Gautam Raja, Author at Positive Feedback

Naim Audio Uniti Atom vs. UnitiQute vs. Smoked Eel

Gautam Raja — Wed, 30 May 2018 23:36:03 +0000

Fergus Henderson—the chef who's the reason the hip restaurant around the corner from you serves bone marrow, sweetbreads, and other animal bits—opens his seminal cookbook Nose to Tail Eating: A Kind of British Cooking, with a terse description of lunch at Sweetings. When you order the smoked eel at the bar of this London seafood... Read More »

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Q Acoustics 3050 Loudspeakers - The Antidote to Overthinking

Gautam Raja — Sat, 12 May 2018 22:28:28 +0000

I told a knowledgeable audio friend that I was writing about Q Acoustics speakers, and he didn't know the brand, so he looked it up. He saw online that the 3050 floorstanders I was to review cost $700. "This is bargain-basement stuff," he said. "Why is Positive Feedback getting you to review them?" Why do... Read More »

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AudioQuest Storm Series and Niagara AC Power Products – Draining the Noise

Gautam Raja — Wed, 28 Mar 2018 00:32:15 +0000

Trigger warning: This article claims that power cables can change the sound of an audio system. To me, a review of AudioQuest power products is necessarily an article about their designer, Garth Powell. I wish everybody who is considering a Niagara power conditioner or Storm Series power cables (and more so people who think it's... Read More »

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Alta Audio Io Loudspeakers - The Priestess of Bass

Gautam Raja — Sat, 17 Mar 2018 17:30:55 +0000

Alta Audio started for what I think was a great reason. Someone asked. This is the story of a long-time audio-industry person and speaker designer deciding to leave the field, and then a reviewer friend saying, "Hey I want to be able to own current versions of your wonderful speakers—don't stop making them!" I like... Read More »

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