January - February 2018
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Audio Discourse
Audio Ramblings - The Acoustic Research AR-H1 Headphones
One of the fun things to do at RMAF is to hit the headphone exhibits and see what is going on in terms of new phones, amps, and DACs. One of the booths...
Impressions: The Blues Masters at Acoustic Sounds, Salina, KS,...
David W. Robinson, Happy Valley, OR, 2015 (photograph by John Robinson) "For photography is a way to capture the moment – not just any moment, but...
Impressions: The Blues Masters at Acoustic Sounds, Salina, KS,...
David W. Robinson, Icicle Creek, Leavenworth, WA, 2012 (photograph by Lila Ritsema) "Anything that excites me for any reason, I will photograph; not...
Impressions: The Blues Masters at Acoustic Sounds, Salina, KS,...
David W. Robinson, RMAF 2015 (photograph by Jeff Day) As I mentioned back in November in Issue 94 when I published the front-end about my trip to visit...
Press Testing: Albert Grantowski on Sound, Audio, and Life
"Om, Om, Om..." Dr. Johnson's chanting workshop at the Chicago ZenSonic Center was nearly over. I opened my eyes and noticed the guy next to me was...
NAMM Show 2018 Part 1: What It Means, and Why Go?
What the NAMM show means to high-end audio and why go? Starting out 2018 at the CES [Cookie Marenco is President of Blue Coast Records and Downloads...
Hardware Reviews
ESS 252 Dynamic Headphones and ESS 422H Heil AMT/Moving Coil...
Ever want to be the conductor of a world class symphony orchestra? Got a desire to enjoy a performance of a stellar big band and ease on to the Duke's...
Goodies from Gold Note - the Gold Note PH-10 Phono Stage
Gold Note of Italy are makers of bland black boxes for audio with a low functionality quotient. Not. I've had Gold Note's PH-10 phono stage in for...
1More Quad Driver In-Ear Headphones
The following review is from our guest contributor, Sarah Grant. Sarah is a dear friend, as well as a music, coffee, and beer lover. Plus she is cool....
Levi's Quickies - Townshend, EAT, and Stax
F1 Fractal™ Interconnect by Townshend Audio On the heels of the ridiculously superb (passive) Allegri+ preamplifier (HERE), with its secret...
Holt Hill Audio Cionnsaile Monitors
As the science of astronomy moves forward, many of the ideas about how the universe has formed continues to evolve. The accepted theory used to be that...
The Luminous Audio Technology Axiom II Passive Preamplifier,...
About five years ago, I'd just gotten an HRT Streamer HD DAC with balanced outputs, and had also just upgraded my system amps to a pair of Emotiva...
Interviews
A Conversation with Sutherland Engineering, Inc.'s Ron
How did you come up with the name "KC VIBE"? To really know the authenticity and integrity of something, you must know its place of origin. We all know...
Music - SuperSonic Recordings
Top 500 SuperSonic List - Part 6
This is an ongoing project by Claude Lemaire of Soundevaluations. 51. MFSB, Love Is the Message. Philadelphia International Records – KZ 32707...
Music Reviews
Notes of an Amateur: Brooklyn Rider Play the String Quartets of...
Brooklyn Rider plays Philip Glass; String Quartets Nos. 1-5. 2 CDs. Orange Mountain 0074. I didn't get the string quartets of Philip Glass at all until...
The Reel Deal: Setting The Standard! Prokofiev, Lt. Kije and...
Prokofiev: Lt. Kije (recorded in 1957); Stravinsky: Song of the Nightingale (recorded in 1956), Fritz Reiner (conductor), Chicago Symphony Orchestra....
Phillips on the Music: Zeitlin & Marsh's Expedition
Denny Zeitlin & George Marsh's Expedition. (Sunnyside Communication SSC1487. CD $12.98. http://sunnysidezone.com/album/expedition) The first time...
Impex Records Greensleeves LP from Three Blind Mice Records
Greensleeves TBM5011 Recorded 1978. Three Blind Mice Records Inc. a subsidiary of Sony Direct Japan Inc. Manufactured and distributed by Impex Records...
Antonio Meneses Cello Concertos
Antonio Meneses Cello Concertos. Schumann: Cello Concerto in A minor, Op. 129; Saint-Saëns: Cello Concerto No. 1 in A minor, Op. 33; Tchaikovsky...
Dave Stryker's Strykin' Ahead
Dave Stryker's Strykin' Ahead on CD and LP. (Strikezone 8815, CD $15, LP $25 www.davestryker.com) The other night, while driving home one evening...
New Old Stock - Articles from Our Days in Print
California Audio Labs CL-15 CD Player
This article, as reviewed by Sherman Hong, Victor Chavira, Francisco Duran, and Larry Cox, originally ran when audioMusings was in print. Issue...
Our Friends at High Fidelity
Qualiton A50i Integrated Amplifier
I don't know if you've already read the Fonica i Thorens – historia pewnej współpracy (Polish) article by Mr Paweł Cendrowicz and Maciej...
Thöress Dual Function Preamplifier and the 845 Mono Amplifier
Thöress - A Tribute to Professional Equipment from the Golden Age of Electronic Tubes Among the audio equipment we awarded during Audio Show 2012...
Show Reports
Capitol Audiofest 2017
The Capitol Audiofest was bigger than ever this year and I had less time than ever to see it. For those who don't know about the Capitol Audiofest, its...
Audio Engineering Society 2017 Convention in New York
Intro The Audio Engineering Society convention is two different things happening at the same time. First of all there's a scientific conference...
