Sakini writes … They supplied mainly as PA equipment but also in the later years as hi-fi equipment, originally started by ex-Marconi engineer Gordon Lawson shortly after WWII as G. R. Lawson Ltd. but ran into financial difficulty at the turn of the decade and took on a partner named Parson and thus the new […]
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We are told: • Regardless of the brilliance of Dudley Moore’s celebrated comic partnership with Peter Cook, his marriages and abundant romantic assignations, the relationship which was surely most dear to him was with music. He could pull hilarious classical pastiches – like Beethoven ‘variations on Colonel Bogey’, and Britten’s ‘Little Miss Muffett’ – out of […]
Looks impressive but I have not had direct personal experience nor been in discussion (yet) with anyone who has. Neil / editor. OUR HIFI GLOBAL MARKETPLACE OUR ENTIRE PIONEER ARCHIVE
Paul McGowan writes: I have gotten a lot of mail, as of late, regarding our stance on the DAC feeding the power amplifier directly. There are clearly two camps on this issue: those that believe less is more and those that believe more is better. I have always found myself in the camp of less […]
Rebecca Nicholson (The Guardian) conducts the interview: Hello, Dolly! Hello, Rebecca! You know Rebecca is my middle name also? I do know that. It’s a good name. All right! At Glastonbury last month you played to what must have been 180,000 people. Is that the biggest show you have ever done? It probably is. I […]
When Keb’ Mo’ first was pitched the idea of releasing a double live album that captured the essence of his 2015 tour, he had a particular and unexpected instruction for his team: “Make it Hot Pink!” Indeed, that’s exactly what they did with Live: That Hot Pink Blues Album. It began as almost an afterthought […]
Muddy arrived in Boston on 15th June 1976, on his 60th birthday when was met with open arms by city mayor Kevin White. The mayor would proudly proclaim during Waters’ appearance at Paul’s Mall that night, that from this day forth, the 15th June shall now be known as Muddy Water’s Day. Waters has his […]
I see lots of bad mouthing of companies but sometimes, these folks building our gear are really amazing. I’ve worked for a few notable electronic companies and sometimes it was a source of great personal price. I’d like to tell a few positive ones about the companies who have amazed me with their own pride-of-product […]
It has survived the 7 consecutive plays or it goes back test here. Must be good. It is good. Fine musicianship. An undemanding listen but far from wallpaper either.
This first ever compilation of Dave’s work for the Kinks combines all his great work for the band as well as his highly under rated solo material. This newly remastered set done with the approval of Dave and mastered by Kinks archivist hopes to prove that there was not only one talented song writer […]
Stereophile: I first saw Benchmark’s AHB2 stereo power amplifier at the 2013 Convention of the Audio Engineering Society, in New York City. On silent display in Benchmark’s booth on the convention floor, its compact size and comprehensive features made the amp immediately attractive, and the design was described as a departure from traditional analog and […]
After Paul started Genesis Technologies with Infinity founder Arnie Nudell, they embarked on a project to replace the Infinity IRSV. How well did they do?
The Bach Mass in B minor, BWV 232, assembled from bits and pieces over some years, coheres in its final form in ways that perhaps only the composer understood. This recording by the Choir of Trinity College Cambridge and Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment under Stephen Layton has been road-tested in performances around Britain […]
As the Now compilation albums reach their 30th anniversary, a keen collector charts the tunes he will always associate with moments in his life Like so many things in the music/hifi world we invite you to take what you like HERE and …. leave the rest