By Lee Shelly CanJam … the very term inspires thoughts of great gear and fantastic fun as this community gathers to enjoy the music and the friendship. Scot asked me to cover the meet for […]
by Paul Ashby Following founder Edgar Froese’s sudden passing earlier this year, fans new and old are examining, re-examining, and appreciating Tangerine Dream’s catalog. For the newcomer, or those wanting a refresher, there are several […]
by Brian Hunter The market continues to swirl around planar magnetic technology and its popular sonic benefits. With growing maturity and gains in acceptance and sales, the fallout is proving to be a real “W” […]
by Nina Sventitsky I have seen this question in several blogs lately. Why is it coming up now? It could be a result of the great 2012 vintage of wines from regions up and down […]
One thing you gotta thank Neil Young for? All the publicity around “sound quality”. It’s been so long since there’s been any serious public discussion of what our music could and should sound like, I […]
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By Ken Micallef Journeys through vinyl old and new, whether mastered from analog or digital sources, with great music the only common currency Listening to pianist Bill Evans’ recently released box set, The Complete Village […]
Jeff Fox, proprietor of local audio dealership, Command Performance, sent me a note today about an event he’s hosting at the end of the month. Thought I’d pass it along! Zanden Audio is a new-to-me […]
Stand-alone digital-to-audio converters have gotten quite good, but only in recent years, and the progression from “it works” to “it’s worthy of replacing analog” was quite rapid. No, I’m not saying it’s time to rip […]
Before, after and during. That’s when I heave out the long sigh. An audio show — any audio show — wrings that out of me. But this year, CES was … different. Whinging For me, […]
By Marc Phillips Colleen and I just returned from a dealer event in Phoenix a few days ago where we introduced our new Axis VoiceBox S monitors to the Arizona Audio Video Club, our second […]
There was a lot going on in the ENIGMAcoustics room at CES this year, from the marvelous Mythology M1 loudspeakers to the delightfully clever devices from Celsus Sound and Nuprime. What I was not expecting, however, was […]
I suppose that some of you, reading this, do in fact live under a rock or are otherwise sheltered from the world, and in so doing, have completely missed the hullabaloo around Neil Young’s high-resolution […]
Adding Zest-o I first found the Bia 120 from Zesto Audio in, of all places, a Zesto Audio demo at an audio show. Crazy, right? Okay, maybe not, but that’s okay — that’s how I […]
Sandy Gross is a fine gentleman, and one of the few “old-school” manufacturers that is still out there innovating after 40 years. He was one of the Founding Fathers of Polk Audio, and when they […]
Say hello to Lee Shelly — our new resident lensman. Lee is a Philadelphia-based commercial photographer best known for his work in the field of Consumer Electronics product photography, but he’s also a hobbyist who loves […]
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