Ayon Audio and Lumenwhite exhibited at the Audio Video Show 2026 in Warsaw, Poland. Event & Exhibition Details • Dates: October 23–25, 2026 • Location: Golden Tulip Hotel, Warsaw, Poland Exhibition Details The Setup: The presentation featured a high – end combination of Ayon Audio vacuum tube electronics and Lumen White loudspeakers, maintaining their long... Read More »
A re-engineered Class AB amplifier with BluOS built-in, joined by a CD player designed to reveal more from every disc. TORONTO, CANADA, OCTOBER 15, 2026 – NAD ELECTRONICS, a leading manufacturer of high-performance audio components for more than five decades, today introduced two new additions to its acclaimed Classic Series, the C 359S Integrated Amplifier... Read More »
Dear all, While I still have your attention following Audio Video Show, I’d like to share a little personal news. As some of you may already know, I sold my main business last December to an investment fund. Don’t worry - not Audio Video Show! It was a business completely unrelated to audio: a... Read More »
PRESS RELEASE | WARSAW | 20 OCTOBER 2026 Everest Audio Labs introduces the latest version of the Everest Ascent music server Featuring the proprietary Everest USB One card and a fully linear ATX power supply Everest Audio Labs announces the official launch of the latest version of its Everest Ascent music server. Designed for demanding... Read More »
PRESS RELEASE – FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: New York, October 25, 2026, Mytek Audio launches Empire DAC/Streamer V2.0 at Warsaw Audio Show 2026 in Poland Mytek Audio has announced the launch of the brand new Empire V2.0 flagship DAC/Streamer/Preamplifier at the Warsaw Audio Show 2026 in Poland. The Empire V2.0 features brand new, Mytek's best ever,... Read More »
For more than a decade, the Norse Series has offered listeners a path to greater musical performance through Nordost’s commitment to precision engineering and innovative cable design. With Norse 3, that commitment takes a significant step forward. Rather than treating cables as isolated components, Nordost developed this new series holistically, viewing the audio system as... Read More »
PRESS RELEASE (U.S.) Glasgow, Scotland, 13/10/26 “The compact reference loudspeaker that fits into any home.” Linn introduces 343: the first loudspeaker to be designed around its revolutionary Pistonik drive unit technology from the outset. Bringing together Linn's proprietary technologies to project an unshakeable illusion of reality, 343 is a reference loudspeaker concealed inside... Read More »
Songs without Words Jeneba Kanneh-Mason, piano Sony Classical 196874735053 (EP, download only). MENDELSSOHN: Lied ohne Worte, Op. 62, No. 1. PRICE: Song without Words in A. BONDS: Spiritual Suite: II. The Bells. PRICE: Song without Words in G (“Pleading”). SAINT-SAËNS: Theme from Samson and Delilah (arr. Simone). Jeneba Kanneh-Mason opens this mini-program of Songs without... Read More »
ELP as a band was barely two years old when Brain Salad Surgery was released in the U.S in November, and the U.K. in December, 1973. Emerson, Lake and Palmer’s fourth studio album and on their own, new Manticore label, was distributed by Atlantic. I remember having trouble getting a decent copy when this was... Read More »
The 2026 Toronto Audio Fest, (herein referred to as TAF 2026), was held at the Toronto Sheraton™ Airport Hotel on Dixon Road that’s a few miles (er… kilometres) away from the Lester B. Pearson™ International Airport. For TAF 2026, I’m going to provide two – count ‘em… two – show reports. There were a lot... Read More »
196 demonstration rooms, 15,504 unique visitors, nearly 700 brands and 228 accredited journalists mark the largest edition in the event’s history Warsaw, Poland — Audio Video Show 2026 concluded its largest edition to date, setting new records for demonstration rooms, visitor attendance, brands represented and accredited journalists. Held from 23 to 25 October at PGE... Read More »
If there’s an album that's a musical portal to the college and singles years from the 80s and early 90s, INXS’ Kick album might be it. The band, INXS, was formed in Sydney, Australia in 1977, and after they broke out internationally in the mid-80s, their intoxicating blend of Australian rock, new wave, funk, and... Read More »
Series II, Amplified The new stereo power amplifier makes its world premiere in the UK, followed by presentations in Warsaw, Tokyo and around the world. Romanel-sur-Lausanne, Switzerland - October 2026: Audio Technology Switzerland is pleased to introduce the Nagra AMP II-S, the latest addition to its Series II family of high-end audio electronics. Following the... Read More »
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Stax Maturity I’ve been a proud owner of Stax Earspeakers (SR-3 and SR-5) since the year 1972, when I began doing remote recording with Stax phones for monitoring. At that time, E-Stat was a revolution, offering far superior sound quality to any dynamic phone available. It’s been 54 years! In the early 70’s, I fed... Read More »
For those readers new to this column, please read the introductory comments in Part one here. Sorry for the delay in getting this installment published. I’ll be getting back on my normal schedule now. I’ve talked to a lot of record buyers over the years, many of whom are not audiophiles at all, and just... Read More »
Just about six months after the release of The Doobie Brothers’ Toulouse Street, they began working on The Captain and Me, again with producer Ted Templeman and recording engineer Donn Landee. They could not book Amigo Studio solid, as the band was touring, so they had to piece-meal the project, even recording some overdubs on... Read More »
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE ARLINGTON, Texas - Oct. 12, 2026 — The Sound Organisation is excited to announce Rega Research’s newest offering Replay, an entirely new turntable designed to bring the company's celebrated approach to analog playback to a broader audience. Priced at just $395 MSRP, Replay represents a new entry point into Rega’s award-winning turntable... Read More »
Removes Dirt with Maximum Efficiency, Quieter Operation Vacuum Swing Arm and Bi-directional Motor Allow for Simultaneous Cleaning of Two Sides of a Record with Quieter Overall Operation GRAND RAPIDS, MI, October 13, 2026 – Pangea Audio, a developer and manufacturer of high performance, high value audio accessories, announced the 25th Anniversary edition of its Record... Read More »
As I've said in the past, if Bert has recorded it, I want to hear it. And my enthusiasm for the excellence of his recordings continues unabated. But, this is the "sound nut" side of me speaking. I will always enjoy the thrill of unrestrained dynamics, superb instrumental timbre, and luscious airy, open, and very... Read More »
Photo courtesy of David Solomon of Qobuz. The time has come for me to pack it in and walk away from high-end audio and music journalism. My decision follows a prolonged period of deep contemplation of personal and family health concerns, growing familial commitments, the increasingly graying demographic within the audiophile community – myself included... Read More »
SAN DIEGO, Oct. 8, 2026/PRNewswire Sony Electronics Inc. today announced the ECM-AX10, the world's first Eclipsa Audio2-certified. Created for vloggers, mobile filmmakers, and content creators, the ECM-AX10 helps capture sound that feels more natural, immersive, and true to the moment. Its four built-in omnidirectional microphone capsules record sound from multiple directions, while Sony’s spatial audio... Read More »
This review of The Association’s debut album, And Then...Along Comes The Association (Valiant VLS 25002), has been a long time coming. Why did I take so long? The only lame excuse I have is this: I like this album a lot, and didn’t feel like doing the needed homework that the title deserved. I wish... Read More »
Roger Skoff writes about saving our hobby Do us both a favor; the next several times you get the chance, ask anybody you come across who isn’t an audiophile what the word “hi-fi” means. Or “high fidelity,” its meaningful form. Or “stereo.” If the person you’re talking to is over fifty, there’s a possibility they’ll... Read More »
Donald Fagen, Kamakiriad, MOFI Ultradisc One-Step (45 RPM) Kamakiriad was Donald Fagen’s second solo album and was originally released in 1993 on the Reprise label. This was also a collaboration with former Steely Dan bandmate Walter Becker, and was recorded long after the Steely Dan breakup in the early 1980s. Becker produced the album, and... Read More »
David W. Robinson at work. Near Icocle Creek, Leavenworth, WA, 2012. Photograph by Lila Ritsema. Drawing below by Dan Zimmerman. Yes, it’s time. Time for another audiophile aphorism. (Just when you thought it was safe to back into the water!) Here goes… Double Blind = The Blind Leading the Blind, thereafter falling into a pit.... Read More »
Bob Witrak has been busy, and I've been listening—and enjoying! Again in this series of albums, Bob has accomplished something which I highly value in his reissues: he allows the original recording to be what it was, while bringing as much transparency and resolution to his releases as the original source will allow. And that... Read More »
MENDELSSOHN: Violin Concerto; SAINT-SAËNS: Havanaise; Introduction and Rondo capriccioso; MASSENET: Thaïs: Méditation Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg, violin; New York Chamber Symphony/Gerard Schwarz EMI CDC 549276 (CD, 1988). TT: 60.08 In a few recent blog posts, I've discussed what I call the shifts in the culture over time: the way in which a creative figure, after looming large,... Read More »
For those of you who would like to get a broader and deeper sense of the Positive Feedback philosophy of community and creativity, I discuss the need for truth and ethical integrity with my fellow panelists, you’ll find it at the following link. Most highly recommended for those of you who are interested in the... Read More »
As I approach my upcoming retirement from Positive Feedback (and audio journalism!), I’m revisiting my very first submission for the magazine. I’d previously authored music reviews that appeared here as part of a content-sharing arrangement between PF and Audiophile Audition, but this was the first piece published under my own byline. It’s a chronicle of... Read More »
Late last year, my wife and I decided to move to a new home that was 20 minutes away, but still in the same state and still very close to friends and family. One of the many things that attracted us to this home was the potential for a new dedicated listening room. In our... Read More »
It’s well-known among audiophiles that our systems can sound better or worse from day to day. Sometimes, the better the system, the more inconsistent it can sound. Over the past year, I’ve made some significant upgrades to my gear, including a new DAC, preamp tubes, cables, and perhaps most importantly, new loudspeakers. And over the... Read More »
For Late Boomers like me, Carly Simon's 'Anticipation' instantly triggers memories of my teen years. It played over crackling AM radio, clicked and popped on a friend's turntable, and blared over public pool PA speakers. Back then, the scent of suntan oil and glistening swimsuit bodies tantalized in the summertime. Oozing angst and excitement, the... Read More »
The avant garde in any field of endeavor inevitably challenges conventional expectations. That, in part, is precisely the point of its existence: to alert, provoke and stimulate aesthetic or conceptual attention. Judi Silvano's new album, GARDEN WINDS, with a brisk nod to Stravinsky midway, invites appreciation from those who are vulnerable to surprise and, no less, who are comfortable... Read More »
A new collection of audiophile cables offer truly innovative engineering that elevates performance to unprecedented levels September 16, 2026, Alberta, Canada — RS Audio is proud to announce the launch of the Apparition Series, a new family of premium high-end audio cables designed to deliver a rich, highly engaging listening experience to the world's most... Read More »
Music of the Baroque and earlier rule this Recent Finds edition. From Bach (J.S. and C.P.E.), to Fux, Lassus, Hildegard von Bingen, and Machaut we have music of an earlier period on tap. And a very special treat: the marvelous Elinor Frey in her inaugural album on Channel Classics—long may that relationship flourish. C.P.E.... Read More »
Roger Skoff gives the facts about cables Lately, I’ve been following on Instagram some of the idiocy that so‑called “experts” have been posting about hi‑fi. Although there certainly is the occasional something of merit there by a person with real knowledge, the overwhelming majority of what I’ve seen seems either to be from a parts... Read More »
