October 02, 2023 – Succasunna, New Jersey. Orchard Audio, LLC is proud to announce that several of the company’s highly reviewed products will demo at the Capital Audiofest (CAF), November 10-12, 2023, in Rockville, MD. Orchard Audio’s equipment will be on display in three of the rooms: Room 708: Starkrimson® Mono amplifiers (x4) will power... Read More »
With a sound as flavoursome and richly detailed as a delicious single malt Scotch, the hip-dac 3 portable USB DAC/headphone amp delivers the perfect pick-me-up for any music lover on the go Southport, England – The hip-dac is one of iFi’s most popular DAC/headphone amps, beloved for its affordable, battery-powered portability, extensive hi-res specification, distinctive... Read More »
When I joined Positive Feedback to write about albums from my overflowing collection, I decided that it would be best if I wrote about easily obtainable albums. In a short time I realized that I don't own a click-of-the-mouse record collection. The records that I love to play and write about are very simply rare.... Read More »
Roger Skoff writes about an aspect of our hobby we sometimes forget... I've been calling myself a HiFi Crazy for well over half a century, I've seen the birth of solid-state electronics, of stereo (it was all mono when I got started), of CDs, DVDs, and every other kind of digital audio technology. And I've... Read More »
This is an ongoing project by Claude Lemaire of Soundevaluations 226. Prince, Dirty Mind. Warner Bothers Records – BSK 3478 (1980), 33 1/3 rpm. Genre: funk, new wave, post disco, pop, dance-punk, Minneapolis sound. Recorded in May and June 1980 and released in October, Dirty Mind is Prince's third—and for my tastes—best album regarding composition, arrangements, performance,... Read More »
Personal mixer for musicians adds to Anubis mission offering Puidoux, Switzerland, September 2023 - Merging Technologies, a Swiss manufacturer of digital audio solutions, is thrilled to announce the much-anticipated launch of its Venue Mission software for Anubis, designed specifically for the brand’s popular audio interface. Created with live musicians in mind, Venue Mission promises to revolutionise... Read More »
Craft Recordings has just released Nanci Griffith: Working In Corners, a new box set which anthologizes the country-folk icon's first four, long-out-of-print catalog albums. As a companion to the box set, Rounder Records (a Craft imprint) has announced More Than A Whisper: Celebrating The Music Of Nanci Griffith, a tribute album that features performances from... Read More »
Restless innovators Network Acoustics believe that there’s always a way to improve the sound of music streaming. Their latest innovation is the muon2 USB Cable, the ultimate version of the award-winning muon digital interconnect. Designed to better what many consider to be one of the best USB cables on the market, Network Acoustics have redefined the... Read More »
HIIFIMAN Electronics, the leader in high fidelity personal audio, will feature a wide selection of its most recent introductions at CanJam SoCal 23. HIFIMAN will demo many of its latest products, including: Arya Organic Headphone: The Arya Organic (SRP: $1,299) is notable for an updated industrial design that features a wood earcup for a fuller sound... Read More »
Sporting a host of upgrades and industry ‘firsts’ including lossless Bluetooth, iFi’s NEO iDSD 2ultra-res DAC/headphone amp is every music lover’s perfect housemate Southport, England – Since its inception in 2012, iFi audio has been at the forefront of DAC technology for home and portable use, delivering exemplary sound with digital music sources both online... Read More »
L-509Z is the first to offer LIFES1.0 stages in both preamp and power amp and the first with LECUA-EX volume control BALLSTON SPA, New York, September 2023 – Luxman continues to prepare for 2025, the company’s centennial, with a new top-of-the-line integrated amplifier. In addition to the company’s trademark sound quality, the L-509Z is the first component... Read More »
Qobuz partners with Deutsche Grammophon to celebrate 125th label anniversary Curated content to be released throughout 2023; special download sales to be set Paris, September 21, 2023 - Qobuz, the high-quality music platform, has teamed up with Deutsche Grammophon to celebrate 125 years of the iconic classical label. The global content initiative will include exclusive... Read More »
Hürth, Germany, June, 17th, 2022 – Effective Immediately, TIDAL-Audio GmbH is proud to announce the TIDAL Contros, a new digital controller. The TIDAL Contros is designed to be the perfect digital music content controller for TIDAL high-end systems. This is the first TIDAL masterpiece directly benefitting from the ultra-exclusive TIDAL for Bugatti project and its... Read More »
Hürth, Germany, December 2021 – Effective Immediately, TIDAL-Audio GmbH is proud to announce the TIDAL Intra Power Amplifier. The TIDAL Intra results from the uncompromising implementation of our most basic requirement: pure amplification of the musical signal without adding any sonic color or concealing even the smallest of details. A TIDAL basic since founding the... Read More »
Conrad-Johnson Design is excited to introduce a reference quality phono-stageto accompany the ART88 line stage preamplifier. Like the ART88, the ART Phono will be available in a limited edition of 250 units. The ART Phono is very closely related to the ART88 in appearance, circuitry, and execution. Like the line stage unit, the phono stage... Read More »
Please join us at the Southwest Audio Fest for the Southwest’s first and finest high-end audio show! SWAF is now open for vendor registration and is truly an international show with easy access to all of Central and North America. The Southwest Audio Fest in Dallas, TX is definitely a must do show. Located... Read More »
Denton, Texas, September 14, 2023--- Vera-Fi Audio is the home of the popular Puron AC line conditioner and Swiss Digital Fuse Box---products that significantly improve music playback for modest amounts of cash. Vera-Fi's latest product, Vera-Link, brings true wireless streaming to any pair of speakers---for only $199 per pair! Each Vera-Link unit is about the... Read More »
Los Angeles, CA (September 15, 2023) – Craft Recordings is thrilled to rollout more ways to celebrate Andrew Gold’s cult seasonal classic, Halloween Howls: Fun & Scary Music, this spooky season. Available to stream/download today is a new remix (with accompanying music video) from The Living Tombstone, reworking Gold’s Halloween classic “Witches, Witches, Witches.” The danceable Living Tombstone remix of the song brings a new dimension to this classic... Read More »
Price: $699 Product page: https://www.focal.com/en/bathys (Dune added Sep 15) Amazon (Dune added Sep 15) Focal Bathys (bat ees). Do not pronounce H. New Color: Dune The neutral beige shade is easy to pair with any color of outfit. New Feature: The Mimi hearing test Bathys adapts to everyone’s hearing. Available via the Focal & Naim... Read More »
Rhino Entertainment has announced an enhanced and expanded edition of alternative darlings The Replacements' fourth studio album and major label debut, 1985's Tim, which was produced by Tommy Erdelyi, aka Tommy Ramone. Which is now being made available as a 4-CD, 1-LP box set, Tim: Let It Bleed Edition. The new box highlights new remixes... Read More »
In the last episode, I shared my rabbit-hole experience with Jeff Tweedy and the Wilco band when I first experienced the music as I streamed Episode 5 in the first season of Hulu's hit show, "The Bear." In this issue of PF, I'll share info on several items I've accumulated and knowledge about the band... Read More »
B.audio launches the new Alpha One streaming integrated amplifier and will begin shipping products immediately. 13 September 2023: Englewood, Colorado – In tandem with France’s B.audio, Monarch Systems is excited to announce the release of the Alpha One streaming integrated amplifier. Specialists in high-end audio electronics, the French manufacturer is introducing its first streaming integrated... Read More »
Astell&Kern, a global leader in high-resolution audio players and accessories, launches a new, limited edition titanium version of the popular SE300 R-2R based digital audio player released in June 2023. The SE300 Titan will be available for $2,499 in limited quantities at authorized Astell&Kern dealers worldwide and is expected to ship around the end of October... Read More »
September 2023: Nordost's new, QBASE Reference, which was first previewed this past. May at the High End Show in Munich, has now been officially released to the public. The QBASE Reference is a multifaceted, reference-level AC distribution unit that operates as a filter-less alternative to power conditioners, delivering pristine power to audio components, without imparting... Read More »
Thelonious Monk's 1957 classic Brilliant Corners marks the fifth release in Craft Recordings' Small Batch LP series. The Small Batch series utilizes a one-step lacquer process (versus the standard three-step process) that allows for a significantly improved level of musical detail, clarity, and dynamics, while greatly reducing surface and groove noise that might otherwise be... Read More »
September arrived and so has a flood of wonderful new releases from some of my favorite artists and recording labels. Any one of these albums might qualify for "album of the year" recognition in their respective genre, and I've been spending time in seventh heaven listening to them. So, allow me to share. 1823 -... Read More »
When all is said and done, it's all about the source material. The better the source material, the better the system sounds. (It's amazing how a master tape can make bad speakers sound like a million dollars!) The best source here being 15-ips reel-to-reel tape. Now making the best sounding consumer 15-ips, 2-track reel-to-reel tapes... Read More »
– Versatile music streamer offers exceptional sound quality and easy setup – Boulder, Colorado, September 12, 2023 – PS Audio is now shipping its AirLens music streamer, designed to deliver the ultimate in sound quality from streaming audio sources. The new AirLens (SRP: US $1,999.00) offers high-resolution streaming via Roon and services such as TIDAL,... Read More »
Roger Skoff writes about HiFi kit building When I first became a HiFi Crazy, I was twelve years old and, like virtually every other twelve- year-old kid, I had no money. That didn't stop me, though; I'd become an audiophile; been "bitten by the bug"; and had to have a hi-fi system of my own,... Read More »
A Positive Feedback YouTube share from Döhmann Audio... Mark Döhmann of Döhmann Audio is widely seen and appreciated in high-end audio as a very gifted turntable designer. Well known from his days producing the Continuum Caliburn and Criterion turntables, Mark is a first-rank turntable designer who has been a master artisan since the early 1980s. Now... Read More »
July 3, 1973 at the Hammersmith Odeon in London was an important date in David Bowie's musical arc; it was the site of the final show of his Ziggy Stardust And The Spiders From Mars world tour. Fans were delighted towards the end of the show, when Bowie announced that Jeff Beck would join the... Read More »
If you've collected fifties and sixties era vinyl then you know the names Arthur Lyman (1932 - 2002) and Martin Denny (1911 - 2005). They were, during the aptly named Golden Age Of Stereophonic Recordings, the kings of what is today called exotica music. The reason I know these two musicians is because my dad... Read More »
Greeting friends, I hope you are doing well! This article is about the Audio Note (UK) CD 5.1x Red Book CD player ($30,850 USD), a CD player that rewrites what kind of performance I thought was possible from CD players and the Red Book CD format. A unicorn is a mythical creature of ancient lore:... Read More »
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 »
Effective 18 September, Audio Physic products will return to the USA with distribution by Monarch Systems Ltd. 5 September, 2023: Englewood, Colorado – Monarch Systems Ltd. is delighted to announce that effective on 18September 2023, we will be appointed the official USA distribution partner of Audio Physic, a German manufacturer of high performance speakers, subwoofers,... Read More »
Available exclusively at CraftRecordings.com and limited to 4,000 copies worldwide, the LP features all-analog, one-step mastering – delivering the highest-quality listening experience. Set for release September 8th, exclusively via CraftRecordings.com/SmallBatch Click here to pre-order Los Angeles, CA (September 6, 2023) – Craft Recordings’ acclaimed Small Batch vinyl series returns with an audiophile pressing of Thelonious Monk’s Brilliant Corners. A landmark title in the... Read More »
