However last […]
“At 48, he performs around the globe and records on the piano in solo, chamber and concerto music. He composes music. He writes and blogs prolifically. He paints and writes poetry, and has won awards for both. He champions rarely performed composers and works. He takes his own photos for his blog, and, as an […]
We are told …. SUPERB BROADCAST PERFORMANCE FROM THE 1990 MONTREUX JAZZ FESTIVAL When Ry Cooder and David Lindley played the Montreux Jazz Festival together in 1990, the set performed was an eclectic mix of cuts from Cooder’s back catalogue. Included was a selection of numbers from the great film soundtrack composer’s work in that […]
These are a unique moving iron design, which mimics most closely the mastering of the LP with a cutting head. Here is first a side view and then a frontal view of the generator assembly. It has “vertical right angled cantilever”, which is hinged at the back. Like most cartridges, it has two lateral coils, […]
had a pair from 92 till 02 when I replaced them with ATC 100A’s. Great fun with tons of bass and more drivers than you could shake a stick at. Not as accurate or neutral compared to the ATC’s but great at conveying music in an enjoyable way. MORE