We are told: “The Three Kings mean the world to me. Freddie, Albert and of course BB. Giants, humble, yet gentlemen off stage but give them an ES-355 or Flying V respectively and they became sonic assassins playing with such fire and virtue that it shook the very ground of anyone brave enough to stand […]
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Harrison Boyle (composer) replies …… In terms of music as music – apart from some of the social/political afflatus mentioned in the answers so far – the major candidates for controversial in terms of the actual notes (or absence thereof) are probably, from oldest to most recent: Stravinsky Rite of Spring Schoenberg Pierrot Lunaire George […]
In the previous post I told the story of receiving 14 tickets in a row for the same heinous crime: no brake or tail lights on my little red sports car. I promptly threw away all the tickets and went about my business until a cop showed up at the door with a warrant for […]
TAS reviewer Michael Fremer has an extraordinary music system—the best vinyl setup I’ve ever heard. And it makes sense that he does. Mike’s spent a lifetime learning about vinyl audio reproduction and hand selected the best equipment in the world. His digital setup played through that same setup doesn’t quite match my own. That also […]
Paul McGowan writes: The term “listener fatigue” is something we’re all familiar with and something none of us want. What is listener fatigue, why does it occur and what is it we can do about it? What’s interesting to me about this subject is there are no measurements, no rules, no clear answers to the […]
What is the significance of the folding transmission line in a loudspeaker? My guess is that not many of you have heard of a folding transmission line in a loudspeaker, much less ever heard one working. The late Bud Fried, from Fried Audio (pronounced “freed” as opposed to what one might do with eggs), was […]
Paul McGowan writes: There are two primary types of reflections in a loudspeaker based stereo system: those that are created from the loudspeakers and those captured on the recording. To get proper imaging in your system you don’t need both, as any good set of headphones would demonstrate, but since most of us have loudspeakers […]
I have just seen that the new dCS player ( Rossini) does not offer SACD playback. As dCS were one of rhe developers of the system this is quite a departure for them. Rumour has it that Esoteric are no longer offering their SACD transports as OEM items which is the cause (any truth in […]
Understanding classical can be difficult and takes patience. While you may become familiar with a popular track the 2nd or 3rd time you listen to it, most WCM works take dozens of repeated listening sessions to acquire basic familiarity. The length of many WCM works is another issue. You can’t just spend 5 minutes listening, […]
“Turn Me Up!™ is a non-profit music industry organization campaigning to give artists back the choice to release more dynamic records. To be clear, it’s not our goal to discourage loud records; they are, of course, a valid choice for many artists. We simply want to make the choice for a more dynamic record an […]
All 14 studios albums, starting with 1986′s Not Of This Earth, are included in this 15CD box set, with the final disc being made of a selection of rarities specially curated by Satriani himself (Added Creations and Bonus Tracks). Everything has been newly remastered under the supervision of engineer John Cuniberti who has a history […]
Paul McGowan writes: My friend and fellow audio designer Jeff Rowland came by to say hi the other day. Jeff’s always a welcome guest as he and I manage to nearly always be on parallel paths when it comes to product designs. I found Jeff and friend Tim Jerome in our listening room playing music […]
Tom Edison … Hopefully some of you will be able to help me choose the best place to buy a refurbished 301 or 401 from. We’ve got our 35th wedding anniversary coming up in June this year and my wife wants to give me something significant to celebrate it. As you can imagine after 35 […]
The thread starts: Hello, I’m Rene from Holland, I have a AKAI collection, the most I love are the sets from the Topline series, the ‘Clarity GX Compo 730 or 930’ , and the ‘Reference Masters’… I’m wonder if here are also lovers of these sets? Let me know please! Continue HERE
My search for audio nirvana is proving frustrating the constant pain in my frontal lobe coming from the continued banging of my head against a brick wall. First things first, my system comprises the following; Technics SP10 MkII Slatedeck plinth SME V Denon DL304 Trichord Dino for vinyl duties, Esoteric X03se CD spinner, Linn Klimax […]
At the recent Hi-Fi News Windsor show I spent most of my time in the Audio Note room. The sound was very organic and musical. I wonder what you think of AN products as there are few reviews and little or no comment in the magazines. In particular, I am interested in your views on […]
