Paul McGowan: One of our readers asked why on earth I would run the PerfectWave Power Amplifier you see in our new music room on a P10 Power Plant – and not go straight into the wall. After all, every time you place something between the power amp and the wall – the source of […]
Month: December 2021
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I have just read the article ” Interview with the Gods”, and loudspeakers “Burton Somervell” were mentioned. I can not find any info on them. Can you help ! Thank you so much for your enquiry. Usually I’m able to answer incoming queries to everyone’s complete satisfaction first time. But sometimes I don’t. And sometimes […]
Just dug out a pair, put them on and remembered that I quite like these, sort of LS3/5a sound with more guts. Pretty inefficient and seem to need a fairly powerful amp. Units are Audax 8″ with Bextrene cone and a KEFT27 in a reasonably compact cabinet. Anyone remember these speakers? opinions? MORE
From our image vault. FYI only i.e. we do not have one for sale.
From the 1990s we believe
Nina Simone was one of the most original artists of the 20th Century, a unique talent whose music transcends most of the pigeonholes that make up the predominantly genre led world of popular music. This collection presents her first four albums between 1958 and 1960 and includes her international hit “My Baby Just Cars For […]
Merrill Reed Weiner writes: In the coming weeks, my brother, Lou Reed, will be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a solo performer, an honor celebrating his incredible impact upon the world of music. Since his passing from liver disease in 2013, there have been many accolades, articles, and ruminations […]
From our archives …. Former Dire Straits frontman Mark Knopfler talds about seventh solo album, Privateering, and plays a sample from one of his songs. MORE
Paul McGowan writes: I was showing Carl, one of our sales reps, our sound room and talking about the prospect of increasing the availability of the in-home demo. I suggested I have always loved the idea of people taking equipment home and trying it out – we used to have a slogan “your living room […]
From the archives: “On the morning of 21 September 1966, a Pan Am airliner from New York landed at Heathrow, carrying among its passengers a black American musician from a poor home. Barely known in his own country and a complete stranger to England, he had just flown first class for the first time in […]
Anyone ever hear or own active speakers that made you forget about all the rest? Or are active speakers best left to the studio engineers” MORE
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From our extensive archive. This one seems to be from 1987
“Bryan Ferry is a contradictory man. His public image is dashing and debonair, the natural pop star with a beautiful woman on his arm. But does the miner’s son feel at home in the elite circles in which he moves? Or is he happiest when he is on his own making music?” MORE
From our archives …. Emmylou Harris and Rodney Crowell’s new album, The Traveling Kind, follows the longtime friends’ first duet album, 2013’s Old Yellow Moon, which won Best Americana Album at the 56th annual Grammy Awards as well as two awards at the 2013 Americana Music Association Honors & Awards Show, for Album of […]
Originally published 2013 Can music repair damaged tissue? Is it possible to hear it through another person’s ears? If anyone knows, it’s Tod Machover. As he prepares to create an innovative symphony for Edinburgh, Charlotte Higgins meets the music professor. The producer of 50 Nobel laureates, and the academic home of Tim Berners-Lee and Noam […]
Sarfraz Manzoor asks” Fans of Woody Guthrie’s music include everyone from Bob Dylan to Barack Obama but, exactly 100 years after his birth, isn’t it time to separate the man from the myth?” New York City, February 23, 1940. In a dingy hotel room near Times Square sits Woody Guthrie. He is 27 years […]
There’s certainly a great deal of debate whether or not turntable setup is an art involving both measurement and listening. There are those that will claim they can set up a table without ever listening to it, that their techniques and tools are so advanced as to be infallible. And, of course, the opposite opinions. […]
A mixed bag i know but i enjoyed owning the below, in no particular order of enjoyability (don’t think there’s such a wurd) :JR’149′ Heybrook ‘HB1’ Castle Acoustics ‘Howard Mk.1’ Diesis ‘Solitaire’ Mission ‘737’ (Audax) B&W ‘DM4’ Ferrograph ‘S1’ Mordaunt Short ‘Signifer’ Monitor Audio ‘R352’ Spendor ‘SP1’ ps:Never owned the Ferro’s just borrowed em couple […]