First UK cd release for this classic album – remastered from the original master tapes Booklet with photos & notes with quotes from jack bruce -fully restored album artwork Classic JACK BRUCE album from 1980, the result of a unique collaboration between Bruce and musicians BILLY COBHAM, CLEM CLEMPSON and DAVID SANCIOUS. A wonderful album […]
Month: November 2021
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Tim Easton’s new album, American Fork, is a playfully radical call to action for all listeners to abandon apathy. The first track, Right Before Your Own Eyes, contains more melodic twists and turns than any previous recording by Easton, as well as the first saxophone hook on any of his records. The album continues on […]
Elin Larsson, Cory Berry and Zack Anderson – all in their early twenties – formed a group which should quickly become one of the most acclaimed and interesting bands around. Behold the birth of a new musical experience, an experience we thought was long gone, lost in time and space. Behold the birth of Blues Pills.• The young […]
“I was just curious why more home systems don’t utilize active monitors from hi-end manufacturers. Dynaudio, Focal, PMC and Genelec to name a few seem to have very high value offerings that, on the surface, appear taylor made for a simple system. Just add a cd player with volume and balanced outs or a hi-end […]
Most of my real listening is on vinyl. I don’t even own a cd player, or have a disc drive on my computer. One of the things I’ve noticed of late is that I like the sound on older records than I do on newer pressings. For example, I have a newer pressing of […]
Limited Edition of 2,500 sets. Five 180-gram LPs containing over 3.5 hours of studio & live performances culled from previously uncirculated masters and newly discovered recordings. Audio restoration and mastering by Fred Kevorkian. Lacquers cut by Ron McMaster at Capitol Studios and pressed to vinyl by Quality Record Pressings. Produced by Grateful Dead publicist and […]
Originally published 2001
Hi Howard, So pleased to hear that a piece of classical music had such a profound effect on you. The problem is these days is that the recordings just aren’t being made like they used to be. In schools many youngsters are not exposed to the breadth and depth of music that’s available, past and […]
The new Graham LS8/1, designed by Derek Hughes. The Graham LS8/1 resembles daddy Spencer Hughes’s fabled two-tweeter BC1 (footnote 2). Compared to the original, two-tweeter BC1, which extended up to 16kHz, the Graham LS8/1’s new “super-tweeter” extends up to 20kHz. At the other end of the frequency spectrum, the Graham LS8/1’s woofer descends to 45Hz […]
Totem Acoustic is making its recent Kin Play range available in the UK. The collection consists of the active Kin Play and Kin Play Mini bookshelf speakers, Kin Play Soundbar and Kin Sub10, which is connected to the rest of the range via the Kin LINK wireless subwoofer receiver. An active bookshelf speaker measuring 180 […]
Now I’ve never consciously tried, but I don’t think I am capable of picking out a musical “personality” in the way mentioned. I tend to like what I like, for reasons often ill-defined, or not defined at all. It would appear that, after 30-odd years of classical listening, I still have a very long way […]
Paul McGowan writes: It has always struck me as funny that the holy grail of system setup is for the speakers to disappear. We know our system has reached the pinnacle of success when we can close our eyes and fail to point out the location of each speaker. It seems so counter intuitive to […]
1968 was a tumultuous year for the VelvetUnderground, with the departure of JohnCale, the addition of Doug Yule, a gruelling touring schedule and considerable musical transition. Supportedby the MC5, the quartet played their final shows of the year at the Boston Tea Party,which Lou Reed once described as his favourite place to play. This legendary […]
Rather than pollute the NS-1000 thread further, I thought I’d start one specific to the Yammy amp. From my previous post: ===== Well, I won’t be going rackless after all, I don’t think! After a frustrating hour and a half hunting for a pair of speaker cables to use with the amp (can one fit […]
A compact pair of powered speakers that, unusually for the genre, features a ribbon tweeter Designed for those looking for a smaller footprint hifi system, near-field use or for those wanting to reduce the number of boxes you have to deal with in a typical hifi system, the A80 speakers include a horn-loaded ribbon tweeter […]
Paul McGowan: What a shame. The 60th Grammy Awards show sound quality has made progress, but unfortunately in the wrong direction. It’s a bit worse than 2017 and a lot worse than 2016. Loud music passages were pinched off by over-aggressive limiters to the point of cringing. The Grammy awards are a chance for the […]
Taking acoustic technology and design cues from the flagship Concept 300, while also introducing new audio innovations, the Concept 30 standmount delivers truly high-end home audio performance. For more info, click qacoustics.co.uk
Paul McGowan writes ….. When upsampling programs add bits to digital audio our machines are happier, but there’s no new information to hear, no increase in dynamics to be had. It’s tempting to think otherwise. When you read that an analog tape or vinyl album has been recorded with 24 bits rather than 16, you’re […]