September - October 2025 Archives - Positive Feedback

Toronto Audio Fest (TAF) 2025 Show Coverage, Part 1

Douglas Seth Brown — Wed, 05 Nov 2025 00:34:27 +0000

Friday, October 17 Oct - Sunday, October 19, 2025 For the 2025 Toronto Audio Fest, (herein referred to as TAF 2025), I'm going to provide two – count 'em…two – show reports. There were a lot of exhibitors at TAF 2025. So much so, that it will be easier to bring greater clarity and insight... Read More »

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A Free Solo-Piano Track Download from John Marks

John Marks — Tue, 28 Oct 2025 01:31:54 +0000

Martorella Mechanics' Hall photo, "Birdseye of Steve copy. Photo courtesy of John Quick Dear Friends, I was an amateur reel-to-reel tape recordist from junior high-school on. I was fascinated by everything about record production. Undeterred by my relative ignorance (and total lack of practical experience), circa 1981, I set about trying to arrange a recording... Read More »

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Superlative Brahms and Goldmark From Ning Feng and Channel Classics

Rushton Paul — Sun, 26 Oct 2025 18:33:31 +0000

Every now and again a recording comes along that is of such supreme quality, that I simply must stop and tell you about it. It deserves a special stand alone article. And this performance by Ning Feng, recorded by Jared Sacks, is such a release. Read on... Brahms & Goldmark Violin Concertos, Ning Feng, Konzerthausorchester... Read More »

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Linda Ronstadt's Classic Album, Prisoner In Disguise, On a Pair of 45 rpm, 180 gram Audiophile LPs from Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab

Tom Gibbs — Sat, 25 Oct 2025 16:06:03 +0000

Linda Ronstadt's classic 1975 album Prisoner In Disguise has just been released by Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab as an Original Master Recording, and on a pair of 180 gram, 45 rpm LPs. A previous MoFi reissue (from 2008) of Prisoner In Disguise arrived as a 33 rpm, 180 gram LP, and hearing the differences between... Read More »

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E246: LampizatOr Update: Genya & Aphrodite

AudioAnalyst — Wed, 22 Oct 2025 18:01:23 +0000

There has been a lot to talk about with Poland’s LampizatOr, and today, I’m going to bring you up to speed. Today, we learn about the value-driven Genya and the bold new flagship, the Aphrodite.

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Rhino's Rocktober Series Returns with 43 Exclusive Limited Edition Reissues and New Release LPs

Tom Gibbs — Wed, 22 Oct 2025 15:47:19 +0000

Rhino Entertainment again celebrates Roctober with 43 limited edition reissues and new release LP offerings. For 2025, the series presents an eclectic mixture of rare and previously unreleased LPs, including box sets, ultra-cool colored-vinyl LPs, and multiple selections from both the premium Rhino Reserve and Rhino High Fidelity series. A broad range of musical genres... Read More »

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Monitor Audio Bronze 300 7G Loudspeakers

Malcolm J. Gomes — Mon, 20 Oct 2025 17:18:21 +0000

When I started reviewing high-end audio in the early 1980s, I was young, naïve and easily fascinated with the fast-evolving technologies in the audiophile speaker sphere. I drooled at state-of-the-art designs and the exotic materials used in the top-of-the-line models from the leading brands. I admired the people designing these models, which were, more often... Read More »

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Aries Cerat Ithaka Minor DAC

Key Kim — Fri, 17 Oct 2025 16:40:23 +0000

My first encounter with the Aries Cerat was back in 2019 at the Munich High-End show. All I really remember was a truly magical experience—even under show conditions (noisy background, people coming in and out). The Aries Cerat system was very natural and analog sounding, surprisingly, I was listening to a digital set-up. Fast forward... Read More »

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E245: The Fosi Audio Q6 DAC Experience

AudioAnalyst — Tue, 14 Oct 2025 17:15:01 +0000

Today, I’m introducing another über-affordable, even more accomplished DAC than the SU-1, my previous budget champion. I'm talking about the ninety-nine-dollar Fosi Audio Q6. And because its audio output op-amp is mounted in a DIP8 socket, we get to see how tube rolling impacts its performance. Get ready for an interesting ride…

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Measurement vs. Listening Revisited

Bob Katz — Tue, 14 Oct 2025 00:06:38 +0000

I'd like to think I have an audio worldview that makes consistent sense, both in the scientific world and the audiophile world. For example, I know that no amount of equipment mania will replace fixing a room with bad acoustics. I know this makes sense: paying attention to acoustic science will get you, say, 90%... Read More »

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A Look at MoFi's Platinum Ultra Disc One-Step 180 Gram 2 LP Set of Bitches Brew

Juan C. Ayllon — Mon, 13 Oct 2025 15:31:07 +0000

Sometimes, the most improbable juxtaposition of musical styles, sounds, and textures just works and, when spotlit in breathtaking clarity, as with Mobile Fidelity's Platinum Ultra Disc One-Step version of Miles Davis's Bitches Brew, it's brilliant. When I was a child, my mother cooked and served our meals at home. Occasionally, some spillover occurred between the... Read More »

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The Duelund-Corona 832A Project - Serendipity to Ecstasy!

Jeff Day — Mon, 13 Oct 2025 15:23:14 +0000

Greetings friends, I hope you are doing well. Today's feature article is about "The Duelund-Corona 832A Project" that Frederik Carøe (Duelund Coherent Audio) and I have collaborated on, but before I delve into the details of our project, let me give you a little background about Duelund Coherent Audio. Duelund Coherent Audio is located in Fredensborg,... Read More »

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Inspiration At Its Finest – Definitive Pressings For Buckingham Nicks, Prince, and Emerson, Lake and Palmer

Robert S. Youman — Sun, 12 Oct 2025 16:41:18 +0000

Buckingham Nicks, Lindsey Buckingham & Stevie Nicks, Rhino High Fidelity Records (33 RPM LP) Kevin Gray's success with the Fleetwood Mac discography and related recordings continues to amaze. My go to copy for Rumors is the 2020 45 RPM reissue cut and mastered by Kevin Gray along with Steve Hoffman. My go to copy for... Read More »

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Exotica! The Best Of Martin Denny

Robert Pincus — Fri, 10 Oct 2025 18:45:15 +0000

If you were buying music in the mid eighties, then you might remember when the music industry expected us to replace our records with "perfect sound forever" compact discs (CDs). Even though I own a lot of CDs, and I still buy them on occasion, few were ever purchased to replace the same title on... Read More »

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KECES P14 Ultra Low Noise Linear Power Supply

Mark Pearson — Fri, 10 Oct 2025 18:36:48 +0000

The KECES P14 Ultra Low Linear Noise Power Supply is a relatively new addition to the KECES Pier product line and it replaces the P8. The P14 is a four-channel power supply and the channels are labeled as zones I - IV. Zones I – III gives you a selection of different voltages ranging from... Read More »

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We're Audiophiles, and Deserve Some Respect!

Frank Doris — Fri, 10 Oct 2025 00:39:59 +0000

Frank Doris at AXPONA 2017 (photograph and image processing by David W. Robinson) This essay was originally published in Copper magazine, and is republished courtesy of Frank Doris and Paul McGowan of PS Audio. Thanks, gents! October 2, 2025 is the 10th annual World Audiophile Day, and it makes me think about the whole audiophile "thing."... Read More »

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SteinMusic Acoustic Disc - Correctly Tune an Entire Listening Room with just Six 2-inch Discs!

Robert H. Levi — Wed, 08 Oct 2025 23:23:08 +0000

Bob Levi: a moment. LAOC Gala Board Banquet, 2022 (Photograph and image processing by David W. Robinson) One of my pet peeves in listening room acoustic treatments is devices that not only enhance the sound quality, but also cause an irregularity to the musical reproduction at certain frequencies. I run across these items almost weekly... Read More »

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Parasound's JCA100 Tribute Amplifiers

Greg Weaver — Wed, 08 Oct 2025 22:52:06 +0000

I first heard the now-acclaimed Parasound Halo JC1 amplifier during the January 2002 CES, though this soon-to-be-acclaimed amplifier was not officially available for purchase until March of 2003. But on that January day, the late Bob Crump had used four pre-production JC1s, a soon-to-be-acknowledged overachieving amplifier from renowned electronics designer John Curl, to drive a... Read More »

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HyperAnalogue Hyper Sonic X4 Moving Coil Cartridge: Cooking Up A Masterpiece

Myles B. Astor — Mon, 06 Oct 2025 23:37:15 +0000

My first encounter of the Hyper Sonic X4 cartridge kind occurred in the VPI room at Capital Audiofest 2023. The next year, Laurence Borden, proprietor of Distinctive Stereo in NJ, also turned to the Hyper Sonic X4 to anchor his vinyl playback setup at Capital AudioFest 2024. Both times I left the show incredibly impressed... Read More »

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Recent Finds No. 53 HDTT Releases Some Good'uns

Rushton Paul — Sat, 04 Oct 2025 18:06:26 +0000

HDTT has been hard at work once again with two very nice Redux re-releases in better sound quality and four new releases. Fans of Judy Garland will rejoice in this outstanding release of her live performance at the Curran Theatre in San Francisco from 1952. Amazingly, her voice sounds as if she is standing right... Read More »

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APSoon Recordings at the Organ, Phenomenal Music and Sonics in Pure DSD256

Rushton Paul — Wed, 01 Oct 2025 17:44:05 +0000

This new release in the ongoing series of outstanding organ recordings from APSoon Recordings is their best yet. If you love great organ recordings, just get this now! It will blow you away. Aare-Paul Lattik, Live at Riga Cathedral. APSoon Records 2025 (Pure DSD256) Edit Master Sourced HERE This is the most recent release of... Read More »

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CanJam SoCal 2025

Steve Lefkowicz — Wed, 01 Oct 2025 17:41:34 +0000

I attend CanJam SoCal almost every year, and always thoroughly enjoy it. The overall vibe at CanJam is so different when compared to typical audiophile shows. First thing you notice is that there is always a much higher percentage of younger attendees (under 40) than you see at a show like T.H.E. Show. Also, you... Read More »

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E243: The Børresen Bass Module Launch - with Jay of Jay's Audio Lab

AudioAnalyst — Mon, 29 Sep 2025 17:24:21 +0000

Today, we meet the new Børresen Bass Modules, the new dipole subwoofers from Børresen Acoustics of Denmark. The launch event was held in Chicagoland, at the “Next Level HiFi” boutique shop in Wayne, IL. And today’s chat features “Jay’s Audio Lab” YouTube content creator, Jay himself. This is a fascinating, highly effective, and unique low-frequency... Read More »

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Cobra Records 25th Anniversary Producer's Choice Album, an Audio Education

Rushton Paul — Sun, 28 Sep 2025 23:59:38 +0000

Here is an audiophile's dream—an exploration of superb performances remastered in Pure DSD from the original DSD tracking channels. Tom Peeters, founder and recording engineer of Cobra Records has gone into his archives to find his original DSD64 tracking channels from albums released between 2007-2014 and remastered selected tracks in Pure DSD256 for this Producer's... Read More »

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The Gryphon Power Zone 3 and the Art of No Noise

Lee Scoggins — Sun, 28 Sep 2025 15:52:26 +0000

Michael Fremer and Lee Scoggins, a moment. Los Angeles, CA, 2017. (Photograph and image processing by David W. Robinson) In my recent experience, I have discovered that lowering noise is one of the most beneficial things you can do for better music playback. It's a true three-for-one deal for audiophiles. Bass, midrange, and highs all... Read More »

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