Howard Popeck writes: This is, as far as I know, the final interview with the late Colin Howard, former production director of BS Meridian, founder of London HiFi Services, innovator, designer and the co-founder of Burton Somervell speakers. I conducted this interview some years ago and only discovered it yesterday. It has never previously been […]
Month: May 2022
Found 545 results
Paul Lester (The Guardian) writes: The spotlights and the shoulderpads, the bushy moustaches and the floppy mullets, the vests, the soft-focus, the dry ice … no one who lived through the 1980s will be able to forget a Hall & Oates video. In I Can’t Go for That, for example, tall, blond Daryl Hall and […]
In the late sixties, earning their spurs at the legendary Grande Ballroom in Detroit alongside The Stooges as a house band, the MC5 blasted their way into my affections, producing some of the loudest, baddest, heavy rock music ever heard at that time. Having given their support to a left wing, anarchist movement called the […]
Suzanne Vega, Live at the Bottom Line, New York May 24th 1986. The release of Suzanne Vega’s debut album in 1985 heralded the arrival of one of America’s most striking singer-songwriters. It is performed in its entirety on this set, broadcast on WNEW-FM in her native New York a year later. Also featured are numerous […]
JESSE S writes … Chuck Berry had this to say about Elvis. “ Describe Elvis Presley? He was the greatest who ever was, is or ever will be.” “Blacks didn’t have the air-waves that Elvis had. He delivered what he had beautifully.” SD writes .. There was a rumoured rift between them and Chuck did […]
There’s typically a bit of confusion when it comes to speaker setup, in particular, around how far out into the room is best for soundstage and depth. Generally, we’d like to be something close to 1/3 the way into the room but rarely is that possible. These are for the most part living rooms (in the truest […]
NEIL A writes … I’m not sure it’s the most misunderstood song in history, but surely a contender is Born In The USA. With its big major chord structure and pounding rhythm it has a triumphant sound. Bruce’s delivery is rather mumbled making the lyric rather hard to make out. This has given many a […]
I am often asked if a particular system setup is appropriate for a genre of music. Or, put another way, would this or that amp or speaker be a good choice for Jazz? Or this one or that one for classical? Rock? Of course, the obvious answer is we want a system that does it […]
ERIC F writes … None of the songs from any period of history are any more or less appropriate than any others from any other era…, because the concept of “appropriate” is as much a form of fashion (or delusion) as the music itself. Instead, maybe we should ask what makes some folks think they’re […]
I remain flummoxed as to how the industry wound up separating studio monitors from home audio. Both have the same task of reproducing music as accurately as possible. Yet the way they are marketed is so very different. Pro monitors, as they are referred to (because professionals wouldn’t want to think about amateur home speakers for their studios) […]
Hi. I heard this speaker recently and the slightly rolled off highs are pleasant to listen to on most recordings. However, one thing seemed to bother me – piano notes seem fat and thick. This seems in contrast to more neutral speakers like Dynaudio where the treble is more extended, rendering piano notes more […]
Dip in and out HERE
Reissue of 1963 Columbia LP /Sony Music/Analogue Productions Miles in hi-res 3-channel audio! Seven Steps to Heaven SACD Miles Davis, trumpet; Victor Feldman, piano; Herbie Hancock, piano; George Coleman, tenor sax; Frank Butler, drums; Anthony Williams, drums; Ron Carter, bass) This is the classic Miles session when he was still being fairly tonal and straightforward. […]
The Leak 2001 is a stereo cassette deck with Dolby B noise reduction, it was introduced by Leak in 1973. The main features of the Leak 2001 are: 2 heads, analog 3 digit tape counter, manual tape type selection with support for normal and chrome tapes, belt driven single-capstan transport. Typical of this deck is […]
By Stephen L. Betts July 15, 2015 Two trade lines on the haunting folk ballad, ‘I Never Will Marry,’ in this 1969 clip from ‘The Johnny Cash Show’ http://www.rollingstone.com/music/videos/flashback-see-linda-ronstadts-heartbreaking-duet-with-johnny-cash-20150715
Songwriter Roland Orzabal and singer Curt Smith recall channelling their domestic troubles into a song that tried to match Duran Duran and ended up on the Donnie Darko soundtrack. Continue HERE
Vol. 1 SIDE A1.Intro2.Badlands3.Streets Of Fire4.Spirit In The Night SIDE B5.Darkness On The Edge Of Town6.Factory7.The Promised Land SIDE C8.Prove It All Night9.Racing In The Street SIDE D10.Thunder Road11.Jungleland12.The Ties That Bind Vol. 2 SIDE A1.Intro2.Santa Clause Is Coming To Town3.The Fever SIDE B4.Fire5.Candys Room6.Because The Night SIDE C7.Point Blank8.Mona / Preachers Daughter9.Shes The One […]
My Stello DA100 DAC and ANT Cora 3T LTD arrived here several weeks ago and I’m very well pleased. I’ve also had exceptional help from Martin Logan in guiding me through the refurbishment of my Arius speakers, supplying new stators and condensers and constant emails back and forth. So now to my need for further […]
Introduction: “The engineer responsible for the design of the 1543 DAC is Scott Berry. Scott is an electrical engineer who worked for many years in R&D and manufacturing for Tektronix and Xerox on the West Coast of the USA. Scott’s experience was in electrical engineering R&D work in high technology industries, but not in the […]
What can one say about Jimi Hendrix that hasn’t already been written? This man died in London in September 1970 – that’s 44 years ago – yet you will still find his face on the front cover of dozens of music magazines every year where his life story, his music, his guitars, are documented in […]
