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Although famous for its elaborate speaker designs, Wilson Benesch is rooted in vinyl. Paul Rigby reviews the Full Circle turntable. You could buy yourself a Porsche Cayman S, have a luxurious holiday in the Bahamas and still have change to decorate the front room for the price of Wilson Benesch’s, top of the range, Cardinal […]
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Editor’s note 29/04/2000. This is an ‘old’ thread but having checked it this morning there are still a few interesting and relevant observations I feel =============== Went back to vinyl around 4 years ago when I purchased an LP12 , however the LP12 was too sensitive with the tone arm bouncing across the records when […]
They said: Arcam has always been known for producing class-leading integrated amplifiers, all of which featured excellent headphone stages. The rHead continues that tradition, but n the highly specialised area of discrete analogue headphone amplification in a small, solidly and beautifully built unit designed to complement the audio system of any headphone lover. The rHead […]
PAUL McGOWAN / PS AUDIO I think when evaluating acceptable tradeoffs one must make a shortlist of inviolate parameters. For example, I am unwilling to sacrifice: dynamics, transparency, bass, soundstage, and listenability. Which, by default, suggests I am willing to sacrifice: tonal balance, PRaT, noise, extended highs, and colorations. Your list of must-haves and acceptable […]
ROY TRUAX … This one… Turned 13 that year. Was ripe for something (anything really) that made-up for boring radio friendly noise polluting the airwaves. ’76 was a great year for… denim bell-bottoms. Starland Vocal Band, Dr. Hook, The Captain and Tennille and other glorified Holiday Inn circuit acts where inescapable!!! Not everything was utterly […]
HORACE CRANE … As Lennon got more into drugs and Yoko, it was McCartney who strove to keep the band together and moving forward. For some years, the others acquiesced and coasted on using each other as backing musicians. Eventually, they tired of his pushing and being his backing band, and of being Beatles at […]
First published in 1988 Richard Vandersteen doesn’t look like a typical loudspeaker designer. True, he wears glasses, but his presence suggests a longshoreman or somebody who’d be played by Gene Hackman. And sure enough, he tells you in a quasi-Dukes of Hazzard drawl that he’s been a construction worker, plumber, truckdriver, and electrician. Electronics had […]
NEIL ANDERSON … To fully understand the song you need to scrutinise the lyric. Now, there’s a lot of repetition, but the verses are: Tutti frutti, oh rootieTutti frutti, oh rootieTutti frutti, oh rootieTutti frutti, oh rootieTutti frutti, oh rootieA wop bop a loo bop a lop ba ba I got a gal, named Sue, […]
KEN ECKERT … In the last photographs of the Beatles together, we can see their body language. I realize I may read too much into them. But they look so clearly sick of being together as a band, and itching to do things on their own or with other musical friends. We can only imagine […]
GERAINT HALL … Saxophones can be made out of wood (I looked on YouTube) but usually (and traditionally) they are not, they are made out of brass. Prince Chokorda and his wooden saxophone Wooden saxophone Wooden Saxophone — Bart Hopkin (this one doesn’t look like a saxophone but still sounds like one) Thoughts on the […]
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Originally published 2001
In December 2004, UK distributor HiAudio sent me a sample of Graham Slee’s Solo headphone amplifier for review in Hi-Fi News. The copy I submitted to Steve Harris coincided with his replacement as editor by Steve Fairclough – after several reminders it became apparent to me that he had no intention of publishing the […]