READER REPLIES: How recordings have changed over the years

Here is where you, our readers, can comment on matters of mutual interest. A1: I think the major change in recording technology was the step from one-point-recordings to all kind of mic-arrays and closely miking enhanced by mics capturing the room reverbs. Mixing all together results in strange phase effects and requires an additional artist: […]

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OVATION HIGH FIDELITY: Their 1701 power amplifier

They tell us ….. Ovation High Fidelity, a Norfolk UK based audio company, has announced the release of the Model 1701 Stereo Power Amplifier. Featuring a fully symmetrical Current Mode Topology (CMT) circuit design, low 10 parts per million distortion levels and 93 dB signal to noise ratio, the Model 1701 delivers 100 Watts RMS […]

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LOUDSPEAKERS: Best Vintage Speaker Kickoff!

  This is for who thinks what vintage speaker is best for sound from their experience. Smooth mids and highs with solid bass. Mainly would be for rock music. I know tubes and ss affects speakers individually. I am mainly looking at klipsch or ADS l810 right now. I know a lot about klipsch like […]

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BRINKMANN: EMT Titanium phono cartridge – test review

  STEREOPHILE MAGAZINE: There are a thousand different ways to make a loudspeaker. A hundred to make an amplifier. And at least a million to make a piece of wire. But here’s the deal with a moving-coil phono cartridge: stylus, cantilever, rubber grommet, tensioning wire, coils, magnet, output pins, and maybe a body. Done. That’s […]

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LUNACY: I know this is lunacy to some and honestly, I don’t care.

A am utterly fascinated with cable break-in. For many people, the idea of a piece of wire breaking in or changing its audible character over time is questionable at best and for others bordering on the preposterous. And yet, cable break-in is as real as the sun rising each morning. Recently we have been assembling […]

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STUDIO: The synth that made the music: 10 artists whose sound was defined by the EMS VCS3

“The product of a revolutionary group of thinkers in sound, electronics and computation who came together under the banner of Peter Zinovieff’s Electronic Music Studios (EMS), the VCS3 was the answer to the financial upkeep of Zinovieff’s one-of-a-kind Putney based music studio which housed one of the first privately owned computers in the world. In […]

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LUXMAN VINTAGE HIFI FOR SALE: PD264 / 509X / C03 / DA 200 / FQ990 / L80 and many, many more

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FOR THE REST OF US …. a strong foundation is where you start.

I don’t know about where you live but here in Boulder, Colorado, most every bike rider looks like they’re getting ready for the Tour de France. Is all that expensive gear effective? Does the money spent on high-tech racing clothing noticeably improve performance? If you look at the marketing pitch on this gear it reads […]

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There’s nothing better for identifying proper tonal balance and timbre than the human voice.

PS AUDIO / Paul McGowan In my recent post, Timbre, I brought up a number of examples of instruments that have unique timbre. But, one of the problems we have in evaluating how well our systems properly reproduce timbre is in the recording itself. How was it miked? What kind of player made the sound? How […]

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MARK LEVINSON: The man, ML equipment in the distant past in the UK

Question for Mr. Popeck. Hi.  You were a Levinson dealer at Listen Carefully. No reviews and no adverts for months. Are Levinson still in business and if so, are they represented in the UK. What is their vintage gear like? Hmm. In hi-fi terms, Listen-Carefully was a long time ago. However, I’ll do my best […]

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AUDIO INSIDER

UNDERSTANDING: Recognizing vs. caring

PS AUDIO / Paul McGowan I have yet to meet anyone that hasn’t been able to hear the benefits of playing music on a high-end audio system like that in Music Room II. Time and again, people unaware of what high-end audio has to offer are jaw-dropping surprised at how much better a proper high-end […]

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SANSUI VINTAGE AUDIO INCLUDING: G9000 / CA 3000 / TU 7900 / AU 919 / AU 999 / QRX + many more FOR SALE

FIRST … Please read the important statement at the foot of this page. Thank you. —//— ALL PRIVATE AND ALL CLASSIFIED TRADE ADVERTS APPEAR HERE TOTALLY FREE OF CHARGE. JUST CLICK HERE AU 217 … https://www.subito.it/audio-video/sansui-au-217-pistoia-478205965.htm AU X501 … https://www.subito.it/audio-video/sansui-au-x501-gorizia-478203098.htm AU X1111 … https://www.audioscope.net/sansui-aux1111-mos-vintage-p-3856.html?ref=3 300 RECEIVER … https://www.marktplaats.nl/v/audio-tv-en-foto/versterkers-en-receivers/m1945148431-sansui-300 G 9000 … https://allegrolokalnie.pl/oferta/retrospekcja-sansui-g9000-serwisgwarancja-12mies A 40 … […]

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TANNOY VINTAGE DOZENS FOR SALE

FIRST … Please read the important statement at the foot of this page. Thank you. —//— LEGACY ARDEN … https://www.hifi-forsale.co.uk/moreinfo.php?prod_title=Tannoy_Legacy_Arden_Loudspeakers_New_in_2022&p=speaker&prod_id=108925&offset= PRESTIGE TURNBERRY GR … https://www.audioemotion.co.uk/tannoy-prestige-turnberry-gr—new-in-september-2021-27524-p.asp GRF … https://reverb.com/item/65374299-tannoy-grf-1980s-wood?gspk=SGlmaXNoYXJrLVJldmVyYg%3D%3D&utm_campaign=Hifishark-Reverb&utm_medium=affiliate&utm_source=partnerstack-legacy KENSINGT0N SE … https://www.preloved.co.uk/adverts/show/121945471/tannoy-kensington-se-speakers.html?affil=awin&utm_content=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.hifishark.com&utm_term=Comparison+Engine&utm_source=AWin-536903&utm_medium=affiliate&utm_campaign=AffiliateWin&awc=5834_1676637929_1936f4e222fdee007768a225504730fa TD12 B… https://www.preloved.co.uk/adverts/show/120895009/tannoy-td12.html?affil=awin&utm_content=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.hifishark.com&utm_term=Comparison+Engine&utm_source=AWin-536903&utm_medium=affiliate&utm_campaign=AffiliateWin&awc=5834_1676637995_7d75cf3723267bc2739ee42cece83431 LEGACY EATON … https://www.hifi-forsale.co.uk/moreinfo.php?prod_title=tannoy_legacy_eaton_loudspeakers_plus_atacama_slx300&p=standspeaker&prod_id=108865&offset= BERKERLY … https://reverb.com/item/59976662-tannoy-berkeley-1970-s-wood?gspk=SGlmaXNoYXJrLVJldmVyYg%3D%3D&utm_campaign=Hifishark-Reverb&utm_medium=affiliate&utm_source=partnerstack-legacy PRESTIGE GOLD REFERENCE … https://www.hifi-forsale.co.uk/moreinfo.php?prod_title=Tannoy_Prestige_Gold_Reference_SuperTweeters_Ex_demo&p=speaker&prod_id=108467&offset= EATON LEGACY … https://www.audiounion.jp/ct/detail/used/196651/ LANCASTER 15 MONITOR GOLD […]

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