Equalization is the act of increasing or decreasing the amplitude (loudness) of specific ranges of frequencies. The most common form of EQ was once the ubiquitous bass and treble controls found on consumer audio equipment. These knobs or sliders allowed one to reduce or increase the amounts of both frequency ranges. (in my experience they […]
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Nick Dureden writes: There is a lot of fun to be had in listening to Donovan’s latest greatest hits offering, Donovan: Retrospective, released to mark his 50th anniversary in music. Though essentially a facsimile of his many and varied hits collections over the years, his songs remain sublimely evocative of the era from which they […]
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In the late 1970s Morton Feldman established an ensemble, Morton Feldman and Soloists, at the university in Buffalo, New York, where he taught. Feldman was one of its pianists, and the group’s repertoire naturally included a number of his own works, but it also ranged from Satie to Xenakis, Kurt Schwitters to Toru Takemitsu. […]
We sometimes form incorrect conclusions based on logical leaps. For example, just because a balanced interconnect is quieter than a single-ended type doesn’t mean single-ended systems are noisy. A single-ended system using the standard RCA interconnects can be as quiet as the proverbial mouse. It’s the system many of us have for years been using […]
I think it was Einstein that said “Everything that can be counted doesn’t necessarily count. Everything that counts cannot necessarily be counted.” There are so many variables in our stereo systems it’s hard to know which of them matter and which are just there to drive us nuts. For example, every electronic piece we own […]
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01 Dirty Blvd. 02 Endless Cycle 03 Last Great American Whale 04 Beginning Of A Great Adventure 05 Busload Of Faith 06 I Love You, Suzanne 07 One For My Baby (And One More For The Road) 08 Doin’ The Things That We Want To 09 Rock ‘N’ Roll 10 Video Violence 11 The Original […]
After reforming in the Spring of 1999 with two of the original three members, Blue Cheer have toured constantly in Europe and America. Now for the first time, a new studio recording truly represents the power of the band that ushered in the beginnings of heavy metal rock. Not since their historic recording of “Summertime […]
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Format: 140 gram LP – clear RED vinyl in transparent PVC sleeve with BLUE lettering (limited edition 500 copies) Blues Creation was formed in 1969 by Japanese ax-hero Kazuo Takeda, along with fellow guitarist Koh Eiryu and singer Fumio Nunoya (later of Dew). Initially influenced by the likes of The Yardbirds and Cream, group mastermind […]
Frank Serpico … Hi there. What makes best sense when selling off an Olive Naim amp: to have it serviced or not to have it serviced before the sale? Thanks
It’s nice to build systems and equipment with hand-wave theories of the perfect this and that but turning that hand wave into something of value is where reality sets in. Take for example loudspeakers. I constantly get notes about why there should be no such thing as the need to voice a speaker because they […]
Even with a career that has brought us an incredible twenty-one studio albums, British folk legends Steeleye Span’s history still includes a number of records that stand out as landmarks. 1974’s Now We Are Six was one such moment, an album that saw the band expand both their line up to a six piece and […]
Back in the ‘70s, when I worked in hi-fi retail, I bought the EMI 3LP reissue of Otto Klemperer’s mono Beethoven recordings from the 1950s. I then made the mistake of playing one of the discs in the shop. Bad move. Customers and staff started pulling faces at the ‘poor’ quality of the sound. And, […]
Several of you have asked me how you can tell if the output capacitor of your preamp (if it has one) is adequate for the input impedance of your amplifier. If you’ll recall, I suggested in this post that a mismatch, while rare these days, will result in a loss of low bass or unwanted […]
When Alon Sagee was a wet behind the ears audiophile he spent his days hanging around stereo shops. Today he is the president of the San Francisco Audiophile Society. “At 20, I bought my first audiophile gear at HiFi Haven, a high-end audio dealer in my college neighborhood in New Jersey. This was definitely not a […]
Happy first day of winter. What better subject to warm the heart on a cold winter’s day than ground loops. Keeps us grounded and humming along. Ok, I couldn’t resist. I mentioned in yesterday’s post if we had hum with only a power amp and speaker connected it could not be a ground loop. How […]
We are told: “Wacken Open Air quickly grew its reputation as the most important metal festival in continental Europe. A peaceful gathering of metal fans coming from all over the world. Long hair, leather clothes, mud and a lot of fun for what seems to be the closest music to resemble the spirit of festivals […]