From our archives … With the passing of Jesse Winchester last year, America lost one of its truly great singer-songwriters, but here is an unexpected release that will remind both his fans and those new to his art what a remarkable talent he was. Seems Like Only Yesterday Live in Montreal 1976 presents, for the […]
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“It’s partly about Woking where I grew up. I don’t think the swinging 60s ever hit there’. In 1981, I was going through a few changes. I was taking note of what was going on in our country. When you’re touring, you’re often in your own bubble, but we were going around the country seeing […]
I couldn’t find one, so I thought I would put one up myself. Just a simple place for British speaker porn from the days when hot glass bottles ruled the hi-fi industry. I’ll start. Here are some old Goodmans Audioms in console enclosures. From the ’50’s, I believe. Dip in and out HERE
An outstanding 1971 studio concert broadcast, featuring Delaney & Bonnie and Friends, hot off the road with Eric Clapton and George Harrison, live at A&R Recording Studios in New York City – this time with friends Duane & Gregg Allman and King Curtis. The show begins acoustically (listen to D&B & Duane on Come […]
They write: The Trio KT-917 tuner (known as the Kenwood KT-917 outside of the UK and Japan) was the most technically advanced high-end FM tuner upon it’s launch in 1979. It replaced, and bettered, the already world-beating Trio 600T. If there was ever a better tuner than the Trio KT-917 then I have yet to […]
Paul McGowan: The main listening room at PS Audio is approximately 16 feet wide by 35 feet long – not a huge room but not too small either. Left bare and with nothing more than just the loudspeakers and equipment to power them in place, the room is an OK venue for sound reproduction. Add […]
My response: Frankly, I have no idea, not even one and so I ‘investigated’ and this is what I found this from Mr. Hussain: Al I. Husain, Pretending to be Lester Bangs without the BangsU It’s a great question and hard to answer as from general observations, Ronnie has filled in quite well as the […]
Just received a copy of this book by Julian Alderton today from Oxfam online. I have been trying to get a copy for sometime and it looks like being a good read so worth the wait. This book seems very difficult to obtain now. Details
Hello Howard. I came across your very ezine whilst looking for Linn Sara information. I wonder if you have any knowledge of another Speaker Manufacture? I purchased a set of Principal Design PD150 speakers in the mid to late 80s. One drive unit has developed a fault so I have been looking for information about […]
Writes Paul McGowan ….. One of my readers, Mark S, asks the question of why we manufacturers seem to work so hard at building kit that serves all music and all tastes equally well. I think it’s a good question and one worth thinking about. In most fields a “one size fits all” mentality […]
” We have a problem. The music industry has been celebrating a surge of interest in one of its most beloved artifacts: the vinyl record. Major labels are returning to their old business model and are quickly saturating clothes stores, online shops, electronics outlets and international vinyl-themed holidays with reissues of old classics. It’s easy […]
We perceive sound with our ears. We listen with our minds. What’s interesting about this observation is that no two people hear or listen in the same way yet we can each agree an oboe is an oboe, a guitar a guitar, Beethoven’s 5th rather than another symphony. Our senses may be similar in function but […]
Paul McGowan: We don’t typically listen to stereo standing up, so how important is the chair and its height in a high end audio setup? Paul tackles this interesting question with an answer that might surprise you. Watch Now
Nico’s 1974 album remastered and expanded into a 2CD set with the inclusion of five tracks from two John Peel sesions, two tracks from the Old Grey Whistle Test in 1975 and two tracks from the Rainbow Theatre Allmusic.com review by Dave Thompson: “It is one of the most entrenched visions in the rock critic’s […]
From the archives: Was Sibelius’s symphony of ‘pure cold water’ intended as a corrective to a musical world of modernist angst? Tom Service looks at the Finnish composer’s self-effacing, but hugely influential, work. Sibelius on his Sixth Symphony: “Whereas most other modern composers are engaged in manufacturing cocktails of every hue and description, I offer […]