David Elias, Author at Positive Feedback

the art of listening: VLOT Loudspeakers – Maybe the Best Stereo Image You've Heard

David Elias — Sat, 13 Feb 2021 00:43:23 +0000

the art of listening… for art's sake – the art of listening to music including hi-res audio, MQA, DSD and 5.1 surround sound A recent product from Starke Sound in Gardena, California is called VLOT. I still don't know what the VLOT acronym is supposed to stand for. So I'll take a stab at it, ummm….Verisimilar Layered Orthogonal Trajectories... Read More »

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When Something Is Nothing - iFi Zen Phono Preamplifier

David Elias — Mon, 01 Feb 2021 19:27:36 +0000

The art of listening for art's sake - the art of listening to music, including hi-res audio, MQA, DSD, and 5.1 surround sound In an unconventional approach from the tech learning and evaluation methods I've all but trained myself to follow since the 80s, I hooked up the iFi Zen Phono preamp without looking at... Read More »

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Equinox Balance Acts – Listening to Vinyl

David Elias — Sat, 26 Sep 2020 20:37:38 +0000

The year continues to be a trial for us all in balance and direction. I hope you are making the transitions needed or wanted in the most healthy and happy ways. September 22nd marks a nice day in our planet's orbit to feel less wobbly and angular and more direct and equally distributed. Happy Equinox... Read More »

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David Elias - The Art of Listening

David Elias — Tue, 18 Aug 2020 20:19:36 +0000

Comparing Native DSD64 and DSD256 Releases by Tom Jung of DMP I was graciously asked by Brian Moura at NativeDSD.com to listen to and critique some of their newest Native DSD releases which come from Tom Jung at DMP. The releases were provided as both DSD64 and DSD256 masters for download and comparison. I listened to the... Read More »

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David Elias - The Art of Listening

David Elias — Wed, 15 Jul 2020 22:23:18 +0000

Bach vs Beck…is it all just Nature's Noise? I am listening to both Bach then Beck on Spotify and noticed they had a similar 5 million listening audience for the month. What else do these guys have in common? To start they both wrote music for infinite audiences. This is something Beck no doubt always... Read More »

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The Best Simple Mobile Audio Configuration

David Elias — Mon, 24 Feb 2020 22:17:15 +0000

A friend recently wrote me to help another friend who is interested in getting a mobile music setup. Quality is important, meaning "Sound Quality" or SQ… Price is important, meaning "Cost"… Mobility is important meaning "Something that travels with good sound but also sounds good in a room when you get there"… Here is what... Read More »

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David Elias YouTube Music Video: "The Long Road Home"

David Elias — Tue, 21 Jan 2020 21:46:11 +0000

David Elias: self-portrait at the Kilauea volcano crater, Hawai'i; Mauna Loa is in the distant background David Elias is a Musician-in-Residence here at Positive Feedback, and a longtime contributor to our magazine. He is a very early adopter of DSD, and worked with the renowned DSD master engineer Gus Skinas to produce several albums recorded in... Read More »

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The Fading Audiophile Armchair

David Elias — Sat, 18 Jan 2020 04:21:42 +0000

This post excerpt comes in part from an email response to my friend Harold in the Netherlands. He was curious about our discussion related to my early MP3 work as an online musician through the '90s into 2000s, and how and why my MP3s could have sounded so good back then to literally everyone who... Read More »

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When Computer Audio's Top Quality Hi-Res No Longer Requires a Computer or a Bluetooth Leash and Delivers Stupendous Sound

David Elias — Sat, 11 Jan 2020 21:24:05 +0000

The last 2 years of computer audio (2017 – 2019) for listeners and musicians have been unlike anything I have seen or heard since the earliest exciting and revolutionary days of the introduction of DSD as SACDs into the market which I participated with as an album (SACD The Window released in 2003). After the... Read More »

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