July - August 2021
Audio Discourse
Hand Book of a Hidden Man, Part 3: The Runner
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...
The Audiophile Game - Roger Skoff Writes About What We Do
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...
The Audio Note (UK) Io I MC Phono Cartridge, AN-S4 Step-Up...
My highlight of 2019 was visiting with Peter Qvortrup (below) and the Audio Note (UK) 'family' in Brighton, England. Meeting Peter Qvortrup, Daniel...
Show Me: Roger Skoff Writes About Hi-Fi Shows - Past and
Roger Skoff is the former CEO and Lead Designer of XLO, and the current Chief Honcho and Lead Designer of RSX Technologies. Full disclosure = no...
Hand Book of a Hidden Man, Part 2: The Plasticity of Dirt
As I said before, besides being conscious that I was a separate entity, I learned that I was also a mobile unit. I could walk around, touching many...
Hand Book of a Hidden Man, Part 1
Dan Zimmerman, an artist with Positive Feedback, has been developing a new book on creativity and the inner, spiritual life of the artist. The subtitle...
Celebrating Delbert McClinton: Keep Doin’ What You Do
I know, I know…I promised y'all I was gonna present Part III of the Grant Green story to you from last issue. But there's something I just gotta tell...
Alesis ADAT - 30 years of Digital Recorder that Revolutionized...
Part 2: RECORDINGS In the 1990s, the music industry moved from reel-to-reel recorders, both analog and digital, to DAW recording systems, i.e. computer...
Final Impressions: The VIVID GIYA G1 Series 2 Loudspeaker
Ye Olde Editor: a portrait. Happy Valley, OR, 2020. (Photograph by David C. Robinson; image processing by David W. Robinson) It takes time for good...
Hardware Reviews
The Fono Acustica Armónico Speaker Cables and the Critic's Gaze
The Covid-19 pandemic turned the world topsy-turvy, devastating lives. Nothing is the same. We are beginning to turn right-side up, so to speak, but...
Revisiting the NPS 1260 3D Enhancer Solution
Too good to keep a secret! Review By Rick Becker With this article, Positive Feedback continues its content-sharing relationship with Enjoy the...
Acoustic Revive RWL-III Absolute Acoustic Panel
Acoustic revive is a Japanese company founded in 1997 and run by Mr. Ken Ishiguro-san. It specializes in audio cables and anti-vibration accessories,...
WyWires Diamond and Platinum Cables
Before I start this review I want to make one thing clear, I love WyWires. To be clear the reason I love WyWires is because they have been the only...
The Ayre QB-9 Twenty DAC Upgrade - A Premiere DAC at a Bargain...
Ever notice that our passion for audio sometimes mimics affairs of the heart? For example, as you muddle through a series of infatuations,...
The New Apartment Lounge: The Mola Mola Kula Integrated...
All Creatures Great and Small As a mid-50s baby boomer, I face the daunting but simultaneously liberating task of deciding which of my possessions to...
Poseidon Power Cord from Stage III Concepts
The first inkling something outrageous was approaching came abruptly with the email teasers. Soon a conversation ensued (or, more accurately, a...
Marantz NA6006 Network Audio Player
This is too much streaming player and not enough at the same time. It feels like something only a forty-something could love, which I am, and I do. I...
Aavik Acoustics I-180 Integrated Amplifier, D-180 DAC, and S-180...
A symbiotic sonic relationship... for your listening pleasures. Review By Tom Lyle With this article, Positive Feedback continues its content-sharing...
AudioQuest Noise-Stopper Caps
Stick around long enough and you get to witness the life cycle of a fad. Presently, the audiophile community has been riding herd on RFI, judging by...
A Brace of Buzz Busters from iFi - The GND Defender and DC...
I've long been a fan of those wizards at iFi, especially the wonky folks tasked with widget warfare on hi-fi noise pollution. Although perhaps best...
Graceline L3 Cables
I love cables. I hate cables. There, I said it. Cables—from an audio perspective—are that step-brother no one really knows how to engage at the...
Rockwell Amplifier by ampsandsound
For the last five weeks, I have had the opportunity to sit back and enjoy one of the best amplifiers I have heard in a long time. It all started when I...
Musician Monoceros Preamplifier
Thick aluminum casing, a dark anodized finish, microprocessor-controlled functions, and mysterious red lights on the faceplate could describe the...
EAR's Phono Classic - A Classic Phono Stage
A friend is a connoisseur of many things in life. At the intermission of a concert, he was puzzled that the audience was clapping as the pianist had...
Interviews
A Conversation with Gonzalo Noqué, Eudora Records
I've been enjoying the wonderful recordings from Eudora Records for several months. I asked Gonzalo Noqué, founder and chief recording engineer, if...
Music - SuperSonic Recordings
Top 500 SuperSonic List - Part 27
This is an ongoing project by Claude Lemaire of Soundevaluations 171. Pink Floyd, Meddle. Harvest – SHVL 795, IE 064 o 04917 (UK) (1971), MoFi –...
Music Reviews
Life Is Good - Three Audiophile Vinyl Gems
Harry Nilsson, Nilsson Schmilsson. Mobile Fidelity Originally released on RCA in 1971, this is a title that deserved an audiophile reissue long ago....
Yes, Fragile - the MoFi Limited Edition
That's one small step for MoFi, one giant leap for mankind. Yes, Fragile. Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab, Atlantic – UD1S 2-012, Limited Edition,...
Two Outstanding LP Compilations of Funk Pioneers Dyke and the...
Arlester "Dyke" Christian—along with James Brown—was almost singularly responsible for the infusion of Sixties funk and soul into rap music in the...
Notes of an Amateur: Second Quarter, 2021
Bach Sonatas and Partitas, Augustin Hadelich, violin. Warner Classics, 0190295048747. 2 CDs. A musician alone with his violin. No audience in sight. Or...
Paris, Hilary Hahn
Paris, Hilary Hahn (violin); Radio France Philharmonic/Mikko Franck. DG 00289 483 9847 (CD). TT: 52.51. CHAUSSON: Poème. PROKOFIEV: Violin...
The First Drop of Craft Recordings Record Store Day 2021 LPs
Record Store Day 2021 has two summer dates this year, June 12 and July 17, and Craft Recordings has no fewer than twelve RSD exclusive releases to...
New Old Stock - Articles from Our Days in Print
NAD C541 CD Player
This article, as reviewed by Victor Chavira and Jim Grudzien originally ran in Issue 2, August/Sepetmber 2002, so while we call this section "New Old...
Our Friends at HIFI Statement
IFI IDSD Diabolo Headphone Amp
iFi geht einen Pakt mit dem Teufel ein. Der neue portable Kopfhörerverstärker iDSD Diablo setzt auf eine neue Designsprache. Sind wir von iFi eher.... . . Read More »
Our Friends at High Fidelity
Acoustic Revive RPC-1K Passive AC filter
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...
Krakow Sonic Society Meeting No.129 - Santana's Santana
We are listening to the album: Santana, Santana Krakow Sonic Society is an informal group of music lovers, audiophiles and friends who meet to learn...
