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Hello Howard, I feel as though i know you although we have never met, having read your articles and comments for some time. Frankness and honesty is a quality i greatly admire. I’m a music and audio enthusiast of 40+ years. Won’t bore you with my hi fi history but in my sitting room is […]
PS AUDIO / Paul McGowan Peering down inside of a BHK preamp the other day, I was rewarded with the warm rosy glow of its vacuum tubes. And I was reminded how similar a vacuum tube is to a lightbulb (I know. I am weird). Both vacuum tubes and lightbulbs have glass envelopes that keep […]
I would like to upgrade the modest Akito I have on my LP12 and would like a Unipivot. Clearly, the Naim Aro is a great arm, but I am loathed to pay £1300+ on ebay for an arm that I can remember retailing at £650 new when it first came out. Two arms that have […]
After a lifetime conducting Bach, John Eliot Gardiner has written an in-depth study of a genius touched by God. He talks to Ivan Hewett. Continue reading HERE
As an in-demand orchestrator, with her works recorded by the London Chamber Orchestra, Fuller met The Who’s Pete Townshend in 1996, becoming the arranger for his The Lifehouse Chronicles album and subsequent concerts at London’s Sadler’s Wells Theatre. With Townshend she co-wrote a song titled “It’s Not Enough” featured on The Who’s studio album Endless […]
For over 40 years Nils Lofgren has been playing and performing with some of the biggest names in music including Neil Young, Ringo Starr and of course Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band. A multi-talented musician and songwriter, this sell-out concert recorded at London’s Town and Country Club sees Lofgren at his very […]
Many will remember the British Leyland Motor Corporation, the nineteen seventies state owned purveyor of such automotive design masterpieces as the Morris Marina and Austin Allegro. A decade of industrial strife and dreadful quality ensured that BLMC’s dalliance with disaster was well publicised, but what many don’t know is that hi-fi had its very own […]
I get asked this question all the time, and perhaps one more attempt at an explanation will help. Voltage is what determines loudness. Let me explain. Let’s imagine we have a stereo power amplifier delivering 10v at its output. Now, add two loudspeakers, each with identical sensitivity (meaning that for a given voltage, they will […]
“In our latest visit to Rock’s Backpages – the world’s leading archive of vintage music journalism – we bring you an interview with the late Etta James, by Cliff White for NME in 1978” “Thanksgiving Day in November will be my silver anniversary: 25 years since I cut my first record and I haven’t […]
Gramophone Magazine: As his centenary year draws to a close, we can look back at some wonderful new recordings of Britten’s music: Philip Hingham’s disc of the Cello Suites (Delphi an), Oliver Knudsen conducting The Rape of Lucretius at Aldeburgh (Virgin Classics), Ian Bostridge recording Britten’s songs with Antonio Pappano and Xuefei Yang (EMI Classics), […]
From our archives: In the 80s, the Cult liked to claim they were the world’s biggest band. Today the guys are more modest – but still reckon their new album, Choice of Weapon, is as rock’n’roll as ever MORE
For the virtuoso trumpeter Alison Balsom it was a dream to work with Trevor Pinnock on her new album, and the musical director agrees they are ‘kindred spirits’. They tell Adam Sweeting why. MORE
Decca Get It WRONG! Today, when you sample vintage recordings on CD, some of the classic Decca recordings now seem a bit over-lit and rather obviously multi-miked. They’re still very exciting to listen to, but the engineering seems a wee bit obtrusive and gimmicky. Conversely, recordings which on LP once seemed slightly reticent and […]
Phillip Clark writes: Ludwig van Beethoven, the composer who, more than any other, changed music, the sound of music and what it is that composers do, wrote nine symphonies that jolted music out of itself. Life could never – would never – be the same again. The “classical” rationality of structure, harmony, form, melodic development […]
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My list of influential bass players and records that I dig. There are obviously people not on this list that should be,* but I had to choose ten, so what can you do? peace, love, & music, Alana Rocklin Continues HERE
Throughout the ‘50s, ‘60s and ‘70s, Decca, in my opinion, had the happy knack of making recordings that sounded great on the hi-fi of the day. Their classical LPs sounded amazingly vivid and highly detailed, with wide stereo and impressive dynamics. Decca’s engineers had a somewhat proactive approach to recording. Rather than just setting up […]
Since LPs are built around older technology do they actually sound best when played on the same vintage equipment as they were originally designed for? Watch Now
Richard Thompson talks about getting his sound out of a variety of backline amps—good and bad—on the road (assisted by Henry Kaiser).
A Hard Rain’s A-Gonna FallBlowin * In The Wind * Railroad Boy * Plane Wreck At Los Gatos (Deportee) * I Pity The Poor Immigrant * Shelter From The Storm * Maggie’s Farm * One Too Many Mornings * Mozambique * Idiot Wind * duet with Joan Baez
A rockin’ live version of the track from R.E.M.’s 2001 free concert in Cologne, Germany, which was filmed for broadcast. This performance and a lot more are featured on the REMTV 6 DVD box set. Full details on the release at http://www.REMHQ.com
We are told: Paradox (Original Music From The Film) is the accompanying music to Darryl Hannah’s directorial debut movie of the same name. The movie stars Neil Young, members of Promise Of the Real and other family and friends. The album is a live performance record featuring Neil Young + Promise Of The Real, and […]
Country is among the most popular music genres in the United States, with a market share of 10.7% in 2000, compared to 24.8% for rock music, nearly 13% for rap/hip-hop, 8% for pop, and just short of 3% for jazz (Benz, 2001). Country music has an even higher popularity rating when music fans are asked […]
At some point – and it’s hard to say exactly when – a significant majority began to lose interest in sonic upgrades and technical improvements. It’s my belief the process began sometime in the late 1980s, though the trend would not become obvious until the early ‘90s. CD certainly rejuvenated the hi-fi market in the […]