New Old Stock - Articles from Our Days in Print Archives - Positive Feedback https://positive-feedback.com/category/nos/ A Creative Forum for the Audio Arts Fri, 01 Nov 2024 19:10:37 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.6.2 ZYX R100H Cartridge https://positive-feedback.com/nos/zyx-r100h-cartridge/ https://positive-feedback.com/nos/zyx-r100h-cartridge/#respond Fri, 01 Nov 2024 19:10:37 +0000 https://positive-feedback.com/?p=91210 This article by Bob Levi originally ran in Positive Feedback ISSUE 15 September/October 2004, so while we call this section "New Old Stock - Articles from Our Days in Print" you are also going to see some articles from our early days of going online.  A true bargain doesn't come along often in high end... Read More »

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Getting Top Performance From Your Digital Media: Shine Ola Optical Disc Cleaner, the Acoustic Revive RIO-5II Negative Ion Generator, and the Acoustic Revive RD-3 Disc Demagnetizer https://positive-feedback.com/nos/getting-top-performance-from-your-digital-media-shine-ola-optical-disc-cleaner-the-acoustic-revive-rio-5ii-negative-ion-generator-and-the-acoustic-revive-rd-3-disc-demagnetizer/ https://positive-feedback.com/nos/getting-top-performance-from-your-digital-media-shine-ola-optical-disc-cleaner-the-acoustic-revive-rio-5ii-negative-ion-generator-and-the-acoustic-revive-rd-3-disc-demagnetizer/#respond Sun, 01 Sep 2024 15:14:54 +0000 https://positive-feedback.com/?p=89431 This article by Jeff Day originally ran in Positive Feedback ISSUE 45 September/October 2009, so while we call this section "New Old Stock - Articles from Our Days in Print" you are also going to see some articles from our early days of going online.  It's common knowledge that cleaning vinyl records makes a big... Read More »

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Tekton Lore Loudspeakers https://positive-feedback.com/nos/tekton-lore-loudspeakers/ https://positive-feedback.com/nos/tekton-lore-loudspeakers/#respond Mon, 01 Jul 2024 16:49:28 +0000 https://positive-feedback.com/?p=87725 This article by Steve Lefkowicz originally ran in Positive Feedback's ISSUE 60 March/April 2012, so while we call this section "New Old Stock - Articles from Our Days in Print" you are also going to see some articles from our early days of going online.  This might be a little longer than normal introduction. Those... Read More »

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Adventures at the Far End of Reality https://positive-feedback.com/nos/adventures-at-the-far-end-of-reality/ https://positive-feedback.com/nos/adventures-at-the-far-end-of-reality/#respond Wed, 01 May 2024 20:25:10 +0000 https://positive-feedback.com/?p=85630 This article by Roger S. Gordon originally ran in Issue 8, August/September 2003, so while we call this section "New Old Stock - Articles from Our Days in Print" you are also going to see some articles from our early days of going online. Random surfing on the Web can produce interesting results. It was... Read More »

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The Twentieth Century and the Birth of Audio Technology https://positive-feedback.com/nos/the-twentieth-century-and-the-birth-of-audio-technology/ https://positive-feedback.com/nos/the-twentieth-century-and-the-birth-of-audio-technology/#respond Fri, 01 Mar 2024 17:50:18 +0000 http://positive-feedback.com/?p=83349 This article by John Pearsall originally ran in Positive Feedback ISSUE 3 October/November 2002, so while we call this section "New Old Stock - Articles from Our Days in Print" you are also going to see some articles from our early days of going online.  The Twentieth Century and the Birth of Audio Technology: Some... Read More »

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From Our NOS Files: "The Higher End – SACD: Mic Feeds and Master Tapes for the Masses!" https://positive-feedback.com/nos/sacd-mic-feeds-master-tape/ https://positive-feedback.com/nos/sacd-mic-feeds-master-tape/#respond Wed, 03 Jan 2024 23:45:47 +0000 http://positive-feedback.com/?p=81501 From Positive Feedback, Volume 8, No. 1, late winter 1998/early spring of 1999... For the record, I have not changed my appraisal of DSD and SACD since I wrote this back in the wee hours of 1999. To my knowledge, Positive Feedback was the first audiophile publication to go on the record supporting DSD/SACD, and we... Read More »

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An Evaluation of Vinyl Re-issues and the Companies Doing Them from 1995 https://positive-feedback.com/nos/vinyl-re-issues/ https://positive-feedback.com/nos/vinyl-re-issues/#respond Mon, 01 Jan 2024 21:55:28 +0000 http://positive-feedback.com/?p=77494 New Old Stock - Articles from Our Days in Print but you are also going to see some articles from our early days of going online. Original text and commentary by Brian Hartsell, now sadly departed…. During the last two years the growing resurgence of new and reissue vinyl releases has become more than just a... Read More »

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If it Sounds Good, it IS Good https://positive-feedback.com/nos/if-it-sounds-good-it-is-good-2/ https://positive-feedback.com/nos/if-it-sounds-good-it-is-good-2/#respond Mon, 01 Jan 2024 19:22:04 +0000 http://positive-feedback.com/?p=81416 This article by Dan Wright of ModWright originally ran in Positive Feedback ISSUE 4 December/January 2003, so while we call this section "New Old Stock - Articles from Our Days in Print" you are also going to see some articles from our early days of going online.  Dan Wright has joined the editorial group here at... Read More »

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The Wild Wacky World of Walker: a PF NOS Cartoon from 1991 https://positive-feedback.com/nos/the-wild-wacky-world-of-walker-a-pf-nos-cartoon-from-1991/ https://positive-feedback.com/nos/the-wild-wacky-world-of-walker-a-pf-nos-cartoon-from-1991/#respond Thu, 05 Oct 2023 23:41:19 +0000 http://positive-feedback.com/?p=78867 The post The Wild Wacky World of Walker: a PF NOS Cartoon from 1991 appeared first on Positive Feedback.

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Loudspeaker Cables - Simple Passive Connection or Complex Dynamic Component? https://positive-feedback.com/nos/loudspeaker-cables/ https://positive-feedback.com/nos/loudspeaker-cables/#respond Fri, 08 Sep 2023 15:57:17 +0000 http://positive-feedback.com/?p=78111 As part of Positive Feedback's "New Old Stock" [NOS] series of reprints, Greg Weaver's article from 1997 is presented as a significant article worthy of renewed presentation here. This article was originally written in 1988 and appeared in Volume 1, Issue 2, of the audio analyst©, Winter 1989. It was updated and re-published in Volume... Read More »

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Sophia Electric Baby Integrated https://positive-feedback.com/nos/sophia-electric-baby-integrated/ https://positive-feedback.com/nos/sophia-electric-baby-integrated/#respond Sat, 01 Jul 2023 16:35:08 +0000 http://positive-feedback.com/?p=75860 This article by Francisco Duran and Ed Morawski originally ran in Issue 8, August/September 2003, so while we call this section "New Old Stock - Articles from Our Days in Print" you are also going to see some articles from our early days of going online. The Sophia Baby is a cute little (7 x... Read More »

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Eminent Technology LFT-11 Planar Magnetic Multimedia Loudspeakers https://positive-feedback.com/nos/eminent-technology-lft-11-planar-magnetic-multimedia-loudspeakers/ https://positive-feedback.com/nos/eminent-technology-lft-11-planar-magnetic-multimedia-loudspeakers/#respond Mon, 01 May 2023 15:54:02 +0000 http://positive-feedback.com/?p=73955 This article by Gary Beard originally ran in Issue 10, October/November 2003, so while we call this section "New Old Stock - Articles from Our Days in Print" you are also going to see some articles from our early days of going online. Eminent Technology Eminent Technology's computer speaker system, the LFT-11 Planar Magnetic Multimedia... Read More »

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E.A.R. 864 Integrated https://positive-feedback.com/nos/e-a-r-864/ https://positive-feedback.com/nos/e-a-r-864/#respond Wed, 01 Mar 2023 17:14:26 +0000 http://positive-feedback.com/?p=72107 This article by Ed Morawski originally ran in Issue 6, April/May 2003, so while we call this section "New Old Stock - Articles from Our Days in Print" you are also going to see some articles from our early days of going online. E.A.R. 864 Although I was very pleased with my Plinius CD-LAD preamp,... Read More »

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David Berning - The Zero-Hysteresis ZH270 Amplifier https://positive-feedback.com/nos/david-berning-the-zero-hysteresis-zh270-amplifier/ https://positive-feedback.com/nos/david-berning-the-zero-hysteresis-zh270-amplifier/#respond Sun, 01 Jan 2023 17:38:36 +0000 http://positive-feedback.com/?p=70274 This article by Gary Beard originally ran in Issue 5, February/March 2003, so while we call this section "New Old Stock - Articles from Our Days in Print" you are also going to see some articles from our early days of going online. A Lighthearted Look at the Lightweight ChAMP of the World: The Zero-Hysteresis... Read More »

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NOS: A Bruce Walker Cartoon From Our Archives https://positive-feedback.com/nos/nos-a-bruce-walker-cartoon-from-our-archives/ https://positive-feedback.com/nos/nos-a-bruce-walker-cartoon-from-our-archives/#respond Sat, 12 Nov 2022 02:22:26 +0000 http://positive-feedback.com/?p=68720 "I tell you, Harold, these damned House Spikes really work!"

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Manley Labs Impressions: The Snapper Monoblock Amp and Shrimp Preamp - Tasty Stuff! https://positive-feedback.com/nos/manley-labs-snapper-monoblock-amp-shrimp-preamp/ https://positive-feedback.com/nos/manley-labs-snapper-monoblock-amp-shrimp-preamp/#respond Tue, 01 Nov 2022 20:50:59 +0000 http://positive-feedback.com/?p=68431 This article by Dr. David Robinson originally ran in Issue 5, February/March 2003, so while we call this section "New Old Stock - Articles from Our Days in Print" you are also going to see some articles from our early days of going online. After All These Years... You know, it's strange. In PF's "Ghost of... Read More »

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Von Schweikert VR-4JR MkII loudspeakers - A Speaker of Many Virtues https://positive-feedback.com/nos/von-schweikert-vr-4jr-mkii-loudspeakers-a-speaker-of-many-virtues/ https://positive-feedback.com/nos/von-schweikert-vr-4jr-mkii-loudspeakers-a-speaker-of-many-virtues/#respond Thu, 01 Sep 2022 16:03:57 +0000 http://positive-feedback.com/?p=66456 This article by John Zurek originally ran in Issue 31, May/June 2007, so while we call this section "New Old Stock - Articles from Our Days in Print" you are also going to see some articles from our early days of going online. It started out innocently enough. One of the spikes broke—my fault—on my... Read More »

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Cary Audio 308T CD Player https://positive-feedback.com/nos/cary-audio-308t-cd-player/ https://positive-feedback.com/nos/cary-audio-308t-cd-player/#respond Fri, 01 Jul 2022 16:16:48 +0000 http://positive-feedback.com/?p=64734 This article by Sasha Matson originally ran in Issue 5, February/March 2003, so while we call this section "New Old Stock - Articles from Our Days in Print" you are also going to see some articles from our early days of going online. It is to my fellow fence sitters that I speak. The time... Read More »

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From the PF archives: The Wild, Wacky World of Walker! https://positive-feedback.com/nos/from-the-pf-archives-the-wild-wacky-world-of-walker/ https://positive-feedback.com/nos/from-the-pf-archives-the-wild-wacky-world-of-walker/#respond Fri, 10 Jun 2022 22:54:37 +0000 http://positive-feedback.com/?p=64231 "See Joe...no problem! Sell the kid...get the upgrade!"

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Cardas Neutral Reference Speaker Cables, Transparency vs. Opacity, Part Three https://positive-feedback.com/nos/cardas-neutral-reference-speaker-cables/ https://positive-feedback.com/nos/cardas-neutral-reference-speaker-cables/#respond Sun, 01 May 2022 16:37:12 +0000 http://positive-feedback.com/?p=63099 This article by Bob Neill originally ran in Issue 3, October/November 2002, so while we call this section "New Old Stock - Articles from Our Days in Print" you are also going to see some articles from our early days of going online. How George Cardas's Neutral Reference speaker cable strikes you and whether or... Read More »

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If it Sounds Good, It IS Good https://positive-feedback.com/nos/if-it-sounds-good-it-is-good/ https://positive-feedback.com/nos/if-it-sounds-good-it-is-good/#respond Tue, 01 Mar 2022 16:56:55 +0000 http://positive-feedback.com/?p=61277 This article by Dan Wright originally ran in Issue 4, December/January 2003, so while we call this section "New Old Stock - Articles from Our Days in Print" you are also going to see some articles from our early days of going online. If it Sounds Good, It IS Good… Dan Wright has joined the... Read More »

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For Christmas: A Carol to Judy https://positive-feedback.com/nos/for-christmas-a-carol-to-judy/ https://positive-feedback.com/nos/for-christmas-a-carol-to-judy/#respond Sat, 01 Jan 2022 17:42:35 +0000 http://positive-feedback.com/?p=59573 This article, as written by Clark Johnsen originally ran in Issue 4, December/January 2003, so while we call this section "New Old Stock - Articles from Our Days in Print" you are also going to see some articles from our early days of going online. In keeping with the present holiday season I recollect an... Read More »

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Transrotor Leonardo 25/25/60 Doppio Turntable https://positive-feedback.com/nos/transrotor-leonardo-25-25-60-doppio-turntable/ https://positive-feedback.com/nos/transrotor-leonardo-25-25-60-doppio-turntable/#respond Mon, 01 Nov 2021 15:57:16 +0000 http://positive-feedback.com/?p=57950 This article, as reviewed by Dave Clark originally ran in Issue 4, December/January 2003, so while we call this section "New Old Stock - Articles from Our Days in Print" you are also going to see some articles from our early days of going online. I will admit that my experience with turntables has been... Read More »

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Stereovox SEI-600 Interconnects https://positive-feedback.com/nos/stereovox-sei-600-interconnects/ https://positive-feedback.com/nos/stereovox-sei-600-interconnects/#respond Wed, 01 Sep 2021 16:23:24 +0000 http://positive-feedback.com/?p=57099 This article, as reviewed by David Robinson originally ran in Issue 3, October/November 2002, so while we call this section "New Old Stock - Articles from Our Days in Print" you are also going to see some articles from our early days of going online. Yowzah! Cables Again! The world of cable/interconnect reviewing is a... Read More »

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NAD C541 CD Player https://positive-feedback.com/nos/nad-c541-cd-player/ https://positive-feedback.com/nos/nad-c541-cd-player/#respond Thu, 01 Jul 2021 20:36:31 +0000 http://positive-feedback.com/?p=56125 This article, as reviewed by Victor Chavira and Jim Grudzien originally ran in Issue 2, August/Sepetmber 2002, so while we call this section "New Old Stock - Articles from Our Days in Print" you are also going to see some articles from our early days of going online. NAD is a British company that specializes... Read More »

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