ROBERT SILVA writes … The ultimate dorm room hi-fi system? The +Audio +Record Player Special Edition White delivers quite the punch and wireless connectivity. Audiophiles are likely to turn their collective noses up at the mere mention of a product like the +Audio +Record Player Special Edition White system, but that would be a huge […]
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JAY W writes … Yes. Paul and John had a big fist fight during the recording of “Yellow Submarine”. Paul was known for his habit of giving John wet willies, which John hated. One day John got fed up and threw a yellow matter custard pie at Paul, but Paul ducked and the pie hit […]
Ray Dolby was a pioneering engineer. While many folks would recognize the name as associated with multi-channel home theater—Dolby Atmos for example—the beginnings of Dolby were an attempt to reduce noise in tape recorders. Tape recorders have hiss. It’s just part and parcel of their process of magnetizing the metal particles on plastic strips of […]
As much as our mental faculties like to focus on one thing at a time, the reality is we do not live in a vacuum. Everything affects everything else. When we opt for a new phono cartridge it has a very different electrical and sonic character than its predecessor. We’ll need to readjust the cartridge […]
Sonus faber has announced Arena, the Italian loudspeaker specialist’s flagship custom installation collection, which will make its world debut at CEDIA 2022. Arena combines the heritage brand’s latest ‘Ci-Fi’ (Custom Install Fidelity) technology, combined with the refinement associated with Sonus faber’s artisans. The handmade Arena range combines the company’s signature natural sound with the dynamics […]
John Hind writes: The tenor on the joys of family food and how he stays in tune by eating pasta every day – but only with olive oil and no sauces or butter Mamma said that when I was little I refused to eat. I suppose I didn’t want to waste time. I was very […]
Louis Armstrong and Duke Ellington are two of the main names in jazz. Although their paths had crossed from time to time over the years, nobody in the entertainment industry had ever managed to get Armstrong and Ellington into a recording studio to make an album together. On April 3, 1961, producer Bob Thiele achieved […]
Just reading tinternet instead of working and the topic of this thread as just occurred to me . I set my turntable speed with a laser tachometer to two decimal places .However to set it you don’t play a record. I was happy until today. When somebody mentioned a rega running 5% fast wouldn’t matter […]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XonFZjuyc6E A classic ” Badfinger ” song ” Day after Day ” from the 70’s. This is the studio version with George Harrison helping out on one of the guitars. Hear the slide guitar ? That’s George Harrison ……. Magic stuff !!!! I had such a good time in the 70’s, we had such good […]
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5 CDs housed in casebound book within a rigid slipcase This is particularly exciting and relevant due to the discovery of some of Pete’s demos from 1964/1965 that have never seen the light of day and are among his very earliest songs. Includes the hit singles – My Generation / La-La-La Lies / […]
When I heard Candy Dulfer’s new CD ‘Crazy’ I was absolutely flabbergasted. This is not a ‘sit down and listen to’ CD. It’s a ‘get up and move’ CD. From the first track ‘Stop All That Noise’ to the cool jazz ending of ‘Too Close’, Ms. Dulfer took me on a wonderful high energy adventure. […]
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Not everything is going to fit you and your particular needs. Yet sometimes we get the wrong cues about the intended audience for a product or service. When that happens, we often blame the product rather than the message. Here’s a silly example. As a vegetarian, I might get excited that a fast food chain […]
Wikipedia describes the Decca Tree as a 3 microphone spaced array most commonly used for orchestral recording. The technique was developed in the early 1950s and first commercially used in 1954 by Arthur Haddy, Roy Wallace, and later refined by engineer Kenneth Ernest Wilkinson and his team at Decca Records, to provide a strong stereo […]
Digital audio is a very complex subject, one most of us don’t really understand at a level deep enough to make a reasoned technological change. Yes, we can change cables, equipment, programs, and even formats and hear the differences. But most of us aren’t able to dig deep into circuitry and programming to make those […]
PLV NESS writes … Dude, where have you been for the past fifty years? You need to lay off that wacky weed and pay closer attention to life. ‘Wings’ was always seen as a serious endeavor. All 23 of ‘Wings’ U.S. singles registered Top 40 hits. Over the years, the band won six Grammy Awards, […]
I often tackle the same question multiple times. With each new answer to the same question, the different angle of attack seems to illuminate the lightbulb of understanding for at least one person. An aha! moment. For me, that’s reason enough to keep trying. We’re all perhaps a bit weary of me beating the DSD horse. I […]
Among the highlights of Abbado Week are two different guides his finest recordings, a comprehensive overview of Abbado’s career and heartfelt tribute from Gramophone’s Editor-in-Chief James Jolly, and a classic interview with Abbado drawn from the Gramophone archive, which was undertaken at the Don Carlos recording sessions. Discover more below… Continues HERE