This is a fascinating new series from our good friend John Marks, editor of The Tannhauser Gate. In it, John proposes to provide a reasonably simple and affordable method for converting LPs to digital files for playback on computer-based systems. I think that his comments will be quite helpful for those of our readers here at PF who... Read More »
New preamp is the first to employ patented Salomie input circuit and new feature set with highly flexible input/output array Peterborough, Ontario August 7th, 2017 – Bryston has announced the introduction of the new BP-173 (Cubed Series) preamplifier, utilizing patented technology that debuted on the much heralded Cubed Series amplifiers. The BP-173 also features a new expanded input/output configuration... Read More »
Back in Issue 88 of Positive Feedback I wrote about the Duelund Coherent Audio DCA16GA tinned-copper audio cable that I've been using for building interconnects, loudspeaker cables, and for the internal wiring of my Tannoy Westminster Royal SE loudspeakers' Duelund CAST external crossovers. That was a scant seven months ago, and now due to popular... Read More »
Bricasti Design surpasses their already world-class performance with a new Network Player option for the M1 DAC. Since the Network Player provides an option for computer based media files that is not simply a game of swapping convenience for fidelity…It was apparent it was time to undertake the journey of computer-based, networked audio. Change is... Read More »
Monterey CA, September 15 – 17, 2017 One of this legendary jazz festival's most star-studded line ups will drive energy and sheer musical glory to its full height this fall in the comfortable expanse of Monterey's bucolic fairgrounds. Tributes to jazz heroes—Dizzy Gillespie, Thelonious Monk, Ella Fitzgerald and Sonny Rollins—will punctuate the weekend. Herbie Hancock... Read More »
RADIO FREE CHIP Ourselves in the tune as if in space, Yet nothing changed, except the place - Wallace Stevens The guitar is a small orchestra. It is polyphonic. Every string is a different color, a different voice. - Andrés Segovia In January of 1987, Andrés Segovia embarked on what turned out to be his... Read More »
In this exciting episode, our good friend and courageous audio guide John Marks of The Tannhauser Gate (http://www.thetannhausergate.com) announces his intention to take on a rebuild on the venerable SME 309 tone arm. But this project will be with a twist! For part one, and to find out what the twist is, read on, dear reader, read on...... Read More »
Like many boomers, I've reached the point in my life where the aesthetics of Mid-Century Americana have become incredibly pleasing. It might be nostalgia, borne from the idea that the world of my childhood looked very different than now but in delightfully subtle ways such as the lines of the furniture in the average living... Read More »
Bill Evans Trio, Sunday at the Village Vanguard. Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab UD1S 2-002 Box (2017, June), #2103 of 3000. Originally released on Riverside – RLP 9376 (1961, Oct.) Category: jazz. Format: Vinyl (2x180 gram LPs at 45 rpm) Ratings Global Appreciation: 9.6 - Music: A (9.0) - Recording: 9.2 - Remastering + Lacquer Cutting: 10 - Pressing:... Read More »
Audio Skies is proud to announce they just became the exclusive North American distributor for Levin Design handmade record brushes. We mostly demo an analog source at shows and dealers, and the Levin record brush is the best brush we have ever tried. It actually absorbs the dust and dirt instead of just pushing it... Read More »
Hear us this weekend! July 28-30, Hilton Oakland Airport Hotel. We invite you to come hear our cables this weekend at the California Audio Show at the Hilton Oakland Airport Hotel. This was a last minute opportunity, so we won't be listed on the caaudioshow.com website, nor will we be listed in the show directory, but... Read More »
Oakland, CA 7/27/17 - Burwell And Sons Loudspeakers is excited to announce our late entry to the 7th California Audio Show ! The show is held at the Hilton Oakland Airport from Friday, July 28 to Sunday, July 30, and we'll be there for every minute of it. We set some ambitious goals for ourselves with this show, and have... Read More »
JULY 27th 2017 (LOS ANGELES, CA) On A Higher Note, a California based premier promoter of musical integrity and distributor of synergistic high end audio components announces the arrival of Vivid Audio’s GIYA Series 2 loudspeakers, the GIYA Series 2 (G1S2, G2S2, G3S2, and G4S2) to replace the original GIYA series (G1, G2, G3 and... Read More »
David W. Robinson, Editor-in-Chief of Positive Feedback. (Photograph by John Robinson) As time has gone by, I have become more and more interested in covering not only audio shows or events, but also the people there. And not as photojournalism, but as art. Real portraits made during the difficulties of audio show circumstances. Show reporting... Read More »
Superb craftsmanship meets unmatched clarity and detail in a refined, customizable loudspeaker to fit any room Napa, CA, July 24th, 2017 – James Loudspeaker (www.jamesloudspeaker.com), designers and manufacturers of the highest quality décor-friendly entertainment products for both residential and commercial applications, has announced the introduction of the Q-Series floor-standing loudspeakers, a built-to-suit array of three models offering unmatched... Read More »
SIMAUDIO Ltd. is pleased to announce the soon-to-be-released MOON 240i Integrated Amplifier. This is the entry-level modern integrated you have been waiting for. With connectivity accented on digital audio (up to 24-bit/352.8kHz and DSD256), as well as a plethora of analog line-level inputs, plus a phono input, the 240i can easily become the one-box centerpiece... Read More »
Great news! John Grado and Grado Labs have come out with a brand new reference Grado cartridge, and were kind enough to send me a review sample for me to try and to report to our readers worldwide here at Positive Feedback. The Grado Epoch Phono Cartridge premieres in August, 2017 and is a cartridge of firsts! ... Read More »
Those of you who have been reading Positive Feedback for a long while will likely recognize the name Dan Zimmerman. He is a very close friend and fellow sojourner with me, and we have many deep interests in common: film, painting, photography, videos, poetry, philosophy, Christian life and thought, and spirituality...the list is a long one.... Read More »
The Brooklyn Company Kicks Off The Lineage Series With Sapphire And Cocobolo Grado Labs is proud to announce a major step forward in phono cartridge design, the all-new Lineage Series. The first two cartridges to join the series are the Brooklyn built Epoch and Aeon. For the first time in the family's sixty-four year history, sapphire,... Read More »
Gold Note—the Italian High-End manufacturer based in Firenze—is introducing P-1000, the first line preamplifier they have ever made, available from September at a MSRP price of 5.850,00€/USD $6.520,00 (6.500,00€/USD $7,250.00 for the P-1000 with digital input and DAC available on demand). P-1000 is an innovative ultra-balanced Class-A preamplifier powered by a new proprietary Six Gain... Read More »
What? My first "hi fi" stereo box, in 1957, was an elegantly constructed Magnavox LP changer with a built-in amp-preamp feeding two inch mono speakers. All of this consumed a minimal internal and external footprint. The device sat on splayed legs to raise it to easy access. It made sound of some discernible sort resembling... Read More »
The Audio Engineering Shows in Europe are much smaller and more oriented toward papers than the trade show, which makes them a good opportunity to sit and talk with people actually doing real audio research. This year AES 2017 Berlin was no exception. The conference was held in a hotel on the former East German... Read More »
Audio-Technica Is Now Shipping Its Award Winning ATH-DSR9BT Pure Digital Drive Headphones with Bluetooth Wireless Technology Audio-Technica is now shipping its ATH-DSR9BT Wireless Headphones with Pure Digital Drive technology. Winner of a CES 2017 Innovation award, the ATH-DSR9BT is one of the first headphones with Bluetooth wireless technology to employ Audio-Technica's new Pure Digital Drive system, which keeps... Read More »
Now in version 2 guise, the new MOON 600i V2 Integrated Amplifier elevates the performance standard to an even higher level than its predecessor. Based on the 600i's award-winning reputation, the v2 pushes the envelope with an even more natural and musical sound that will challenge far more expensive products. Increased resolution allows you to hear... Read More »
Salt Lake City, UT – Studio Electric is pleased to announce the launch of the all new m4 monitor. Building on the success of the award winning SE Monitor, and it's sister product the Benchmark SMS1, The new m4 takes stand mounted speakers to a new level! m4 features the company's proprietary highX™ 6.5" woofer,... Read More »
JULY 5, 2016 Cary Audio is pleased to announce our partnership with Roon Labs. As of now, both our DMS-500 reference network audio player and AiOS all-in-one network receiver are certified Roon Ready. All units now shipping will have Roon Ready pre-installed and all current DMS-500 and AiOS owners can update their firmware free of charge to bring... Read More »
January 16, 2017 |Dallas, TX |The Sound Organisation is thrilled to announce the long anticipated historical book from Rega, "A Vibration Measuring Machine". Inspired by their rich 43 year history, Rega, with assistance of gracious contributors and authors, compiled this limited edition labor of love and pride, artfully delivering a treasure of information and personal insight... Read More »
The Sound Organisation is excited to announce the new Rega Planar 3 turntable and RB330 tonearm. Arriving at the TSO headquarters by the end of May, the Planar 3 has improved sonic performance, aesthetics and usability. The new ‘Planar 3' is truly a turntable redesigned for 2016 carrying over just two components from the previous model.... Read More »
[Readers who read this article before the afternoon of 7/20/17 should re-read this amended version. In it, I correct a misapprehension that I was under regarding how the Sonoma Acoustics Model One handles DSD sources. You'll want to see what I have to say.] I like headphones. Heck, I love headphones. Always have, going back to my... Read More »
High end audio is one of those hobbies where there are a seemingly endless number of tweaks and refinements one can add to an existing stereo system, presumably to make it sound better. Who hasn't played around with isolation pucks or cables at some point or another? But often critics of audiophilia start out with... Read More »
Audeze, the #1 manufacturer of high-end, Audiophile headphones, launches the LCDi4 — an all-out assault on making the absolute best in-ear headphones, scaling down the renown LCD-4, and creating an "End Game" in-ear headphone for music lovers desiring many of the performance qualities of the LCD-4 for both in-home use or while traveling. The $2,495 LCDi4 utilizes... Read More »
LISZT: Mephisto Waltz No. 1 (with two concert endings). MUSSORGSKY: Night on Bald Mountain. LIADOV: Baba Yaga. FRANCK: The Accursed Huntsman. DUKAS: The Sorcerer's Apprentice. SAINT-SAËNS: Danse macabre. ARNOLD: Tam O'Shanter. J.STRAUSS II: Lucifer Polka. Minnesota Orchestra/Eiji Oue. Reference Recordings RR-82CD. TT: 71.56 DOWNLOADS: Amazon.com (mp3); emp3s.co (mp3); itunes.apple.com; qobuz.com ("16-bit" mp3); referencerecordings.com (Apple lossless, FLAC,... Read More »
Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab (MFSL) is best known for 40 years of legendary analog remastering. Its limited-edition reissues are consistently the most sought after by record collectors, audiophiles and music lovers across the globe. Fast forward to 2017 and Mobile Fidelity is now offering complete and moderately affordable analog solutions for all LP owners, especially those who... Read More »
Dear friend and fellow sojourner John Marks once again shares a musical morsel with us, originally published on his blog site, The Tannhauser Gate (http://www.thetannhausergate.com). This is a fine video of the guitar master, John McLaughlin, swingin' with Johnny Carson's The Tonight Show band. As John observes below, what can one say? As the ancient Romans would... Read More »
New product announcement from JENA Technologies: The Elite Series AC Power Conditioners! The Elite Series in AC power conditioners have a family trait of superior audio performance, unparalleled in the world. Any country, any polarity, any standard voltage... even true balanced power source is compatible with the design. THE PROBLEM AC power line noise and... Read More »
To celebrate our 15th year of publishing Positive Feedback as a 'webzine', we are re-running the article David Robinson wrote (Issue 1, June, 2002) introducing the new partnership between audioMUSINGS and Positive Feedback and the resulting new web format. Oh, and we dropped the "Online" part a awhile ago... We were so young-er-ish (circa 2005). "Yes, I can teach... Read More »
This article, by Jeff Silverstein, originally ran when Positive Feedback was in print - Vol. 8, No. 2, 1999. I miss my Lowther Medallion II loudspeakers. A lot. I had them for a while in 1998 and got to hear some magical sound. Tony Glynn of the Lowther Club of America (he is the Lowther Club of America)... Read More »
