January - February 2020
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Audio Discourse
Qobuz and the Hard Drive
It's not news that streaming has gobbled up 75% of the USA consumer music market, as reported recently by the RIAA, simply how fast it happened. This...
Hemiolia Records Master Tapes
"Hey Danny, are you familiar with Hemiolia Records?" asked Kerry St. James, YG's formidably friendly European sales director late last year. "No," I...
Cables, Footers, and Fuses
So this is the time of year for returning unwanted gifts, breaking resolutions, and picking up a few Steel Band CDs in the Caribbean. It's also a time...
Impressions: My Brutus Awards for 2019, Part the Fourth and...
Port and a Cigar at Night on a Deck. Happy Valley, OR, 2019 And now, on to the final chapter of my Positive Feedback Brutus Awards for 2019. Clarus...
In Search of a Perfect Song, The Astell & Kern Edition
By now, readers of this series have realized that it's a means for me to discuss songs I really like. In previous articles, these are songs that send a...
Impressions: My 2019 Brutus Awards for Recordings, Labels,...
E-in-C Robinson going deep with the Sonoma Acoustics reference headphone system at AXPONA 2018 (photograph by Martin Roberts; image processing by David...
Hardware Reviews
The Zesto Audio Leto Ultra Preamplifier: Premiere!
I am an imaging junkie. Musical images, properly recorded, must have realistic tonality, unwavering stability, a rounded aspect, and—whether vocal or...
PS Audio Stellar Phono Preamplifier
The savvy audiophile is keenly aware of the weakest link of the chain theory when it comes to our hobby. The arena of vinyl playback is one place where...
Grado Labs Lineage Series: The Flagship Grado Epoch3 Phono...
We live in exciting times for phono reproduction, a new golden age for LPs from manufacture to playback. The key lesson learned since the production of...
Pushing the Envelope: The AudioQuest Dragon Power Cable and...
AudioQuest's founder, William Low, and Senior Director of Engineering, Garth Powell, have once again co-developed the next generation of AudioQuest...
KEF R3 Bookshelf Loudspeakers Do Small Big
"Let's get small, real small!" - Steve Martin, 1977. KEF's new R3 stand mount speakers, the smallest of their recently introduced, redesigned...
Pro-Ject X2 Vinyl LP Turntable
Easy to set up and very easy to use. You will not be disappointed. Review By Tom Lyle With this article, Positive Feedback continues its...
Interviews
An Interview with Hans Ole Vitus Nielsen
Hans Ole Vitus Nielsen with his latest SIA-030 amp, next to the High Fidelity reference system Hans Ole Vitus Nielsen, usually called Hans Ole, known...
Music Reviews
MoFi's Monumental Monk
The Thelonious Monk Quartet, Monk's Dream. Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab UD1S 2-011, Columbia 19075930421, Limited Edition, SuperVinyl, Box Set (2019,...
Karen Gomyo and Ismo Eskelinen: Carnival (music for violin and...
Here's the latest from our good audio friend and brother who writes and edits at The Tannhauser Gate, John Marks. He draws our attention to a very...
Trio Archè plays Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari
WOLF-FERRARI: Piano Trios: No. 1 in D, Op. 5; No. 2 in F-sharp, Op. 7. Trio Archè. Brilliant Classics 95624. TT: 70.15 Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari...
Lifeline: Music of the Underground Railroad
Yarlung Records is always full of surprises, and Lifeline: Music of the Underground Railroad is no exception. Bob Attiyeh, award winning President of...
Our Friends at High Fidelity
Vitus Audio Signature Series SIA-030 Integrated Amplifier
PREMIERE The first amplifier from the Danish company Vitus Audio was presented in 2003. Earlier, however, for eight years, its project was improved and...
Show Reports
The Florida Audio Expo, Part 4
Here's the last installment of my show coverage for the Florida Audio Expo. You can see Part 1 HERE, Part 2 HERE, and Part 3 HERE. An absolute...
The Florida Audio Expo, Part 3
Here's the current installment of my ongoing show coverage for the Florida Audio Expo. You can see Part 1 HERE and Part 2 HERE. Jerry Stoeckigt...
The Florida Audio Expo, Part 2
I didn't attend the 2019 Florida Audio Expo, but was told many times over that there were nearly double the number of rooms this year over 2019. There...
The Florida Audio Expo, Part 1
The Florida Audio Expo is currently underway, February 7-9, 2020, at the Embassy Suites Hotel located near the airport in Tampa, Florida. Though the...
