CONVERSATIONS WITH COLIN / ELSDON – WONFOR: Boutique brand, or mass-market?

Hi Colin. First. Congratulations on rising phoenix-like from a difficult time with difficult people! From what I have read my impression is that you are intent on keeping Elsdon Wonfor Audio small; a boutique-brand if you will. However for the sake of conversation, or curiosity or whatever, if you wanted to, could the company be […]

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SONNY BOY WILLIAMSON: Keep It To Ourselves (Limited 200g 45rpm Vinyl 2LP)

Mastered by Kevin Gray at Cohearent Audio from the original analog tapes Deluxe gatefold tip-on jacket from Stoughton Printing 200-gram LPs pressed at Acoustic Sounds’ state-of-the-art pressing plant, Quality Record Pressings We are told ….. An American blues harmonica player, singer and songwriter, from Mississippi. One of the greatest bluesmen ever. His harp, vocals, and […]

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AUDIO RESEARCH: How they got it both right, and wrong

Paul McGowan writes: Starting in the late 1960s and gaining popularity in HIFI circles in the 1970s, the ubiquitous IEC 320 (shortened from 60320) was immediately embraced by manufacturers; not because it is better (it isn’t), but because it permits the use of multiple cable types without change to the hardware. Once manufacturers began shipping […]

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UK JAZZ FANS: Full of passion

From the archives: Jazz guitarist Nigel Price, whose UK tour starts on September 22, talks to Sebastian Scotney about why he enjoys the passion jazz fans around the country have for the music http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/music/worldfolkandjazz/11091373/Nigel-Price-UK-jazz-fans-are-full-of-passion.html

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BTO: Taking Care On The Highway – Chicago Broadcast 1974 (CD)

PREVIOUSLY UNRELEASED 1974 BACHMAN-TURNER OVERDRIVE BROADCAST Former members of The Guess Who, Randy Bachman and Chad Allan, along with Randy s drumming brother Robbie Bachman – came together as Brave Belt in the fall of 1971 and in so doing sowed the seeds of one of Canada s longest surviving and most successful groups, Bachman-Turner […]

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SONUS FABER: Interview with Sonus Faber Livio Cucuzza

Mono & Stereo exclusive interview with Sonus Faber main designer Livio Cucuzza. An open view into his and company approach to design not only regarding Sonus Faber speakers, but also Audio Research and Waida. We looked into what is 21st century is going to bring for company and customers. How did all started for you at […]

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NEIL YOUNG: News

We are told: Inspired by Live Aid and Bob Dylan’s appeal for aid to US farmers at that event, the first Farm Aid benefit took place at the University of Illinois’ Memorial Stadium on the 22nd September, 1985. The concert raised over $9million for American farmers struggling to pay mortgage debt, and this success persuaded […]

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NITTY GRITTY DIRT BAND: News

• Nitty Gritty’s 1987 and 1988 albums for Warner Bros. which both made the US Country charts • The country hits ‘Oh What A Love’, ‘I’ve Been Lookin’’, ‘Fishin’ In The Dark’ and ‘Down That Road Tonight’ are all featured in this package • The band continue to gig and record in 2015 • Digitally […]

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BLUES: Our office playlist 06/12/22

Blue Milk – Hard Way To FallThe Lonely Hands Band – Did It Cross Your MindThe Milk Men – Highway WomanThe Dig 3 – Love Me Some Of YouSuperdownhome – I’m BrokeSuperdownhome – Utter DazeMick Clarke – No Fool BabyRobert Hill Band & Joanne Lediger – Preacher’s Blues Sonny Boy Williamson II – Help MeThe Rolling […]

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SUGDEN: Their LS21 loudspeaker but …… discontinued!

They say ….. The LS21 is a tuned quarter wave design and uses a treble and mid/base driver ported through the plinth. The cabinet is compact but not compromised, being domestically acceptable at less than 1m tall and less than 23cm wide. The cabinets are manufactured in-house by our highly skilled cabinet maker. This includes […]

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CONVERSATIONS WITH COLIN: Equipment break-in. Fact or fiction or a combination of both?

Hi guys. Is there or will there be an ‘official’ Elsdon Wonfor Audio policy on this. Here’s my view. I’m an adherent to the psychological theory of so-called break-in; it’s simply one’s brain adjusting to a new piece of audio equipment. I also like to compare it to the ancient therapy of acupuncture; break-in apparently […]

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ARCAM: The rPHONO – observations

They say ….. Designed specifically to replace an in-built phono amplifier or to add a turntable connection to your existing amplifier, the rPhono is the latest addition to the rSeries. The rPhono benefits from Arcam’s more than forty years of analogue audio expertise and uses the finest quality parts in a layout that is optimised […]

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