Year: 2022
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Most interconnects are shielded to reduce noise and improve sound quality. Is the same true for speaker cables? Watch Now
I rather likes these 3. All new to me as of today: The Dears: “Whites Only Party” The Young Knives: “Loughborough Suicide” Mudhoney: “Who Will Be The Next In Line?”
Been playing this on and off for some weeks now. Still not bored with it. We did for a short while think of writing a review. However as usual, AMG do a better job than us. So here’s the link: via allmusic.com
NEIL A writes … Many writers use various means to create music, and Bowie seems to have been one of these. The early songs appear to have been written in a very traditional way, by sitting down at a guitar or piano and finding chord structures that worked, then putting a tune to that, and […]
For nearly 50 years, PS has prided itself on helping customers get what they need. It’s as simple as picking up the phone or dropping us an email. We’re here to help with whatever we can do. It’s just part of our DNA. It’s how we would expect to be treated. Apparently, not everyone shares […]
Tom Service writes: There’s a lot more to the way Rachmaninov’s third and final symphony works than the simple attractiveness of its tunes Continue HERE
American audiences wouldn’t be able to see their acclaimed expatriate in person until a full decade after he’d left the country to resist the war draft. Thanks to President Carter’s declaration of amnesty for resisters, Jesse Winchester would eventually mark his anticipated return to the USA in April 1977. However, Winchester marked his gratitude […]
G ROWLAND writes … ‘Something’ is a lovely song, but if you were Paul McCartney you’d have some license to regard it as charming but ultimately somewhat naive, a bit of an easy win for a composer. Why? Because the harmonic structure relies on something which is known as ‘Line Cliche’ in music theory, which […]
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Rules are made to be broken and I cannot think of a better one to break than that of the Rule of Thirds. When that rule is applied to loudspeaker setup it calls for the room to be broken up into thirds: 1/3 of the room’s longest dimension away from the front wall is where […]
J. Spangler writes: Yes he did. Especially John Lennon. As related by author Chris Hutchins (who for some unknown reason confused the California Bel-Air mansion with Graceland when relating this anecdote {The Beatles and Elvis never met at Graceland}), who took the Fab Four to meet the King at his mansion at 525 Perugia Way, […]
When you see a woofer moving in and out at low bass notes does that action cause distortion? And if so, what kind and how important is it? Paul helps a person make the right choice in speakers. Watch Now Paul McGowan
Considered by many to be as the greatest gospel singer ever to live, Mahalia Jackson’s popularity extended across racial divides, she was gospel’s first superstar, and even decades after her death she remains, for many listeners, a defining symbol of the music’s transcendent power. With her singularly expressive contralto, Jackson continues to inspire the generations […]
For a few weeks recently this was rarely out of our office player. A truly terrific performance, if you like this kinda thing. At first I thought, well – hmm – I can write a damn fine review of this seminal work. And then I discovered someone else had done a better job. You can […]
The jazz maestro talks about Miles Davis, the evolution of funk and writing the score for Death Wish MORE
The Talking Heads frontman David Byrne discusses music and its affect on people, etc. MORE
“Peaceology” contains 13 tracks from Blues to Rock to Soul – an amazingly updated masterpiece of work by Roger Chapman. A great mix of different genres Roger used to create his very own and unforgettable sound.The former singer/songwriter and front man of famous UK rock bands like Family and Streetwalkers started his very successful solo career in […]