CHRIS CONNAKER / computeraudiophile.com : News

Laurence A. Borden writes: LB: Chris, welcome to Dagogo. Please begin by telling us about your background, and what lead you to embrace computer-based audio and to start computeraudiophile.com. Chris Connaker: I have been an audiophile for as long as I can remember. In 1982, after talking my second grade teacher Mrs. Van de Weigh […]

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GOLDEN EARS

Paul McGowan: “I am sure you make great sounding products but they’d be wasted on me.  I could never appreciate a system at your level!” How many times have I heard that from a neighbor, the UPS man, a vendor come to visit with us at PS Audio?  Almost always. What’s interesting is that 100% […]

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SPENDOR: So ….. which offers the ‘better’ midrange; Spendor or Harbeth?

Editorial Note: This thread started in 2007 and then, as these things do, petered out. However, I took a look this morning (01/03/19) and there are some observations which are still relevant today and so in my humble opinion, this thread is worth exploring. Neil / editor. =================== I recently auditioned a pair of Harbeth […]

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EXHIBITIONS: Whatever happened to Hi-Fi Shows and the importance of both Patricia Barber and Radka Toneff?

Tony Andrews (contributing editor – jazz) writes: Back in the 1980 and 90s if you were in to Hi-Fi there were some great shows around in the London area. I can remember many happy hours spent at various locations near Heathrow and also at The Novotel in Hammersmith. As venue costs soared and demand dropped […]

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BUDDY GUY: When I Left Home – My Story by Buddy Guy

Martin Chilton writes: “Buddy Guy dedicates his memoir to Muddy Waters – “father of us all” – and some of the most sparkling and gritty reminiscences in this autobiography, called When I Left Home, concern Guy’s friendship with his fellow Blues star. Guy, winner of six Grammys and a man inducted into the Rock and […]

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DAVID MANLEY: Tubes, Logic, and Audiophile Sound

Robert Harley (Stereophile Magazine) writes: As founder of California-based Vacuum Tube Logic of America, David Manley is at the forefront of the current renaissance in vacuum-tube audio equipment. In addition to manufacturing some highly regarded audiophile components, VTL has introduced a line of tubed professional equipment that is finding its way into recording studios. David […]

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