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11-21-2024 | By Wojciech Pacuła

Krakow Sonic Society 145 - Polish Recordings on SACD

On September 29th Warner Music Poland released five Czeslaw Niemen albums on SACD hybrid discs. This was the first part of a Series of "Polskie Nagrania catalogue selections - Limited Edition SACD Hybrid", extending to as many as 75 discs. We took a look at the selected titles, listening to them together with Damian Lipinski,... Read More »

11-20-2024 | By Roger Skoff

Audiophile Economics - Part 2

Roger Skoff writes about why things cost what they do In the first part of this article, I wrote about how pricing works, using not only our own industry but others for illustration. I explained that this article is not intended to replace an economics text, but to just touch on, and state in language... Read More »

11-19-2024 | By Douglas Seth Brown

Toronto Audio Fest 2024

Toronto Audio Fest Show Report, Friday, 18 October - Sunday 20 October 2024 Encouraging an audiophile with a cabling and equipment addiction to attend the 2024 Toronto Audio Fest, (herein referred to as TAF 2024), is like encouraging an alcoholic to fly to Scotland and take a three week tour of Scotch Whiskey distilleries. Such... Read More » . . . Read More »

11-09-2024 | By Robert Pincus

The Merry-Go-Round - Listen, Listen: The Definitive Collection

When I wrote about The Blue Things I expressed my general distaste for cult bands and cult singers. And the reason is because mediocre cult bands cast huge shadows over great bands and singers who deserve our attention, like the above-mentioned The Blue Things. However, there are cult musicians who deserve their cult status. Emitt... Read More »

11-07-2024 | By Robert S. Youman

All Hail To The Chairman of the Board - The New IMPEX 1STEP Reissue of "Sing and Dance with Frank Sinatra"

First, Some Personal Backstory And Perspective Please be patient with me as I step you through some personal backstory. When IMPEX released the 33 RPM reissue for Sing and Dance with Frank Sinatra in late 2020, it was somewhat of an inspiration for me. I always enjoyed Frank as my father was a big fan... Read More »

11-01-2024 | By Editors at Positive Feedback

ZYX R100H Cartridge

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 »

11-01-2024 | By Stephen Francis Vasta

Schumann, via AI? (Not.)

Schumann Symphony 4 (orig. vers.); Manfred Overture. Yun: Cello Concerto. Jaemin Han, cello; Korean National Symphony Orchestra/David Reiland. Decca Records (Korea). Downloads and streams: music.apple.com; plixid.net (FLAC 24/96); qobuz.com (16/44.1); spotify.com; uk.7digital.com (M4A, MP3, FLAC) Universal, the current parent company of Decca and Deutsche Grammophon, has been unusually unforthcoming about this particular production. Although it was listed in... Read More »

10-31-2024 | By Tom Gibbs

Impex Records' Newest Limited Edition 1STEP 45 rpm LP Release: Sing and Dance with Frank Sinatra

Four years ago, Impex Records contracted a pair of Grammy award-winning engineers and tasked them with reviving the original analog tapes for Frank Sinatra's transitional masterpiece, 1950's Sing and Dance with Frank Sinatra. Andreas Meyer of Swan Studios handled the restoration and transfer of the original tapes, and Chris Bellman of Bernie Grundman Mastering mastered... Read More »

10-16-2024 | By Editors at Positive Feedback

My Experience with the GTT Audio Reference Listening System

Pastor Dave Robinson and Bill Parish with the Vivid Audio Moya M1 Loudspeaker A little about myself: This is a very brief review of the experience of the reference system with Vivid Audio M1 by Pastor Dave Robinson, a musician with a degree in music, an author, performer, and music director. I recorded at Capitol... Read More »

10-15-2024 | By Wojciech Pacuła

Design in Audio. Or Once More About the Language

Design is both the idea, the pattern, the design just poured by it onto paper or on a computer screen, and the materialized effect of designer's work. In other words, design is both the design and the things that have been designed. Design is the whole process contained in a single word. Emilia Branecka-Ledwon, Co... Read More »

09-30-2024 | By Norman Tracy

Lone Star Audio Fest 2024

Our tribe of dedicated audiophiles and music lovers met up in Dallas Texas the weekend of June 7-9 for the seventeenth Lone Star Audio Fest. LSAF is designed and executed to be different from typical HiFi shows. The emphasis is placed on hosting a low-cost experience encouraging individual audiophiles, DIYers/Makers, startups and smaller companies to... Read More »

09-26-2024 | By Claude Lemaire

Top 500 SuperSonic List - Part 41

This is an ongoing project by Claude Lemaire of Soundevaluations 241. Shelly Manne & His Men – At the Blackhawk Vol.1. Contemporary Records – S 7577 (1960), Craft Recordings – CR00601 (2024), Acoustic Sounds Series, 33 1/3 rpm. Genre: hard bop, cool jazz. As the title suggest, this is the first of four volumes of drummer Shelly... Read More » . . . Read More »

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Plumbing the Depths of Subterranean...

11-21-2024 | By Tom Gibbs

Early this year, I flim-flammed Vera-Fi Audio main man Mark Schifter into sending me one of his new Vanguard Caldera 10 subwoofers. I was desperately in need of ultra-low bass following the untimely demise of my beloved REL... Read More »

Lorenzo Audio Labs LM1 Loudspeakers

11-08-2024 | By Key Kim

It was at the 2023 Munich High End Show that I discovered some truly remarkable loudspeakers, the Lorenzo Audio Labs LM1 from Spain. They were music to my ears; the speakers rendered music effortlessly with detail,... Read More »

Triode Wire Labs American II Series...

11-04-2024 | By Malcolm J. Gomes

By far, the most common blind spot that most audiophiles I have met and chatted with seem to have, is the lack of awareness of the importance of the quality of power that they feed into their audio system. I have encountered... Read More »

Audiomods 12" Series Six Tonearm

11-01-2024 | By John Hoffman

In 2020 Jeff Spalls introduced the Audiomods Series Six tonearm, providing many analog hobbyists with an opportunity to experience excellent yet affordable analog playback. Shortly after the Series Six's introduction, two... Read More »

Fyne Audio F1-8S Loudspeaker

11-01-2024 | By John Acton

Over the course of my audiophile journey, I've owned, reviewed, or auditioned many different types of loudspeakers, from electrostatic to planar, from dynamic to horn-loaded, in a myriad of configurations. The one transducer... Read More »
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10-26-2024 | By Ed Kobesky

"They're boxy, but they're good." That was the slogan coined for Volvo cars by Dudley Moore's unhinged ad exec in the mediocre 1990 movie farce, Crazy People, which imagined what might happen if marketers started writing... Read More »

World Premier Review: Audeze CRBN2...

10-21-2024 | By Robert H. Levi

Audeze strikes again with its new CRBN 2 reference electrostatic headphones! Weighing in at 480 grams versus 300 grams for the original CRBN, with increased depth of the leather ear cups and housing, significantly improved... Read More »

Waters on the Hardware: The Mola...

10-21-2024 | By Dean Waters

"Dean Waters: Portrait with Cigar." PAF 2023, SeaTac, WA The Mola Mola Makua Preamp, front-top oblique view In June of this year, I had a wonderful opportunity to attend High End in Munich. With an attendance of well over... Read More »

The Gem Dandy PolyTable Signature...

10-21-2024 | By Juan C. Ayllon

My eyes welled with tears staring at a glorious reproduction of Edgar Degas' painting, The Orchestra at the Opera, in a massive book in the reference section of the University of California, Riverside Library. As an art... Read More »

Ultrasonic Record Cleaners from...

10-17-2024 | By Bruce Kinch

HumminGuru? Just another Tik-Tok #influencer, you'd think? No, it turns out HumminGuru is a Hong Kong-based firm focused on accessories for vinyl enthusiasts, from LP inner sleeves to ultrasonic record cleaning machines. Two... Read More »

The New Apartment Lounge - There...

10-15-2024 | By Maurice Jeffries

New Kids on the Block Back in late fall 2021, as most of the nation impatiently wiped layer upon accumulated layer of sleep from COVID-19 weary eyes, GTT Audio & Video's head honcho Bill Parish bravely invited a small... Read More »

GoldenEar T66 Loudspeaker

10-14-2024 | By Michael Zisserson

This is not 1999 anymore. Flash forward 25 years and most loudspeakers from any reputable manufacturer are far more than a few speaker drivers in a cabinet with basic filtering. The finest loudspeaker companies are... Read More »

Crystal Cable Infinity Power Cable

10-14-2024 | By Marshall Nack

Mention Crystal Cable in an audiophile conversation, the adjectives that likely come to mind are thin, elegant, top-drawer fabrication, and expensive. With an unflinching eye on aesthetics, the color scheme has always... Read More »

The Quadratic Audio MC-1: Max Vinyl...

10-04-2024 | By Juan C. Ayllon

Photo by Bryant Larsen The Quadratic Audio MC-1 was influenced by a triumphant tradition that rose from the Great War's ashes to avant-garde and worldwide influence that continues today.  It was 1919 in post-World War I... Read More »

Waters on the Hardware: The...

10-03-2024 | By Dean Waters

Dean Waters with Cigar:  a Portrait. (Photograph and image processing by David W. Robinson.) The Merrill Audio ELEMENT 110 Monoblock Amplifier (image by Dean Waters) As we continue our never-ending journey towards audio... Read More »

McIntosh MC830 Solid-State...

10-01-2024 | By Douglas Seth Brown

McIntosh MC830 Solid-State Amplifier (courtesy of McIntosh) McIntosh amplifiers are the type of ultra high-end audio components that cause fist fights at estate hearings. When the opportunity to review a pair of McIntosh's... Read More »
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I'm not completely sure how it happened. A few listens to 78s here and there. Peter Qvortrup sharing his enthusiasm for 78s w...

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As is my custom, I like to provide readers of Jeff's Place a preview of upcoming feature articles for Positive Feedback, whic...

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When I'm not at home playing audio & music games, and writing about them for my fellow audio travelers, I like to get ou...

The Pacific Audio Fest 2024: Photo Essay!...

The Pacific Audio Fest for 2024 is a wrap! Kudos to Lou Hinkley and Gary Gill, for putting on an excellent Pacific Audio Fest...

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Das Aufbereiten der auf der Messe gesammelten Eindrücke und Informationen ist zwar zeitintensiv, aber es macht...

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Nachdem mich im letzten Jahr reine Neugier auf die Audio Video Show Warschau gelockt hat, gehört die Messe dieses...

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