XACT is proud to announce the launch of two groundbreaking products that set new benchmarks in high-fidelity audio performance: the XACT S1 EVO Music Server and the XACT PHANTOM™ USB and LAN Cables. These new offerings cater to the most discerning audiophiles, delivering exceptional sound quality through advanced engineering, meticulous craftsmanship, and innovative design. XACT... Read More »
The labels represented in NativeDSD's catalog continue to deliver outstanding performances in great sounding recordings. NativeDSD is just a stunning resource for those who love immaculate high resolution recordings made by some of the best recording engineers working today (Jared Sacks of Channel Classics, Brendon Heinst of TRPTK, Gonzalo Noqué of Eudora, Jake Purches of... Read More »
The Mk II upgrade to our globally best-selling Hana S series cartridges enhance both their musical performance and value. Master cartridge designer Masao Okada implements a new tapered Aluminum cantilever with increased rigidity, resulting in a remarkable improvement transferring groove modulation from vinyl record to the cartridge generator. The S Series Mk II cartridges feature... Read More »
September 2, 2024 – MOON is pleased to announce that North Collection Bridges are now available. The North Collection Bridges are designed to improve system performance and to complement the style of these premium audio products. Stacking two units with North Collection Bridges realizes its distinctive aesthetic and increases stability and airflow between them to... Read More »
This article by Jeff Day originally ran in Positive Feedback ISSUE 45 September/October 2009, 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. It's common knowledge that cleaning vinyl records makes a big... Read More »
Craft Recordings' latest noteworthy release of classic jazz has just arrived, and it's a compilation of some of the finest recorded works by legendary alto saxophonist Charlie Parker. Ornithology: The Best of Bird features a selection of classic studio tracks from Parker's mid-1940's sessions for Savoy Records; the studio sessions are supplemented with a group... Read More »
Rhino Entertainment is heralding jazz guitarist and vocalist George Benson’s return to the Warner Music Group with the release of his long lost orchestral album, 1989’s Dreams Do Come True: When George Benson Meets Robert Farnon. The orchestral tracks for the album were recorded in London during a fertile and prolific period while Benson was... Read More »
Pioneers of the original wireless hi-res multi-room streamer bring you the expertly designed NODE NANO, NODE, and NODE ICON with re-designed hardware and rich, new audio features. TORONTO, CANADA, AUGUST 20, 2024 – BLUESOUND, the original wireless hi-res multi-room music brand, today announces three new wireless music streamers, the NODE NANO, NODE, and flagship NODE... Read More »
September 21 and 22, 2024 | Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and Delaware — Saturday – Sunday, September 21nd and 22rd: Doug White, of The Voice That Is, in cooperation with the Philadelphia Area Audio Group and the New Jersey Audio Society, will host a two-day event featuring great music on vinyl only (no digital) and open... Read More »
Anna Fedorova performing selections from Mussorgsky's Pictures at an Exhibition, from YouTube video linked below. Anna Fedorova is among the greatest pianists performing and recording today. Sure, my opinion. But well judged. Anna plays organically, self-effacingly. She consistently lets the music flow forth for its own sake, never as a way of saying "look at... Read More »
M66 wins EISA award for its sonic performance, unique flexibility, and range of connectivity options TORONTO, CANADA, AUGUST 15, 2024 – NAD Electronics, the highly regarded manufacturer of high-performance audio/video components, announced today that the M66 BluOS Streaming DAC-Preamplifier has won the 2024-2025 EISA Streaming Preamplifier Award. Expert Imaging and Sound Awards, known as EISA, is an association... Read More »
Rhino Entertainment is celebrating the 30th anniversary of cheeky and eclectic alternative icons Ween and their classic fourth studio album, Chocolate and Cheese, with an expanded, 180 gram, 3-LP Chocolate and Cheese (Deluxe Edition). The elaborate gatefold LP jacket contains the remastered original album spread across two LPs, which was necessary to accommodate an album... Read More »
Lou Hinkley of Pacific Audio Fest Lou Hinkley is the owner of Daedalus Audio and a partner with Gary Gill in PAF and the new Southwest Audio Fest in the Dallas, TX area of the USA. In this essay he shares his thoughts about high-end audio and audio shows. "It was the best of times... Read More »
Craft Recordings' and Acoustic Sounds continue their partnership with the second title in the Bluesville Series reboot, this time featuring Mississippi Delta bluesman Skip James' seminal 1966 Vanguard recording, Today! The LP was pressed by Acoustic Sounds' Quality Record Pressing (QRP) on 180 gram vinyl; Craft and QRP are also collaborating on the Contemporary Jazz... Read More »
If you listen to digital, love classic jazz and the golden age of stereo classical recordings, then surely you have been listening to the outstanding releases from Bob Witrak's High Definition Tape Transfers. Bob's transfers to high resolution digital (DSD256 and DXD) very typically sound better than the releases from the labels themselves. You know—the... Read More »
Everybody says it and I'm confirming it. Moving sucks! And as an audiophile with two turntables, two speakers that weigh 130 pounds each, an eighty pound tube amp, and a huge LP collection (and a pretty damn large CD collection as well), moving doesn't double suck, it triple sucks! Having said all of this, it's... Read More »
Renowned A/V electronics distributor and UK-based specialist audio group combine to build awareness of emerging brands in North America. TORONTO, CANADA, AUGUST 13, 2024 – Lenbrook Americas, a distributor of leading premium audio brands in the North American market, and Monitor Audio Group, the UK-based owner of the emerging high-fidelity British brands, Roksan and Blok, are... Read More »
Alta Audio, the company that combines advanced technology and outstanding aesthetics to create industry-leading home audio loudspeakers, will be front and center at Pacific Audio Fest with its reference tower speaker, Aphrodite. Joining with Infigo Audio in its Grand Ballroom #2 display, Aphrodite ($50,000/pair with a 15% up-charge for pantone colors other than black), includes a custom-designed... Read More »
Rhino just pulled out all the stops with a surprise new release: the Rhino High Fidelity Premium Vinyl Series inaugural box set, ZZ Top's From The Top: 1971-1976, which shines a light on the raucous boogie ‘n blues rockers first five albums. No advance press release was issued, there were no product shots, and zero... Read More »
Debuting on vinyl and available for pre-order today, the album features three B-sides, plus an unreleased alternative mix Click here to pre-order Los Angeles, CA (August 6, 2024) – Craft Recordings and Independiente are proud to announce an expanded vinyl reissue for Martina Topley-Bird's 2003 critically acclaimed and Mercury Award-nominated debut album Quixotic. Available for pre-order today, and due out September 6th, the expanded 2-LP edition housed in... Read More »
THE COVETED 1976 FUSION MASTERPIECE TO BE RELEASED VIA JAZZ DISPENSARY’S TOP SHELF SERIES Masterminded by the Fattoruso Brothers, Airto Moreira, and Hermeto Pascoal, the newly-remastered album includes underground favorites “African Bird,” “Tombo,” “ Golden Wings,” and “Corre Niña” Click here to pre-order or stream Goldenwings Los Angeles, CA (August 6, 2024)—Craft Recordings and Jazz Dispensary proudly announce the long-awaited vinyl reissue of Goldenwings, the 1976 fusion masterpiece from Uruguayan... Read More »
The now available 5-model RUBIKORE speaker series will debut in North America at Audio Advice Live 2024 Audio Advice Live, Raleigh, North Carolina – Following the successful launches of the flagship DALI KORE and more recently the EPIKORE-11 speakers, DALI continues their 40-year legacy of loudspeaker research and development with the new RUBIKORE Series of Premium HiFi... Read More »
Jazz Dispensary is one of the specialty imprints of Craft Recordings that's dedicated to mining the riches of Concord Music's vast catalog of labels. Jazz Dispensary employs "sound sommeliers" to comb the archives, looking for the finest original sources there for less well-known masterpieces of funk, soul, jazz, fusion, and all the related genres they... Read More »
1st Aug 2024. Press Release. Merrill Audio Advanced Technology Labs, LLC is pleased to announce the ELEMENT 110 Power Amplifier Monoblocks, which is certain to set a new standard for Power amplifiers in the 300 Watt range. As a world class phone preamplifier, the ELEMENT 110 reproduces rich music tones, with precise wide sound staging, a... Read More »
SONUS FABER INTRODUCES THE NEW CONCERTINO, A NEW EDITION LOUNDSPEAKER THAT COMBINES HERITAGE AND INNOVATION July 26, 2024 – Sonus faber is pleased to announce the launch of the Concertino G4, the fourth edition of the brand’s iconic Concertino speaker. A continuation of Sonus faber’s storied legacy of exceptional sound and high-quality Italian craftsmanship, the... Read More »
The P1 Digital Audio Player is part of a new series of products launched by Astell&Kern which focus on promoting an active lifestyle, with music as the companion on your journey. With the P1, music isn't just a background; it's the force that propels your life forward. The P1 by Astell&Kern features premium sound playback of a... Read More »
Two new immersive music streaming playlists feature songs mixed or mastered on Focal Speakers Montreal, Canada — July 30, 2024 — Focal Naim America, a leading North American importer and distributor of premium consumer and professional electronics brands, has released two new immersive HD audio playlists, with songs “Mixed on Focal” pro monitors and some mastered with Focal Utopia Hi-Fi speakers.... Read More »
We are thrilled to announce a new partnership with IASCA, SQology, and Florida Sound Quality to bring car audio to the 2025 show. While many might instantly associate car audio with bass thumpers, I know many of you are familiar with the sound quality competition mindset and the level of care and detail that goes... Read More »
This Friday, July 26th Rhino is unveiling the next collection of high-quality quadraphonic releases. Unavailable for nearly half a century, four legendary titles have been digitized from their original analog four-track Quad mixes - Bette Midler’s The Divine Miss M (1972), Bread’s Baby I’m-A Want You (1972), Duke Ellington’s New Orleans Suite (1970), and Graham Central Station’s Self-Titled (1974). The collection will be... Read More »
Rhino continues their High Fidelity Premium Vinyl Series with a pair of classic new reissues of albums that were both released within the same year, 1974. Including Yes' seventh studio album and their first in the aftermath of Rick Wakeman's departure, Relayer (Atlantic Records), along with Bad Company's hard-rocking eponymous debut, Bad Company (Swan Song... Read More »
In 2020 Network Acoustics arrived with their market defining passive Ethernet Filter, the original eno. With an eno in your system, the music-obsessed founders, Rich and Rob, demonstrated that they were on their way to capturing the magical sound of their cherished vinyl in streamed music, but without the crackles and pops! The all-new eno2 features... Read More »
Orchard Audio Upgrades Their Top Starkrimson Ultra Stereo Amps With an Active RCA Input Option Succasunna, New Jersey: Orchard Audio’s 500W Starkrimson Ultra stereo amplifiers just received a big upgrade. Revision 2.5 builds upon revision 2.0 by adding a built-in active RCA-to-XLR converter. This means the amplifiers can now be used with both single-ended (RCA)... Read More »
Craft Recordings' continues to crank out new releases in the second group of reissue titles for 2024 in their Original Jazz Classics (OJC) franchise reboot. This time, featuring their latest, The John Wright Trio's 1960 neglected classic, South Side Soul on Prestige Records. When I originally saw the list of the four albums being made... Read More »
Black Cat Cable, under the stewardship of Mayu Sommovigo, continues to uphold Christopher Sommovigo's legacy of crafting exceptional audio cables. With a commitment to preserving his artistry and dedication to quality, Black Cat Cable remains dedicated to providing audiophiles with top-notch products. We are excited to announce that Black Cat Cable is seeking dealers to... Read More »
Harold Tichenor is a Real-to-Reel (RTR) tape archivist with over 40 years of experience as a professional. His prior article for Positive Feedback was an important summary of RTR provenance and tape generations, which I highly recommend to our readers. In this article, Harold outlines the history and elementals of RTR tape reproduction. It is... Read More »
...and host a seminar on Loudspeaker Design. At the upcoming California Audio Show 2024, frontRow interconnects and speaker cables are the finest the company has ever created. Available in a complete range of balanced and unbalanced interconnect, phono, digital, speaker and power cables, frontRow incorporates the company’s MORRE (Musically Optimized Reduction of Resistive Energies)... Read More »
This is an ongoing project by Claude Lemaire of Soundevaluations 236. Charlie Mingus, Blues & Roots. Atlantic – SD 1305 (1960), 33 1/3 rpm, Analogue Productions – APA 001-45 (2023), Atlantic 75 Audiophile Series, (2x45 rpm). Genre: experimental big band, avant garde jazz, blues, hardbop, swing. Here is a great album featuring six tracks including the well... Read More »
