January - February 2016
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Audio Discourse
Journeys in Audio Subjectivism - Part Three
The $18,000 Challenge, or: "Where the heck was I just now?" The gods of inspiration picked the moment I was fishing out leaves from my pool to wallop...
It's Still Good…
It's Still Good… Roger Skoff writes about buying and enjoying older gear My sister called me the other day and said that she and her husband (a...
Prism Sound Announces Callia DAC/Preamp for Home Audio Market
Prism Sound, makers of recording studio and pro audio A/D and D/A converters and the SADiE digital workstation, has announced plans to enter the home...
In Search of the Perfect Song, the RMAF Edition
I know, Carol when are you going to give the perfect song idea a rest? Well, unlike a 'favorite' song, I think there can be many versions of a...
Musings on Building a Digital Music Server Goes Portable: The...
"I know it's only rock 'n roll but I like it, like it, yes, I do" —The Rolling Stones Not that long ago, I was working under contract at a big...
Audio Ramblings - The Lino Phonostage from Channel D
Phonostages. Or phono preamplifers. Same things. You know, the box or input on your preamp or whatever that takes what is coming from your turntable...
Hardware Reviews
ampsandsound Kenzie Headphone Amplifier
Headphonemania! Headphones hold top five slots in global audiophile charts! Well, that's what the headlines should say. Headphones, headphones...
The Audioengine HD6: A Statement Product that Sets the Standard...
Last year I had the good fortune to review Audioengine's B2 Bluetooth Speaker—a product that amazed me, not only with its impressive sound and build...
The SPL Phonitor 2
A lot has happened in the headphone and headphone amplifier markets ever since we at HiFi Statement reviewed the Phonitor four years ago. However, the...
Audiomods Classic II Tonearm
We live during interesting times, at least as far as audio gear is concerned. The arena of cheap and cheerful hi-fi have seen unprecedented...
ampsandsound Stereo 15 Special Edition Amplifier (and their...
I've been interested in high-end audio since the mid 1970s, maybe even before that, certainly before anyone used the term High End Audio. This was...
ACA Seraphim Skogrand SE Speakers
Over the past couple of decades, many of my audiophile friends have often questioned my preference for well designed, intelligently engineered 2-way...
Interviews
Interview with Michael Lang, Editor of Stereo Magazine
The Editors Series Numbers show how much the world of hobbyist magazines has changed. In a book entitled EISA. Looking Back, Moving Forward published...
Music Reviews
Notes of an Amateur: Auerbach, Wolpe, Wuorinen.
Homo Ludens. Piano Music of Lera Auerbach. Eli Kalman, piano. Centaur CRC 3441. There are three Lera Auerbachs (1973) in this program, held together by...
Impressions: Art Pepper Arrives in Double DSD!
In the world of Jazz, there are the greats, the near greats, the great-but-obscure, and the close-but-no-cigar. It's easy (but contentious!) to list...
Janet Feder - THIS CLOSE
I've told this story before, so bear with me. I first met Janet Feder at the 2012 California Audio Show in San Francisco. That was the show that marked...
Notes of an Amateur - Favorite Classical Recordings of 2015
Joan Tower. Violin Concerto. Stroke. Chamber Dance. Cho-Liang Lin, violin. Nashville Symphony Orchestra, Giancarlo Guerrero, conductor. Naxos 8.559775....
Notes of an Amateur: Wilhelmina Smith, Cellist; Bridge...
Wilhelmina Smith, Cello. Britten, Schnittke, and Shostakovich. Thomas Sauer, piano. Arabesque 26801. I had known of Wilhelmina Smith since her career...
New Classical Music
This is Glyndebourne's first ever staging of an opera by Rameau. Though he was well known as an innovator/thinker in the music world, it was not...
New Old Stock - Articles from Our Days in Print
The Listening Experience as an Art Form: Meditations on...
This article, by Dr. John Coletti, originally ran when Positive Feedback was in print - Vol. 8, No. 1, 1999. As a teaching exercise, the student of...
Our Friends at High Fidelity
New Music - Bach and Wyman
J.S. Bach, Motets. Fabio Bonizzoni, Capella Cracoviensis. Alpha ALPHA 199, Compact Disc. Alpha label has been known for years for their...
Lumïn M1 Streaming Amplifier/Player
When in 2005 Arcam, a company specializing in multi-box, mid-priced systems introduced their new Solo systems it seemed like a crazy move. The very...
JBL 4367 Studio Monitor
The JBL Model 4367 Studio Monitor premiered in October 2015 at CEDIA, and soon after that was also presented during Audio Video Show 2015 in Warsaw....
Audio Tekne TFA 9501 Preamplifier, TM 8801 Power Amplifiers, and...
When in January this year I received an email from Mr Hari Strukelj of Natural Sound asking if I was willing to review one of Audio Tekne's...
Krakow Sonic Society Meeting 99 - Diana Krall Digital...
I was that close to falling asleep while waiting for the final results of 17. International Chopin Competition that were presented after...
We are Audiophiles and Proud of it Project - Remaster, Or When...
That actually offers us three pieces of information: it is a label ("record label"), it deals with re-issues of recordings, and it is known...
Show Reports
AES 2015 New York
As always, I enjoy writing about a professional audio conference for the high end community. The AES show is really two things, it's a bunch of people...
