Paul McGowan writes: We now understand part of the reason why we can outperform test equipment as critical listeners; we are able to use the identical playback systems for both live and “recorded” music. The same ear/brain mechanism that we use to process what our ears pickup is used to process the memory of what […]
Month: September 2021
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One of the greatest recording engineers out there, Eddie Kramer, known for recording artists such as the wildly celebrated Beatles, or the guitar legend Jimi Hendrix, the brilliant Led Zeppelin or the genius rock band Kiss. Yes, this man is up there with the best, and while he previously studied classical piano, also learning […]
Mark Hornsby is an acclaimed music producer, audio engineer, musician, writer and marketing consultant – widely considered to be one of the most diverse figures in today’s music business. Mark is the former co-owner of one of Florida’s largest recording and rehearsal studios – Ridenour Studios – whose clients included New Found Glory, Foreigner, […]
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There appears to be an increasing customer frustration level in all sectors of business towards errors in products and services, reported through customer feedback, and the company’s response time to fix those errors. Customer expectation levels for faster error correction, perhaps even elimination of errors, appear to be rising exponentially. Here’s the interesting thing: all […]
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I was recently having an email conversation with a very nice gentleman who had written me about a subject we’re all more than familiar with, the sound of cables. He had never heard one cable sound different than another. Couple that with the fact he’d read articles focused on convincing people those differences do not […]
Paul McGowan writes: It’s tempting to make a snap judgment that a new change to your setup is wonderful – working miracles – but many times this “first blush” critique won’t stand the test of time. It turns out that it’s quite easy to get enamored with one area of improvement while not noticing a […]
Adrian Bushby is a double Grammy award winning British mixer, engineer and producer. Phil English visited Adrian at his private mix studio in London to talk about his working methods and to find out how he goes about taking a recording in to a finished master. Having won his first Grammy back in 2008 […]
FYI: A thread – from a while back – that some might find contains interesting observations, advice and so on. Certainly worth dipping in and out of if you have only a few minutes to spare. Neil / editor in chief =========== Won this today.I put in a much lower offer yesterday and it was […]
One of the more ironic tasks in HiFi is to make the speakers disappear. Quite a feat of magic for big boxes dominating the room. Yeat, difficult or not, that’s exactly what we want to do. One of the easiest ways to tell if you’re system is working correctly is to close your eyes and […]
PRESS RELEASE: From the Dirac press release: UPPSALA, Sweden — In a move to meet growing consumer demand for high-quality audio in mainstream home theater systems, Swedish digital audio pioneer Dirac announced collaboration with leading electronics manufacturers Onkyo, Pioneer, Pioneer Elite, and Integra to bring its award-winning Dirac Live room correction feature to the companies’ newest […]
Gramophone magazine: From Byrd to Tippett, with recommended recordings of each work Please click HERE to continue reading.
Fiona Maddocks writes: Elgar’s only string quartet, a masterpiece of the chamber music repertoire premiered in 1918, is well established. That of his contemporary Delius, dating from a year earlier, is more of a rarity. The composer was discontented with his first (three-movement) attempt and reworked the opening movement and the wistful “Late Swallows” slow […]
Featuring new recordings of Chopin’s Nocturnes by Jan Lisiecki, Strauss’s Eine Alpensinfonie, Langgaard’s Music of the Abyss and more MORE