Steve Guttenberg asks: Who wants perfectly accurate sound?

With the booming popularity of sound bars, iPod docks, and tiny Bluetooth speakers, it’s increasingly obvious that most people aren’t interested in buying the best-sounding speakers. Other factors, such as the smallest possible size and maximum feature set are higher priorities than sound quality. I go the other way and put sound at the top […]

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TANGERINE DREAM: Quantum Key (CD)

Tangerine Dream formed at the end of the 1960s in West Berlin and changed the axis on which the world turns by pioneering incredibly adventurous electronic music at the dawn of the synthesizer age. Their 1970s albums Phaedra, Rubycon, Ricochet, Stratosfear and Force Majeure were all smash hits in the UK, Europe, the US and […]

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TOM WAITS: Cold Beer On A Hot Night (CD)

  LATE 1970s BROADCAST RECORDING FROM SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA This recording, captured at the State Theatre, Sydney, Australia in March 1979, features a captivating performance by Tom Waits from atime when the maverick crooner was on the cusp of a major change in the style and substance of his recorded output and his live shows.   […]

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Life And Life Only (Radio and TV 1961-1965) by Bob Dylan

“A selection of previously unreleased broadcast performances of early Dylan calssics and rarities… “This 80-minute collection represents Dylan at his most fertile via radio and television broadcasts made throughout this astonishing era.The collection features songs and interviews from the 1961 folk Hootenanny at the Riverside Church, New York, just six months after Bob’s arrival in […]

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BLACK STONE CHERRY: Kentucky (Deluxe CD+DVD)

We are told: They say you can’t go home again, but Black Stone Cherry proves otherwise on KENTUCKY. The hard-rocking Bluegrass State quartet recorded its fifth album, and follow-up to 2014’s MAGIC MOUNTAIN, at Barrick Recording in Glasgow, KY, where they recorded their 2006 debut album. The 13 tracks find Black Stone Cherry connecting with that […]

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OPINION: Why do many audiophiles prefer vinyl to digital in terms of sound?

John Mellor, Freelance Audio Editor for Film. Audio Engineer writes ….. Because of the Loudness War. Its as simple as that. Forget things you’ve been told about analogue warmth, and how digital is harsh sounding because it’s sampled ect. 44100 samples every second is enough. It’s enough to capture audio accuratley, its enough to capture […]

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JOHN COLTRANE: European Tour 1961 (7CD Box Set)

From our archives To mark the 50th anniversary of his death, theFrench Le Chant du Monde label release the mostcomplete set so far of the much-bootlegged 1961European Tour. The box set contains all extant material from the shows in Paris, Copenhagen, Helsinki and Stockholm and also includes (unlike other sets onthe market) the 27th November […]

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Essential Listening: Alan Price – Savaloy Dip – Words And Music By Alan Price (CD)

• First ever CD issue of “lost” masterpiece from Alan Price of The Animals • Transfered from the original master tapes. FROM THE ANIMALS TO THE MOVIES AND BEYOND Alan Price’s Savaloy Dip is one of history’s great lost albums. It was recorded as a full-length clearly intended for official release, accidentally issued for a […]

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Good hi-fi isn’t just about sound quality – it’s about the music experience

What Hi-Fi write: The music of Canadian jazz quartet BADBADNOTGOOD, famed for its unique collaborations with hip-hop artists like Tyler the Creator, is spectacularly sophisticated. With a broad mix of instrumentation, including the much-neglected jazz flute that’s sprinkled liberally throughout its latest album IV, BADBADNOTGOOD has a reputation for producing music that’s as mentally stimulating […]

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