September - October 2025
Audio Discourse
Cables Always Sound
Roger Skoff: a moment, Dry Brush Fantasy Variation. LAOC Gala 2024. (Photograph and image processing by David W. Robinson) Roger Skoff writes the...
Measurement vs. Listening Revisited
I'd like to think I have an audio worldview that makes consistent sense, both in the scientific world and the audiophile world. For example, I know...
The Duelund-Corona 832A Project - Serendipity to Ecstasy!
Greetings friends, I hope you are doing well. Today's feature article is about "The Duelund-Corona 832A Project" that Frederik Carøe (Duelund...
We're Audiophiles, and Deserve Some Respect!
Frank Doris at AXPONA 2017 (photograph and image processing by David W. Robinson) This essay was originally published in Copper magazine, and is...
Gordon Lightfoot's "Franz Schubert Homage" Song: A Positive...
Gordon Lightfoot, as a young Church Singer. Courtesy The United Church Observer/Broadview magazine. Gordon Meredith Lightfoot, Jr. (1938-2023) was a...
Audio Good Guy Shayne Tenace's New High-End Showplace: Absoulute...
When I moved to the Charleston, South Carolina area three years ago, I figured out something very quickly: the Low Country is a veritable wasteland...
The Audio Note (UK) M8 RIAA Phono Preamplifier and AN-S8/L...
Greetings friends, I hope you are well. Today's feature article here at Positive Feedback is about the exotic Level Five Audio Note (UK) M8 RIAA...
Impressions: The Dejitter It Switch-X and WiFi-X
David W. Robinson in Jerusalem, Israel, 2022: a portrait. (Photograph by John Robinson; image processing by Ye Olde Editor.) Incoming! Another sui...
An Absolutely Amazing "Classical-Music Movie" is Coming to...
If you had told me a few weeks ago, that a few weeks later, a Theatrical-Release Trailer running on YouTube would not only have me in tears, but that...
Pre-Owned Pleasure
Roger Skoff writes about getting the best boom for your buck... Many a long year ago, even before HiFi prices got to the stratospheric levels they're...
Musings on Music and Media and Life's Transitions
Musing here... As I listen the the HDTT release of Sonny Rollins' Way Out West in the DXD mastering of the tape transfer HERE, I was prompted to...
Hardware Reviews
Aries Cerat Ithaka Minor DAC
My first encounter with the Aries Cerat was back in 2019 at the Munich High-End show. All I really remember was a truly magical experience—even under...
KECES P14 Ultra Low Noise Linear Power Supply
The KECES P14 Ultra Low Linear Noise Power Supply is a relatively new addition to the KECES Pier product line and it replaces the P8. The P14 is a...
SteinMusic Acoustic Disc - Correctly Tune an Entire Listening...
Bob Levi: a moment. LAOC Gala Board Banquet, 2022 (Photograph and image processing by David W. Robinson) One of my pet peeves in listening room...
Parasound's JCA100 Tribute Amplifiers
I first heard the now-acclaimed Parasound Halo JC1 amplifier during the January 2002 CES, though this soon-to-be-acclaimed amplifier was not officially...
HyperAnalogue Hyper Sonic X4 Moving Coil Cartridge: Cooking Up A...
My first encounter of the Hyper Sonic X4 cartridge kind occurred in the VPI room at Capital Audiofest 2023. The next year, Laurence Borden, proprietor...
The Gryphon Power Zone 3 and the Art of No Noise
Michael Fremer and Lee Scoggins, a moment. Los Angeles, CA, 2017. (Photograph and image processing by David W. Robinson) In my recent experience, I...
Pass Labs Lowers the Noise Floor with Its Newly Minted HPA-1c...
The Pass Labs HPA-1c (photo by Juan C. Ayllon) If you don't already own one, you've probably seen them on the equipment racks of high profile audio...
Thoughts on Cleaning, Freezing, Polishing, and De-Magnetizing...
For many modern music lovers, listening to songs from FM-radio stations in the car or streamed over computers at home from websites like You Tube is...
SVS SB17-Ultra R|Evolution Subwoofer
Listening Impressions There's an elephant in the room, and I mean that almost literally. Certain frequencies, the lowest ones, simply aren't reproduced...
PS Audio PowerPlant 20
Sliding the PS Audio PowerPlant 20 into my system wasn't like unboxing a new amplifier or speaker. It doesn't announce itself with power meters or...
Pass Labs X350.8 Amplifier
After living with a handful of Class D amps over the past few years, it's been a real joy to get back into a serious Class AB amplifier. The Pass Labs...
Node Audio SS-1 Cable Lifts
When the Support System One (SS-1) from Node Audio came to my attention, I was smitten by its elegant looks, intrigued by its intelligent design, and...
Audio-Technica AT-LP8x Turntable
What happened to all of the luxury Japanese turntables? You know the ones I mean: those tall, chunky, rosewood-veneered JVCs and Denons and even...
Charisma Audio™ Caprisse Bookshelf Loudspeakers
So you want to travel back in time to the mid-1970s to buy a brand new (back then) 1975-era pair of Quad ESL-57 loudspeakers. Okay… I get it. The...
Starkrimson Mono Ultra Premium Amplifiers from Orchard Audio
Rarely does technology trickle up into the high-end realm of two-channel audio playback. Yet, in the case of Class D amplification, this has indeed...
The Premier of Two Extraordinary Audiophile Accessories by...
Bob Levi, a portrait. (Photograph and image processing by David W. Robinson) I am delighted to have the first opportunity to experience the perfected...
Music Reviews
A Look at MoFi's Platinum Ultra Disc One-Step 180 Gram 2 LP Set...
Sometimes, the most improbable juxtaposition of musical styles, sounds, and textures just works and, when spotlit in breathtaking clarity, as with...
Recent Finds No. 54 A Treasure Chest of New Releases at
I can't tell you about all the new releases from this past week now available at NativeDSD. I haven't had time to listen to them all, and certainly not...
Inspiration At Its Finest – Definitive Pressings For...
Buckingham Nicks, Lindsey Buckingham & Stevie Nicks, Rhino High Fidelity Records (33 RPM LP) Kevin Gray's success with the Fleetwood Mac...
Exotica! The Best Of Martin Denny
If you were buying music in the mid eighties, then you might remember when the music industry expected us to replace our records with "perfect sound...
APSoon Recordings at the Organ, Phenomenal Music and Sonics in...
This new release in the ongoing series of outstanding organ recordings from APSoon Recordings is their best yet. If you love great organ recordings,...
Cobra Records 25th Anniversary Producer's Choice Album, an Audio...
Here is an audiophile's dream—an exploration of superb performances remastered in Pure DSD from the original DSD tracking channels. Tom Peeters,...
Rhino Celebrates Led Zeppelin's Masterpiece, Physical Graffiti,...
Led Zeppelin's Physical Graffiti (1975, Swan Song Records) is undeniably the band's magnum opus, and quite possibly the most comprehensive statement of...
Rhino Reissues a Pair of Albums from Nineties' Alternative Rock...
In mid-1989, guitarist, keyboardist, and vocalist Bernard Sumner of New Order approached his bandmates with the idea of adding programmed synths to...
Recent Finds No. 52 An Eclectic Mix of Modern, Traditional, and...
Today's issue is an eclectic mix, and I think delightfully so. From an outstanding new release by The Hague String Trio of modern music composed in the...
Emerson, Lake & Palmer's Eponymous Debut Album, Available on...
I often have a hard time suppressing my level of excitement when I see upcoming new releases from Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab, but that pegged off the...
Miles Davis' Dissonant and Divisive Masterpiece, Agharta, Now on...
Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab continues their survey of Miles Davis' catalog of albums with an Original Master Recording reissue of his 1975 live album...
Heart's Classic Album Dreamboat Annie, Now on 45 rpm, 180 gram...
Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab honors the 50th anniversary of Heart's Dreamboat Annie with a deluxe 45 rpm, 180 gram LP reissue of the band's classic debut....
Recent Finds No. 51 Cornucopia of Excellence from NativeDSD
We have a virtual cornucopia of excellence from NativeDSD for this edition of Recent Finds. Following the release of Eudora's outstanding Pure DSD256...
When Two Masters Play Side-by-Side... Extraordinary release from...
When two masters play side-by-side, magic happens. So it is with this excellent new recording from pianists extraordinaire Josep Colom and Javier...
Chet Atkins' It's a Guitar World
If you're a vinyl-spinning audiophile and you love great guitarists, you should listen to Chet Atkins (1924-2001). Heck, even if you don't spin vinyl...
Delius Revisited
The Fenby Legacy: Music of Delius. Royal Philharmonic Orchestra/Eric Fenby. Unicorn-Kanchana DKP (CD) 9008/9 (2 CDs; recorded 1981-3). Songs of...
Rhino Entertainment and Warner Celebrate the 75th Anniversary of...
Rhino Entertainment and Warner are celebrating the 75th anniversary of iconic label Elektra Records with twenty limited edition LP reissues and...
New Vinyl That Somehow is not Getting the Luv and Attention That...
Wilco, A.M. (Rhino High Fidelity) I am a Chicago guy, and I have been a long term loyal fan of Wilco since the very beginning of the band. Wilco was...
Miles Davis "Milestones" in Pure DSD256 from HDTT, and It is...
Every now and then, something really special comes our way. And today it has. A new release from HDTT of Miles Davis' album, Milestones, in a gorgeous,...
New Old Stock - Articles from Our Days in Print
EAR 890 Amplifier
This article by Robert Levi originally ran in 2003, so while we call this section "New Old Stock - Articles from Our Days in Print" you are also going...
Our Friend the Audio Analyst
E245: The Fosi Audio Q6 DAC Experience
Today, I’m introducing another über-affordable, even more accomplished DAC than the SU-1, my previous budget champion. I'm talking about the.... . . Read More »
E244: Acora Acoustics' MRB 1 Monitor
Today’s episode features a product from a category that I don’t typically cover or particularly relish. But this one made such an impression that I.... . . Read More »
E243: The Børresen Bass Module Launch - with Jay of Jay's Audio...
Today, we meet the new Børresen Bass Modules, the new dipole subwoofers from Børresen Acoustics of Denmark. The launch event was held in Chicagoland,.... . . Read More »
The Next Few Weeks…
I have been too engaged to produce a typical episode this week, so, I offer this short to explain what all is going on. See what is in store over the.... . . Read More »
E242: A Conversation with Next Level HiFi
Over the past several years, I’ve had many interactions with and gotten to know the staff at Next Level HiFi in Wayne, Illinois. Today, we will hear.... . . Read More »
E241: Børresen Acoustics T5 SSE Preview
Today, I’m presenting a preview of the pinnacle model of the latest Børresen Acoustics T series lineup, the majestic T5 Silver Supreme Edition,.... . . Read More »
Our Friends at High Fidelity
Enlighten Me! - A Few Words about the Reliable UberLight Frame
In 2021, the Canadian company Reliable Corporation presented the Uberlight Flex lamp for audiophiles who use turntables. It had the shape of an...
Show Reports
T.H.E. Show SoCal 2025
I'll admit up front I had a limited amount of time to attend the show this year. I was only there on Friday for about four hours. In my defense I have,...
Recent Finds No. 53 HDTT Releases Some Good'uns
HDTT has been hard at work once again with two very nice Redux re-releases in better sound quality and four new releases. Fans of Judy Garland will...
CanJam SoCal 2025
I attend CanJam SoCal almost every year, and always thoroughly enjoy it. The overall vibe at CanJam is so different when compared to typical audiophile...
Audio Advice Live 2025: An Ambitious Regional Audio/Visual...
Audio Advice Live 2025 took place August 1-3, in downtown Raleigh, North Carolina at the Sheraton Raleigh Hotel. I hadn't been to Raleigh in over...
