July - August 2019
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Audio Discourse
Creating a Path to Digital Music Bliss with Roon
From left to right, Intel Nuc Roon Core, Pro-Ject Stream Box S2 Ultra, Raspberry Pi 3 B+, Raspberry Pi 3 B+ Over the past year I have spent a...
A Transition from iTunes and Hi-Resolution Players to Roon
Why is that with all the music we have access to, we still play the same 50 albums? I grew up in a time of Hi-Fi that I thought was the golden age. It...
A Love Affair: Craft Records/Prestige Records Coltrane '58 Eight...
The Software The 60th anniversary of jazz king John Coltrane's banner year with Prestige Records, with all cuts produced by legendary Rudy Van Gelder...
Gryphon Audio Event at Goodwin's High End
Saturday 7/27/2019, Boston MA First, a public service announcement: Get off the screens! While I work tirelessly with my children on this, I believe it...
Women in Audio
This article originally ran in Issue 41 of Positive Feedback, January/February 2009. This was the precursor to my last article, HERE. So …what...
Audio Ramblings and the PS Audio P20
So, when it comes down to getting the best, make that the very best, that one's system can produce sound wise in your room, after all is said and...
Hardware Reviews
Synergistic Research SRX Power Cord and Galileo SX Ethernet
I have reviewed almost every Synergistic Research (SR) Power Cord over the last ten years. Each generation made a significant step forward in sound...
Simaudio Moon 390 Network Player and Preamplifier
We're Gonna Spread Our Wings And Take To The Sky For some time now I've been attempting to implement, to my satisfaction, a home built music...
KECES Ephono and Ephono Power
One of the great benefits of reviewing the KECES Ephono is that I have been playing so many records lately. But with the recent inclusion of the Sophia...
SVS Prime Wireless Speakers and SVS SB-1000 Subwoofer
Based in Youngstown, Ohio, SVS are an audio brand with a vision to build top quality speakers, subwoofers and audio accessories, and bring passion and...
The New Usher TD-10 Loudspeakers - A Diamond in the Buff
The Usher TD-10 loudspeaker is a downsized F-86 Sabre Jet wing on steroids. Swept back and shiny, it looks built for speed and, at just under four feet...
Wells Audio Commander Level II Tube Line Stage
World Premiere Review! I found myself often thinking of Van Morrison's terrific tune "Cleaning Windows." Review By Dr. Jules L. Coleman With this...
Interviews
Ketil Vestrum Einarsen: An Alchemical Wedding
Ketil Vestrum Einarsen - Photo by Dag Thrane (Used with permission) Ketil Vestrum Einarsen was born on the north-western edge of Norway. Known...
Audiophiles as Artists - Chris Morris
Twenty questions with an audiophile who is also an artist. For this Audiophiles as Artists, we feature Chris Morris. What's your background? I grew up...
Music - SuperSonic Recordings
Top 500 SuperSonic List - Part 13
This is an ongoing project by Claude Lemaire of Soundevaluations 101. Curtis Mayfield, Superfly (The Original Motion Picture Soundtrack). Curtom –...
Music Reviews
Aretha Franklin - Aretha's Gold
Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab reissue MFSL 2-479 (Sept. 2017). Originally released on Atlantic – SD-8227 (Aug. 1969). Category: soul, southern soul,...
Hee-Young Lim: French Cello Concertos
SAINT-SAËNS: Cello Concerto No. 1 in A minor; LALO: Cello Concerto in D minor; MILHAUD: Cello Concerto No. 1, Op. 136; OFFENBACH: Les larmes de...
Yuko Mabuchi Trio (Live) Vol. 1 and 2 - Instant Classics!
Every once in while an artist comes along who rocks my musical apple cart, challenges my perceptions, and reignites my excitement about a given genre....
Notes of an Amateur: Cellist Hee-Young Lim Plays French...
I apologize for the long time between review articles and for the briefness of these: As I pass age 80, I am becoming more modest about the worth of...
Our Friends at High Fidelity
Leben CS600X Integrated Amplifier
LEBEN is a small, Japanese company that is treated with great attention in its country of origin. It owes this to its founder and chief designer, Mr....
Show Reports
T.H.E. Show Long Beach, Photo Essay Part 2
Continuing our coverage of T.H.E. Show, photos by Dave Clark, words by me, additional words by Dave as noted. Klaus Bunge of Odyssey Audio with Magnan...
T.H.E. Show Long Beach, Photo Essay Part 1
Last year on Christmas Eve, while I was in the midst of preparing our annual prime rib feast, I got a message from a friend telling me that T.H.E. Show...
