David W. Robinson, a portrait in late August of 2021. (Photograph by John Robinson.) "We will serve no wine before its time." – Carlo Rossi It's time. I have a set of brief impressions about some of the audio gear that's made its way over here to Positive Feedback in 2021. The second year of... Read More »
Roger Skoff writes about the stuff our stuff is made of... Many years ago, Goldmund, one of Europe's leading manufacturers of reference-quality audio products, offered individual "Cube" amplifiers to plug into and directly power each of the sections of its then US$80,000 (more like US$500K, today) Apologue speaker system. Among the talking points for these... Read More »
To all the fans of the Rocky Mountain Audio Fest, A year and a half ago, our hearts were aching as we made the hard decision to cancel our 2020 show. Back then, we somehow imagined that as a country, we could band together and transcend COVID-19, and our lives could return to normal. We... Read More »
September 2, 2021 - Focal, the leading French audio brand, is adding a bookshelf model and a center speaker to the Aria K2 family, allowing for a range of thrilling hi-fi and home cinema set-ups, alongside the Aria K2 936 floorstanding speaker launched last year. THE EVOLUTION OF AN ICON Aria K2 is a special... Read More »
September 1, 2021 - Renowned worldwide for its acoustics savoir-faire, the French brand Focal presents new loudspeakers for the home: On Wall 301 and On Wall 302. Attentive to all uses and listening needs, Focal has thought out and designed its loudspeakers for both Stereo and Home Cinema use, offering high-quality products to be installed... Read More »
Rossini: Orchestral Music. Budapest Festival Orchestra/Iván Fischer. Channel Classics CCS SA 27708. TT: 65.00 La scala di seta: Overture. Serenata per piccolo compresso. String Sonata in G Major. Le rendez-vous de chasse. Variazioni a più instrumenti obbligati. Andante, e Tema con Variazioni per quattro strumenti a fiato. Semiramide: Overture. Downloads: amazon.com (.mp3); channelclassics.com ("stereo and multichannel");... Read More »
Krakow Sonic Society is an informal group of music lovers, audiophiles and friends who meet to learn something new about audio products, records, music, etc. The idea for the Society was conceived in 2005. This is already its 130th meeting. It took both Impex Records and High Fidelity a while… And it started as usual:... Read More »
Originally published in Issue 104. Twenty questions with an audiophile who is also an artist. For this Audiophiles as Artists, we feature Chris Morris. What's your background? I grew up on a farm in eastern Colorado. No town or major population to speak of, lots of time to myself and explore the world around me. It... Read More »
This article, as reviewed by David Robinson originally ran in Issue 3, October/November 2002, 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. Yowzah! Cables Again! The world of cable/interconnect reviewing is a... Read More »
Although some audio shows are finally back on this year, we are still mostly on hiatus. In the mean time, take a trip down Memory Lane with two reports on the California Audio Show, 2018, Oakland, CA. Read this report from Malachi Kenney: Come a little closer. I want to tell you a secret. Are... Read More »
Whether musing about the greater understanding the Belle II particle physics experiment at KEK may bring to questions around Standard Model predictions, dark matter, and the asymmetry of matter and antimatter in the universe, or the exciting themes of parallel universes, the multiverse, and time travel that we see imaginatively explored in science fiction, physics... Read More »
The Stenheim Alumine 5 SE Loudspeaker Musical Artisans is pleased to introduce Stenheim speakers to the Chicago area, and is celebrating their Midwest debut with a special Open House Event Saturday, October 2nd from 6:00-9:00pm. The ALUMINE TWO, ALUMINE THREE, and ALUMINE FIVE SE will be demonstrated in three systems featuring CH Precision and Nagra electronics, De Baer... Read More »
Ideon Audio announces the unveiling the new Absolute ε (Epsilon) reference DAC. The Absolute ε is the result of Ideon Audio's continuous effort to design and manufacture the best converter today. As with all Ideon Audio products, the Absolute ε is a fully proprietary design, developed in-house, without the use of any third party or off-the-self modules.... Read More »
Rosenut and Espresso are on the Menu, as is a New Leak-Proof Record Doctor Stylus Cleaner Bottle GRAND RAPIDS, MI, August 26, 2021 – Pangea Audio Distributing, a developer and manufacturer of high performance, high-value audio accessories, today announced the imminent arrival of two product line additions and a packaging update for one of its most popular... Read More »
The world’s best loudspeaker range introduces all-new industrial design plus a range of breakthrough technologies to set even higher standards for outright sound quality. How do you improve on the world’s most successful and iconic range of high-end loudspeakers? It’s a challenge that has occupied the past six years for the finest minds at SRE,... Read More »
Norman Varney of AV RoomService Ltd. has joined Positive Feedback as a Senior Technical Editor as of Issue 113. His expertise in his field of audio acoustics and experience in the field makes him a helpful voice in our creative community for the audio arts. As has been our wont from the beginning of PF,... Read More »
August 23, 2021 Dear AXPONA Community, Throughout this spring and early summer, enthusiasm for AXPONA in October was sky high. Attendees were buying tickets, exhibitors were making plans and the media were requesting their press passes. But in recent weeks Covid cases in the US, due largely to the Delta variant, have been spiking again... Read More »
The Jaguar Audio Design online store now has the full line of Dan Clark Audio headphones. These headphones are designed and built in-house at the company’s headquarters in San Diego, California, and include custom drivers exclusive to the DCA brand. For their brilliant design, craftsmanship, and acoustic performance, Dan Clark Audio products have earned many... Read More »
Latest high-resolution audio release features melodic, impassioned post-rock with a varied soundscape of vintage guitars, synths and other flavorings Boulder, Colorado, August 18, 2021 – PS Audio’s Octave Records has released Ragtime World by Augustus, offering the band’s distinctive blend of melodic indie, alt-rock, post-rock and other not-quite-categorizable music. Since 2014, Augustus have toured the US and recorded... Read More »
We are very excited to announce the all new Stealth closed back Planer by Dan Clark Audio. US Retail will be $3999.00 and all normal margins apply. At the end of the info text below I will attach the following; The link below is from Headfi with Jude and Dan showing the new Stealth https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dDU97T7OGsg... Read More »
August 12, 2021 The organizers have reached the difficult decision that with the current Covid Delta surge in San Francisco and California, Burning Amp 2021 must be a Zoom-only event. The safety of all the participants is paramount. The same great presentations originally scheduled for the live event remain unchanged, in an online gathering on the same dates: October... Read More »
Colored vinyl, or a few words about the phenomenon of colored vinyl with the Komeda Quintet's Astigmatic in the version released on the artists 90th birthday as an example. Colored vinyl LPs are flooding shops and the Internet. What's the point in that? Do consumers really get more or is it just a way to... Read More »
Acoustic revive is a Japanese company founded in 1997 and run by Mr. Ken Ishiguro-san. It specializes in audio cables and anti-vibration products, but it also offers innovative ones, the ideas of which most often come from the University of Tokyo. We are testing one of the products used to filter the AC supply voltage,... Read More »
Roger Kynard "Roky" Erickson was, if nothing else, a Texas original. As founder of Austin's Thirteenth Floor Elevators, he was on the cutting edge of the first wave of psychedelia when the band's most noteworthy song, "You're Gonna Miss Me" ascended from a regional hit to crack the national charts in early 1966. One month... Read More »
Good News, Bad News... Good News! Like many of our exhibitors, we watch the news each day with bated breath. Some days it seems like our country is on the right path with more people getting vaccinated, and our spirits soar. Maybe we'll get a handle on COVID and the Delta variant, and life will... Read More »
AUGUST 2021: Attendees of the Hong Kong High End Audio Visual Show were the first to view Nordost’s innovative new Supreme Reference line, Odin Gold. Odin Gold achieves the unthinkable, eclipsing Odin 2. While Odin 2 will continue to remain available as a beacon of audio prowess throughout the industry, Odin Gold is now taking... Read More »
Something in my father came from somewhere else. Not knowing what it was or where it came from, I just watched and marveled. I really wanted to hang out with him, but he was the minister of a large church and I always had to wait my turn. He was usually busy caring for others... Read More »
Tampa, Florida—August 2021—Tampa’s finest audio extravaganza is back for 2022! The third annual Florida Audio Expo is happening February 18–20, 2022 (Friday–Sunday), at the newly refurbished Embassy Suites by Hilton Tampa Airport Westshore hotel. The show will host the industry’s finest brands in more than 70 exhibit rooms, as well as in a new Marketplace... Read More »
I wasn't raised from birth to be a jazz-hound; that came about as a happy accident of Reaganomics, where I suddenly found myself out of a job and ended up working again in 1990 in the commercial print industry. Where I spent the next seven years in a 1940's era bunker of a building that... Read More »
There's been a vast amount written about what an audiophile is. (Personally, I and my friends have always preferred the term "HiFi Crazies," which, at least to us, seems more accurate and less pretentious.) Audiophiles—depending on who's writing, where, and when—have been described as everything or every combination of things from music lovers to equipment... Read More »
OCTOBER 29-31, 2021 TO CHICAGO-AREA Audiophiles and Music Lovers will convene for three days of exploring and shopping New Gear, Live Musical Performances, and Educational Seminars WHAT: AXPONA (Audio Expo North America) returns October 29-31 to the Renaissance Schaumburg Convention Center for its 11th anniversary. This must attend event for audiophiles, music lovers and manufacturers... Read More »
Orange, CA July 20th, 2021 – ELAC, a leading global provider of high-performance speakers and electronics, today announced the Solano line of premium home speakers. These new models are the perfect solution for the 2-channel enthusiast or the home theater connoisseur. Our new Solano series brings the performance benefits of our iconic JET5 tweeter and... Read More »
DS Audio elevates the sound of vinyl playback with their latest optical cartridge set. This pure analog playback system implements the new “dual-mono” generator from their flagship Grand Master cartridge, resulting in enhanced clarity, improved imaging, and greater musical involvement. DS Audio DS 003 Optical Cartridge Set: $6,000 includes the 003 optical cartridge and... Read More »
Harry Nilsson, Nilsson Schmilsson. Mobile Fidelity Originally released on RCA in 1971, this is a title that deserved an audiophile reissue long ago. Considered by many as the "American Beatle" (an opinion also shared by the Beatles), Nilsson was an innovative if not highly charged song writer and singer in the midst of many talented... Read More »
FORT LAUDERDALE, FL, JULY 28, 2021 — Wireworld Cable Technology, one of the world's most respected brands of high-performance audio and video cables, announces the release of the Platinum Starlight 8 USB audio cable. This third-generation flagship USB2.0 cable features carbon fiber plugs and five termination options, including the latest Type C connectors. Following the... Read More »
That's one small step for MoFi, one giant leap for mankind. Yes, Fragile. Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab, Atlantic – UD1S 2-012, Limited Edition, SuperVinyl, Box Set (2019, Dec.), # 4164 of 7500. Originally released on Atlantic, 2401019 (1971, Nov.) Ratings Global Appreciation: 9.7 Music: A+ (9.9) Recording: 9.5 Remastering + Lacquer Cutting: 9.6 Pressing: 9.9 Packaging: Deluxe... Read More »
The Los Angeles and Orange County Audio Society takes enormous pleasure in announcing the launch of AudioConLA, a world-class international high-end audio show organized under the direction of Sarah Tremblay and Michel Plante, the successful duo behind Montreal Audiofest and Toronto Audiofest. With its many convenient airports and large population — greater Los Angeles is the most populous region in... Read More »
