Rhino Entertainment is celebrating the 30th anniversary of cheeky and eclectic alternative icons Ween and their classic fourth studio album, Chocolate and Cheese, with an expanded, 180 gram, 3-LP Chocolate and Cheese (Deluxe Edition). The elaborate gatefold LP jacket contains the remastered original album spread across two LPs, which was necessary to accommodate an album... Read More »
Lou Hinkley of Pacific Audio Fest Lou Hinkley is the owner of Daedalus Audio and a partner with Gary Gill in PAF and the new Southwest Audio Fest in the Dallas, TX area of the USA. In this essay he shares his thoughts about high-end audio and audio shows. "It was the best of times... Read More »
Craft Recordings' and Acoustic Sounds continue their partnership with the second title in the Bluesville Series reboot, this time featuring Mississippi Delta bluesman Skip James' seminal 1966 Vanguard recording, Today! The LP was pressed by Acoustic Sounds' Quality Record Pressing (QRP) on 180 gram vinyl; Craft and QRP are also collaborating on the Contemporary Jazz... Read More »
If you listen to digital, love classic jazz and the golden age of stereo classical recordings, then surely you have been listening to the outstanding releases from Bob Witrak's High Definition Tape Transfers. Bob's transfers to high resolution digital (DSD256 and DXD) very typically sound better than the releases from the labels themselves. You know—the... Read More »
Everybody says it and I'm confirming it. Moving sucks! And as an audiophile with two turntables, two speakers that weigh 130 pounds each, an eighty pound tube amp, and a huge LP collection (and a pretty damn large CD collection as well), moving doesn't double suck, it triple sucks! Having said all of this, it's... Read More »
Renowned A/V electronics distributor and UK-based specialist audio group combine to build awareness of emerging brands in North America. TORONTO, CANADA, AUGUST 13, 2024 – Lenbrook Americas, a distributor of leading premium audio brands in the North American market, and Monitor Audio Group, the UK-based owner of the emerging high-fidelity British brands, Roksan and Blok, are... Read More »
Alta Audio, the company that combines advanced technology and outstanding aesthetics to create industry-leading home audio loudspeakers, will be front and center at Pacific Audio Fest with its reference tower speaker, Aphrodite. Joining with Infigo Audio in its Grand Ballroom #2 display, Aphrodite ($50,000/pair with a 15% up-charge for pantone colors other than black), includes a custom-designed... Read More »
Rhino just pulled out all the stops with a surprise new release: the Rhino High Fidelity Premium Vinyl Series inaugural box set, ZZ Top's From The Top: 1971-1976, which shines a light on the raucous boogie ‘n blues rockers first five albums. No advance press release was issued, there were no product shots, and zero... Read More »
Debuting on vinyl and available for pre-order today, the album features three B-sides, plus an unreleased alternative mix Click here to pre-order Los Angeles, CA (August 6, 2024) – Craft Recordings and Independiente are proud to announce an expanded vinyl reissue for Martina Topley-Bird's 2003 critically acclaimed and Mercury Award-nominated debut album Quixotic. Available for pre-order today, and due out September 6th, the expanded 2-LP edition housed in... Read More »
THE COVETED 1976 FUSION MASTERPIECE TO BE RELEASED VIA JAZZ DISPENSARY’S TOP SHELF SERIES Masterminded by the Fattoruso Brothers, Airto Moreira, and Hermeto Pascoal, the newly-remastered album includes underground favorites “African Bird,” “Tombo,” “ Golden Wings,” and “Corre Niña” Click here to pre-order or stream Goldenwings Los Angeles, CA (August 6, 2024)—Craft Recordings and Jazz Dispensary proudly announce the long-awaited vinyl reissue of Goldenwings, the 1976 fusion masterpiece from Uruguayan... Read More »
The now available 5-model RUBIKORE speaker series will debut in North America at Audio Advice Live 2024 Audio Advice Live, Raleigh, North Carolina – Following the successful launches of the flagship DALI KORE and more recently the EPIKORE-11 speakers, DALI continues their 40-year legacy of loudspeaker research and development with the new RUBIKORE Series of Premium HiFi... Read More »
Jazz Dispensary is one of the specialty imprints of Craft Recordings that's dedicated to mining the riches of Concord Music's vast catalog of labels. Jazz Dispensary employs "sound sommeliers" to comb the archives, looking for the finest original sources there for less well-known masterpieces of funk, soul, jazz, fusion, and all the related genres they... Read More »
1st Aug 2024. Press Release. Merrill Audio Advanced Technology Labs, LLC is pleased to announce the ELEMENT 110 Power Amplifier Monoblocks, which is certain to set a new standard for Power amplifiers in the 300 Watt range. As a world class phone preamplifier, the ELEMENT 110 reproduces rich music tones, with precise wide sound staging, a... Read More »
SONUS FABER INTRODUCES THE NEW CONCERTINO, A NEW EDITION LOUNDSPEAKER THAT COMBINES HERITAGE AND INNOVATION July 26, 2024 – Sonus faber is pleased to announce the launch of the Concertino G4, the fourth edition of the brand’s iconic Concertino speaker. A continuation of Sonus faber’s storied legacy of exceptional sound and high-quality Italian craftsmanship, the... Read More »
The P1 Digital Audio Player is part of a new series of products launched by Astell&Kern which focus on promoting an active lifestyle, with music as the companion on your journey. With the P1, music isn't just a background; it's the force that propels your life forward. The P1 by Astell&Kern features premium sound playback of a... Read More »
Two new immersive music streaming playlists feature songs mixed or mastered on Focal Speakers Montreal, Canada — July 30, 2024 — Focal Naim America, a leading North American importer and distributor of premium consumer and professional electronics brands, has released two new immersive HD audio playlists, with songs “Mixed on Focal” pro monitors and some mastered with Focal Utopia Hi-Fi speakers.... Read More »
We are thrilled to announce a new partnership with IASCA, SQology, and Florida Sound Quality to bring car audio to the 2025 show. While many might instantly associate car audio with bass thumpers, I know many of you are familiar with the sound quality competition mindset and the level of care and detail that goes... Read More »
This Friday, July 26th Rhino is unveiling the next collection of high-quality quadraphonic releases. Unavailable for nearly half a century, four legendary titles have been digitized from their original analog four-track Quad mixes - Bette Midler’s The Divine Miss M (1972), Bread’s Baby I’m-A Want You (1972), Duke Ellington’s New Orleans Suite (1970), and Graham Central Station’s Self-Titled (1974). The collection will be... Read More »
Rhino continues their High Fidelity Premium Vinyl Series with a pair of classic new reissues of albums that were both released within the same year, 1974. Including Yes' seventh studio album and their first in the aftermath of Rick Wakeman's departure, Relayer (Atlantic Records), along with Bad Company's hard-rocking eponymous debut, Bad Company (Swan Song... Read More »
In 2020 Network Acoustics arrived with their market defining passive Ethernet Filter, the original eno. With an eno in your system, the music-obsessed founders, Rich and Rob, demonstrated that they were on their way to capturing the magical sound of their cherished vinyl in streamed music, but without the crackles and pops! The all-new eno2 features... Read More »
Orchard Audio Upgrades Their Top Starkrimson Ultra Stereo Amps With an Active RCA Input Option Succasunna, New Jersey: Orchard Audio’s 500W Starkrimson Ultra stereo amplifiers just received a big upgrade. Revision 2.5 builds upon revision 2.0 by adding a built-in active RCA-to-XLR converter. This means the amplifiers can now be used with both single-ended (RCA)... Read More »
Craft Recordings' continues to crank out new releases in the second group of reissue titles for 2024 in their Original Jazz Classics (OJC) franchise reboot. This time, featuring their latest, The John Wright Trio's 1960 neglected classic, South Side Soul on Prestige Records. When I originally saw the list of the four albums being made... Read More »
Black Cat Cable, under the stewardship of Mayu Sommovigo, continues to uphold Christopher Sommovigo's legacy of crafting exceptional audio cables. With a commitment to preserving his artistry and dedication to quality, Black Cat Cable remains dedicated to providing audiophiles with top-notch products. We are excited to announce that Black Cat Cable is seeking dealers to... Read More »
Harold Tichenor is a Real-to-Reel (RTR) tape archivist with over 40 years of experience as a professional. His prior article for Positive Feedback was an important summary of RTR provenance and tape generations, which I highly recommend to our readers. In this article, Harold outlines the history and elementals of RTR tape reproduction. It is... Read More »
...and host a seminar on Loudspeaker Design. At the upcoming California Audio Show 2024, frontRow interconnects and speaker cables are the finest the company has ever created. Available in a complete range of balanced and unbalanced interconnect, phono, digital, speaker and power cables, frontRow incorporates the company’s MORRE (Musically Optimized Reduction of Resistive Energies)... Read More »
This is an ongoing project by Claude Lemaire of Soundevaluations 236. Charlie Mingus, Blues & Roots. Atlantic – SD 1305 (1960), 33 1/3 rpm, Analogue Productions – APA 001-45 (2023), Atlantic 75 Audiophile Series, (2x45 rpm). Genre: experimental big band, avant garde jazz, blues, hardbop, swing. Here is a great album featuring six tracks including the well... Read More »
Rhino Entertainment has just launched their Sounds of the Summer LP series, which features a slate of 24 limited edition LP releases, with most of them being offered in deep sea blue colored-vinyl versions. The multitude of releases traverses a broad range of genres and artists, and includes catalog album reissues, greatest hits packages, and... Read More »
JCAT, a leader in high-performance streaming-specific products, is proud to announce the release of the USB Card XE EVO, an enhanced version of the highly acclaimed USB Card XE. This new model brings significant improvements and innovations, setting a new standard for USB audio performance. Building on Excellence The USB Card XE EVO is designed... Read More »
I've spent decades searching my butt off for interesting and well-recorded albums, all while some albums, including some really good ones, were just sitting in my path. Just Turn Me Loose (Epic BN 26037) by actor-singer George Maharis (1928-2023) is a prime example of an album that was just sitting and waiting for me to... Read More »
Greetings friends, and welcome to Chapter 15 of the Acoustic Revive Chronicles! You can see a list of the previous chapters of the Acoustic Revive Chronicles in the archives HERE. In Chapter 15 of the Acoustic Revive Chronicles I'll be telling you about the new RTS-30 turntable mat, RHS-1 headshell, RHR-21 Helmholtz resonator, and the... Read More »
9th July, 2024: Englewood, Colorado – Monarch Systems Ltd. is elated to announce our appointment as the official North American distribution partner of SME, manufacturer of a broad range of turntables and tonearms. SME was founded in 1946 as The Scale Model Equipment Company, but it wasn’t until 1959 that founder Alastair Robertson-Aikman transitioned the business... Read More »
Following my first three episodes from this year's event, these wrap-up event episodes bring you my final three sets of coverage, each addressing three remarkable rooms. Can you say World Premieres? In this episode, I explore the world premiere of the Kronos Discover Phono stage, the Göble Divin Comtesse loudspeakers, and Alon Wolf's Magico S5... Read More »
A high-fidelity solution for integrated amplifiers and legacy audio equipment, the new SoundPath adapter converts speaker-level outputs to RCA line-level outputs for safe, pristine signal transfer to a powered subwoofer. July 9, 2024 - Youngstown, OH – SVS, leading manufacturer of high-performance speakers, subwoofers, and wireless audio products, proudly announces the addition of the SVS... Read More »
Rhino Entertainment has just released the Super Deluxe Edition of progressive rock titans Yes' fourth studio album, 1971's Fragile. Now available in an expansive multi-disc box set, Fragile: Super Deluxe Edition (SDE) offers media choices that will satisfy all listeners. The unusual package design features an LP-sized gatefold jacket that matches the band's recent SDE... Read More »
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Lone Star Audiofest and T.H.E. Show Announce Groundbreaking Partnership Premiering T.H.E. Lone Star Audiofest in Austin, TX in Late Spring 2025 Austin, TX – [Date] – Lone Star Audiofest and T.H.E. Show, America's longest-running HiFi show, are excited to announce a landmark cooperative venture. This collaboration will culminate in the premiere of... Read More »
Dire Straits Live 1978-1992 Let me get right to the point! The sound quality of each and every reissue in this box set is absolutely magnificent! There are many reasons, but three are extremely important. All of the vinyl was mastered by Andy Walter at Abbey Road and cut by Bernie Grundman at Bernie Grundman... Read More »
Ye Olde Editor delivering the goods, Corvallis, Oregon, 1972. (Photograph by John Hull.) Yes, I've always been this way. Munich has come and gone...so has my serious bout with pneumonia...and I'd like to get my AXPONA 2024 Audio Oasis! Awards published before any more time goes by. (These are two big shows that are too... Read More »
