November - December 2023
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Audio Discourse
"Christmas Jazz Vespers" Jazz-Quintet Track "What Child Is...
EXCLUSIVE! FREE HI-RES DOWNLOAD! 24-bit/88.2kHz Christmas Jazz Vespers jazz-quintet track "What Child Is This?" recorded location-live by John Marks....
Impressions: A Collection of Notes on the Furutech Lineflux...
David W. Robinson in Jerusalem, 2022 (portrait by John Robinson; image processing by Ye Olde Editor himself) The Furutech Lineflux XLR NCF The Furutech...
The 2023 30th Anniversary Los Angeles and Orange County Audio...
Ye Olde Editor presenting the first LAOC AS MUSE Award to Abey Fonn…in ink outline, no less! (Photograph by unknown; image processing by yours truly)...
The 20th Annual Positive Feedback Writers' Choice Awards for
Beginning at the end of 2003, PF established its first annual awards for fine audio. The Brutus Award was established for the best that David...
Is There a Best Hi-Fi System?
Roger Skoff tells it like it is, and why When I recently Googled the question, "What is the best HiFi system in the world," I found that American...
Sexy Blue Tubes - The New Sophia Electric Aqua II 274B
Greetings friends, I hope you are doing well! In August of 2019 the Shuguang Electron Tube Factory was shut down in preparation for a move to a new...
Hardware Reviews
Plumbing the Depths of Subterranean Bass with Vera-Fi Audio's...
Early this year, I flim-flammed Vera-Fi Audio main man Mark Schifter into sending me one of his new Vanguard Caldera 10 subwoofers. I was desperately...
The Simaudio Moon 810LP Phono Preamplifier - A Flagship Offering...
As I continue to re-evaluate my system, I have been auditioning various standalone tube phono preamplifiers. I am a big fan of utilizing tubes in the...
Audio by Van Alstine M750 Mono Amplifiers
Audio by Van Alstine ("AVA") is a familiar name to long toothed audiophiles, but maybe not so much for newer audiophiles. Fifty plus years ago Frank...
Origin Live's Vinyl Accessories - Mat, Weight, and More.
About a year ago I put together a selection of analog tweaks under $50 (HERE)—a mix of DIY, off-label use of non-audio thingamajigs, and commercial...
LAST Factory Products Will Brighten Any Vinyl-Head's Holiday
As we approach the holiday season, our impulse is often to get new, get more, get everything. New releases and reissues fill our notes app as we shop...
Affordable Magic - the SOTA Pyxi Phono Stage
Recently, I was reading about a leading industry engineer who strived for components that were "one-noters." What they meant by that phrase was simple:...
Interviews
YouTube Link: George Moraitis Interviews Mark Dohmann of...
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...
Music Reviews
Notes on Recent Finds, No. 16 - More Treasures from HDTT
High Definition Tape Transfers (HDTT) has been very busy these past few months with some excellent new releases of some of the best recordings from...
All Day Thumb Sucker
This isn't the first time that I've expressed my love for sampler LPs, and it probably won't be the last. Some of them sound awful, but the ones that...
Enhance Your Holiday Celebrations with Evocative Christmas LPs...
Welcome to Ho, Ho, Ho, mistletoe, and all that jazz once again! Craft Recordings brings us another selection of Christmas albums this year, and they're...
Mercury's March-April 1958 Spin Girl
There are many reasons to collect records, and the best and most common reason is for the music. However, if you also care about sound, and you own a...
Chandos Recording of Chamber Works by Robert Müller-Hartmann:...
A portrait of Dean Waters at Pacific Audio Fest 2023 (photograph and image processing by David W. Robinson) In November of 2023 Chandos Records...
R.E.M.'s Up 25th Anniversary Edition from Craft Recordings
Craft Recordings has just released a new 25th Anniversary Edition of R.E.M.'s 1998 album Up, which was the iconic group's first outing as a trio in the...
New Old Stock - Articles from Our Days in Print
Our Friend the Audio Analyst
E167: Southwest Audio Fest 2024-Best Sounding Rooms-High End by...
Today I’m highlighting the remarkable sonic achievements of room 1401, as sponsored by 3mA, a Houston retail establishment, United Home Audio, and...
E166: Coming Shows...and an Unusual System Tweek!
Well, it’s that of year time again… We are in the throes of the 2024 US, and international, show season. Today I outline what is coming over the...
E165: Guilty Treasures - Rush's "Moving Pictures"
It was with Rush’s eighth studio release, 1981's “Moving Pictures,” recorded at Le Studio in Morin-Heights, Quebec in October and November of.... . . Read More »
E164 : True Life Audio visits the Midwest
If you’ve followed the channel, you’ll be aware that the TLA Supreme Series products, the $67,000 SSA-1 linestage, and a $100,700 a pair SSP-350...
E162: AIVS-Enzymatic LP Cleaning Concentrate for Ultrasonic...
Before I get to the meat of today’s discussion, permit me to share a little history of LP cleaning so that you have some context and perspective..... . . Read More »
E161: The New Vinyl Renaissance
I wonder how many of you are aware of just what an amazing time it is to be a music-loving audiophile. Not only are we currently experiencing the most.... . . Read More »
Our Friends at High Fidelity
Graphite Audio Classic 100 Ultra Isolation Platform
Graphite Audio is a young Polish brand, established in 2020 after many years of work on successive anti-vibration solutions. Its founder and designer...
Divine Acoustics Galileo Anti-Vibration Feet
Premier Divine Acoustics is a Polish specialized company, founded in 2003 by Piotr Galkowski. It’s core business are loudspeakers, but the lineup...
Ferrum Wandla DAC
PREMIERE Ferrum is a Polish audio brand of the company HEM, one of the most experienced companies in this industry, designing and manufacturing devices...
Show Reports
AES 2023 New York Convention
The Audio Engineering Society has a big event every year that alternates between the east and west coasts of the US. What makes it interesting is that...
Toronto Audio Fest 2023
Toronto (pronounced: Tir-ran-Nah) is a Native Canadian word for "place of high taxation." It was also the city where TAF 2023 (the Toronto Audio Fest)...
Pacific Audio Fest 2023, Part Four
The last few rooms, and some pictures from around the hotel. It's an interesting place. Dan Wright, me, and Marc Phillips. The ModWright room is one...
