July - August 2016
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Audio Discourse
John Marks: A Summer Sunday's Afternoon at Tanglewood with the...
[The Boston Symphony Orchestra has been entangled with Tanglewood for decades. This outdoor setting of historical (for America) lineage has seen more...
From the Positive Feedback Archives (1993): A Vintage Bruce...
Oh damn!! There goes my new dedicated power supply!
From the Kipnis Studios: The View from the Top (Digital...
"On a cost vs. sound quality basis (alone), Digital Amplifier Company DAC DAC may be the best digital to analog converter to come along in 3 decades;...
Audio Ramblings - The Vandersteen Audio Quatro Wood CT...
A couple of years ago (wow, make that like 3 years and you can read it HERE) I had the pleasure of reviewing the Vandersteen Audio Quatro Wood...
The Higher End: The Passing of Winston Ma
David W. Robinson, with John Tucker Winston Ma at his garden: A portrait. Bellevue, WA, 2001. There seem to be a number of passings in 2016 already....
Tales from the Dungeon, Part 1
"The more things change, the more they remain the same." - Jean-Baptiste Alphonse Karr What a load of crap! Sometimes, when things change, they...
Hardware Reviews
Violectric V281 Amp
Headed by Fried Reim, Violectric specialises in a wide number of reputable amplifiers which have caught the attention of many in the avid world of...
Fritz Carrera BE Loudspeakers
The drivers on the new Fritz Carrera BE Loudspeakers have been used in one combination or another in more than a few speaker designs to varying degrees...
Ortofon Cadenza Red
Several years ago I had the pleasure of an extended visit of the Ortofon Cadenza Bronze in my system. The Bronze is a remarkable cartridge in every...
High End Audio in the Age of Uncertainty Part 2: The Wonderful...
First Impressions As I reported in Part 1 of this installment, I first encountered the Maggie 1.7 loudspeakers (recently upgraded to its current...
Audiomat D1 Transport
You have not accidentally stumbled into the archives of PF. The subject of today's review is indeed a $9000 CD transport and the year is 2016 not 1996....
Morrical on the Hardware: Wall Audio Opus 88 Stereo Preamplifier
Introduction Wall Audio is a brand that is not well known to many people, even in the audiophile world, but Andreas Wall has been designing and...
Interviews
Chord DAVE, Part 2: The Interview With Rob Watts
Introduction: Interviews to listen to... For the English version of the second and third parts of the review on the Chord DAVE, we have come up with...
Music Reviews
John Marks Music Video: Matt Monro, “On Days Like These”...
Late '60s let's-make-lots-of-money British mainstream studio action flick here (The Italian Job), generally well regarded for the acting and the...
John Marks' Vault Treasures: Blossom Dearie, Verve “Jazz...
In this week's "Vault Treasures," our trusty musical guide John Marks shares with us a jazzic voice that I was not familiar with: Blossom Margrete...
John Marks: Anne Sophie von Otter Music Video
John Marks is a lover of fine music videos. In our generation, a major new blessing has been the marriage of high-quality audio with high-quality video...
Marc Phillips on the Music: The Avalanches – 'Wildflower' on
The Avalanches, Wildflower Astralwerks 2547900289 $19.99 for the two LP set "Is that serious music?" I remember my first wife asking me that question...
John Marks' Vault Treasures: Julie London, 'Time for Love: The...
In this week's cross-published installment of "Vault Treasures" from his site, The Tannhauser Gate (http://www.thetannhausergate.com), John Marks...
Klaus Florian Vogt: Helden
It's refreshing not to have to cringe at a "new" singer's technical flaws, as I find myself doing more and more. Klaus Florian Vogt, in a program is...
New Old Stock - Articles from Our Days in Print
E.A.R. 834 Integrated Amplifier
This article, by Dave Clark, Larry Cox, Francisco Duran, and Roger McNichols, originally ran when audioMUSINGS was in print - Issue 4, 1998. Let's...
Our Friends at High Fidelity
Exogal Comet Plus DAC
In this particular case one word explains it all... Wadia (www.wadia.com). This iconic American brand for years has been synonymous with high-end...
TARA Labs' Evolution Cables
The impact of tests in trade magazines is either described as none or of a sort that can change everything; it depends on whether or not the one who...
Krakow Sonic Society Meeting 103 TARA LABS Evolution Series
Expensive cabling systems have become something 'common'—both for you, the readers of High Fidelity, and for us, the members of the Krakow Sonic...
Acoustic Revive Interconnect and Power Cable
It seems that High Fidelity was one of the first magazines in the world, and surely outside Japan, that received Acoustic Revive cables based on...
Show Reports
Impressions: THE Show Newport Beach 2016, Part 1, My Audio...
Already! Already THE Show has come and gone! Where did June 9-12 go? The first post-Richard Beers event is in the books now, and the results are in....
T.H.E Show Newport 2016 (Part 1)
I know I always start my show report with some kind of a rant about the state of the high-end audio as both an industry and a hobby. Not this time....
THE Show Newport
I'm late for the party: Many have already posted their thoughts on Irvine's, er Newport Beach's "THE Show" from early June. I intended to post earlier...
T.H.E. Show Newport 2016, Part Five
T.H.E. Show Newport, the conclusion! From Part One... Second year at the same location, the Hotel Irvine, room 441, and with us arriving...
T.H.E. Show Newport 2016, Part Four
T.H.E. Show coverage continues... with more. From Part One... Second year at the same location, the Hotel Irvine, room 441, and with us arriving...
T.H.E. Show Newport 2016, Part Three
T.H.E. Show coverage continues... about half way there! From Part One... Second year at the same location, the Hotel Irvine, room 441, and with us...
