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DSD is the finest sounding recording medium. Far better and more analog-like than PCM which is everywhere. But, does it have a future in the recording industry? Watch Now
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There’s plenty of different models of loudspeakers on the market. How do some become recognized as audiophile quality while others do not?
T Bone Burnett, the man behind the music of O Brother, Where Art Thou?, talks about the overlooked geniuses of music and why he would love to have produced Duke Ellington and Skip James. MORE
“As a deaf person, there’s a few standard things you expect to happen during an audiology appointment. These include: having your hearing checked and your ears piped with warm plasticine to make new ear moulds for your hearing aids (I’ve always secretly loved this bit), and being gently chided for not cleaning your ear moulds […]
The record’s title references the road that spans North Minnesota to the Mississippi Delta, and the formative blues, country, and roots sounds connected to its existence. The highway also lays claim to towering musical myths and deaths, many tied to the blues lexicon and narrative. All figure prominently on Bob Dylan’s Highway 61 Revisited, the […]
One of the most loved and frequently recorded composers of all, here is our guide to the ten best ways to expand your Chopin collection Please click HERE to continue reading.
Was there ever a performer in the history of American popular music who produced such a diverse body of work, over such an extended period of time, as Nat King Cole? In a career that spanned nearly 30 years despite his untimely death in 1965 at age 45 Nat sang and played just about […]
A pillar of Baroque sacred repertoire, Monteverdi’s Vespers is open to countless interpretations on record, as Lindsay Kemp discovers. Monteverdi’s Vespers is an iconic work in more ways than one. For the composer, who published it 400 years ago in 1610, it was a calculated summation of his skill as a writer of sacred music […]
Trumpeter Yazz Ahmed and singer-songwriter Amahla weigh on the findings which include scepticism about women’s musical ability and pregnancy prejudice Continues HERE
“Hi,just a few observations regarding amps,I’v been interested in valve amps forthe last few years with just the occasional venture into transistor amps in the shape of a Pass f3 clone which I thought was very good.Yesterday I remembered that I had a Sony Ta f7 vfet amp residing in the airing cupboard.I thought I […]
We’ve heard that much of what audiophiles treasure can only be experienced through a revealing high-end audio system. What’s it cost to have one of those? View HERE
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