BLUES: Our office playlist 12/10/22

Alex Fawcett Band – Working Class BluesCrawlback – SometimesSwamp Poets Duo – Delta FloodSamantha Fish – Leavin’ KindMarc Ford – Bye Bye SuzyAlias Smith & Jones – Hit & RunFive Points Gang – All Points BulletinWill Johns – I Heard You Love The BluesEdgar Winter – Rock ‘n’ Roll Hoochie KooThe Wilbur Project – Transmit […]

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LYNRYD SKYNYRD: Is the Sweet Home Alabama lyric “In Birmingham They Love the Governor” a tribute to George C. Wallace?

Ron writes: It’s not a tribute. It’s an insult. The whole line is: In Birmingham They Love the Governor, but we all did what we could do” meaning they tried to fight segregation. Not support it. MS writes: TIL. The more I hear about the meaning behind some Southern Rock songs the more I like […]

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AUDIO INSIDER

BECOMING A SHREWDER HI-FI BUYER: Part 3

Howard Popeck writes: On the face of it, subjective (ears, not machines) group testing of audio equipment, by which I mean ‘n’ items are compared to each other, are a great idea for the potential buyer. Through this lack of insight by the magazine reader and, unfortunately the failure of the magazines to recognize let […]

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VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: 150th anniversary celebration of the man and his music

Celebrate the 150th anniversary of composer Ralph Vaughan Williams with this special publication from our sister title Choir & Organ, produced in association with the Ralph Vaughan Williams Society. With a foreword by Sir Andrew Davis CBE, this special edition presents the broad spectrum of his compositional output, from orchestral works – including the popular The Lark Ascending – to chamber music, from […]

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PS AUDIO: It’s been suggested to me that the term High-End audio should be retired and in its place, we refer to it as Performance Audio.

Paul McGowan / PS AUDIO: It’s a fresh notion but, for me, I doubt I will ever abandon the tried and true. Who is it we’re communicating with? If we’re describing our system to a perfect stranger then I doubt either term will have much meaning. Over the years I have seen too many glazed […]

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FLEETWOOD MAC: Life Becoming A Landslide (CD)

The recording on this CD, a show performed in October ’75 by the Mac-McVie-McVie- Buckingham-Nicks line up, three months after the release of their first album together, is an early illustration of the new Fleetwood Mac in their initial phase. 1. Intro 00:42 2. Station Man 06:47 3. Spare Me A Little 04:35 4. Rhiannon 07:53 5. Landslide 03:35 6. I’m […]

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MAGNEPAN: Meet Your Maker: Hi-Fi+ Visits Magnepan

Chris Martens from 2013 but still well worth reading. Here in the United States (my home country) the White Bear Lake, Minnesota-based loudspeaker manufacturer Magnepan enjoys a singular distinction; many members of the high-end audio press consider all three of the firm’s top models—comprising the 20.7, 3.7, and 1.7—as “best buys.” But here’s the interesting […]

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SIMON and GARFUNKEL: In the song ‘Cecilia’ why does he need to wash his face?

RJH writes: Paul Simon was asked why would a man who had just made love get up and wash his face? Simon replied, “Well, it’s the ’60s, so I can’t remember.” Paul Simon had suggested he is actually singing to St. Cecilia, the patron saint of music. The song might refer to the frustration of […]

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ROOM TREATMENTS:

There are many multi-driver speakers, but few that go floor to ceiling like the IRSV. Floor to ceiling multi-driver speakers are called a Line Source. What’s counter-intuitive about a line source is how specific the imaging can be. With that many drivers, one would think the image would be tall, rather than lifelike, when the […]

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