Year: 2022
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Michael Vronsky writes: Did we in the high-end buyers arena get what we bargained for when we chose the lowest price over service and advice? Dealers have always discounted. It’s implicit in the descriptive word ‘dealers’ i.e. ‘to deal’ Perhaps ‘retailer’ might be more appropriate? Anyway – even famous dealers may be obliged to offer […]
Paul McGowan: What is impedance between amp and preamplifier and if there is a mismatch will there also be a loss of bass? Rumors and misinformation are rife in our industry and Paul takes the time to explain what input and output impedance is and why their matching is important. Watch Now ▸
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I very much suspect that if the twin Uk crises of virus + crippled economy continue, then some audio makers (survival trumps sentiment/altruism … always) will cancel their UK reseller network and deal directly with the public. A twin level system with entry-level catered for by the multiples + a high-end division via a series […]
From the vaults Bruce Springsteen’s new album, High Hopes, is a collection of revamped and re-recorded lost songs – but it doesn’t quite fit together. As one of rock’s great storytellers, Bruce Springsteen usually makes albums with a strong narrative thrust binding the songs together. So what are we supposed to make of a new […]
I’ll admit up front that this review is at least partially a love letter to Rosanne Cash, who has long been one of my favorite singer/songwriters. Along with a handful of others — including Lucinda Williams, Emmylou Harris and Iris DeMent — Rosanne’s vocals tend to shoot right past my critical faculties and lies themselves […]
The live recordings from 1949 to 1964 are being reissued to mark 40 years since Callas’s death. The 40th anniversary of Maria Callas’s death in Paris will be marked by the release of a new 42-disc box-set from Warner Classics called ‘Maria Callas Live: Remastered Live Recordings 1949-1964’. The box-set will be released on September […]
Dave Smith writes: Much of this problem comes from all the so called ebay vintage HiFi ‘experts’ who are asking ridiculous amounts for things like the Celestion HF2000 tweeter. I purchased one last week for £30 outside of ebay yet when listed on ebay they’re asking stupid amounts for them. The HF2000 tweeter […]
Andrew Clements writes ….. The latest addition to Mark Elder’s British music series continues his exploration of Elgar with a couple of the works composed during the first world war. A Voice in the Wilderness is one of a triptych of small-scale pieces with narrator that Elgar composed between 1914 and 1917 (all of them […]
On September 29, 1989, Melissa Etheridge showcased most of the material from her first two albums at New York’s prestigious Bottom Line club. Broadcast on WNEW-FM, these performances include half of the songs from her 1988 Melissa Etheridge album, as well as every selection from the 1989’s follow-up Brave Crazy. Also featured are a cover […]
I am looking to build a new two channel digital system. I can read specs and listen at my local dealer but I am interested in the thoughts of real owners and past owners about levinson products. What is good, what is bad, why do you keep it, why did you get rid of it […]
Loaded: Re-Loaded 45th Anniversary Edition will follow in the footsteps and format of the deluxe sets previously released by UMe for the VU’s first three albums The Velvet Underground and Nico,White Light/White Heat, and The Velvet Underground. This 6-disc box will feature: The original 1970 album remastered in both its stereo and mono mixes; Demos, singles, early versions […]
They tell us ….. ‘Bambu (The Caribou Sessions)’ features highlights from the recording sessions for the planned second album by Dennis Wilson of The Beach Boys. Recorded in 1978 as the follow-up to Wilson’s classic ‘Pacific Ocean Blue’, these eclectic and ambitious recordings were left unreleased when Wilson died in 1983, and remained so until […]
