March - April 2020
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Audio Discourse
From an Editor's Notebook: Regarding AXPONA 2020 and THE Show...
We are living in strange and terrible times. It is the Golden Age of Audio right now, but that Golden Age has been swallowed up by the COVID-19...
Clark Johnsen: The End of an Audio Diary
Clark Johnsen, Private Ear (series drawing no. 1, by Bruce Walker, 1993) I got the news first thing in the morning last week. Clark Johnsen has passed...
In Search of a Perfect Song, Part 8
This edition of my Perfect Song series is sub-titled: The Coronavirus Edition. Many of us find ourselves self-isolating, or social distancing. We have...
Kirill Petrenko, Berlin Philharmonic: Gustav Mahler, Symphony 6
The Berlin Philharmonic has just made a really classy move: in view of the coronavirus pandemic, they have removed the paywall on their archived...
AXPONA 2020 Has Been Rescheduled!
Heads up! I have just received the following very important letter from Joel Davis of JD Events regarding the rescheduling of AXPONA 2020, and share it...
The Best Simple Mobile Audio Configuration
A friend recently wrote me to help another friend who is interested in getting a mobile music setup. Quality is important, meaning "Sound Quality" or...
Hardware Reviews
Ethernet Streaming with Fidelizer - The EtherStream Network...
I had not yet drunk the Kool-Aid—I was more of a doubting Thomas—when the package arrived. My West Coast editor advised me, "Just swap out the one...
The LampizatOr Altlantic TRP DAC: No Rolling Necessary!
Late last year, LampizatOr North America's Fred Ainsley generously offered me an opportunity to review the new Atlantic TRP DAC. Even though the review...
Nordost QRT QSOURCE and DC Power Supply
Nordost is a company that was set up in 1991 by Joe Reynolds. It specializes in manufacturing audio cables. Apart from cables, the company also offers...
Audiomod Series Six Tonearm
Unless you have lived on a desert island for the last five years or so, it is unavoidable to notice that vinyl playback systems have stormed back from...
Schiit Audio Bifrost 2 DAC And Ragnarok 2 Nexus Integrated...
A true multi-bit Hi-Res Audio DAC meets Nexus-level amplification. Review By Ron Nagle With this article, Positive Feedback continues its...
Kimber Kable Axios CU Headphone and KS USB-AG Cables
The Axios CU headphone cable ships in a hard case I have been on the hunt for the best headphone cable to pair with my Hifiman Susvara for the last six...
Interviews
Gaute Storsve: Blending Cuban, Nordic Jazz, and Prog
Gaute Storsve, photo by Dag Thrane, used with permission. Gaute Storsve is a Norwegian guitarist, composer, band leader and educator who has recorded...
Music - SuperSonic Recordings
Top 500 SuperSonic List - Part 18
This is an ongoing project by Claude Lemaire of Soundevaluations 126. Zoot Sims and Al Cohn with Cecil Collier, Either Way. Fred Miles – FM-1...
Music Reviews
Rosen, Stevenson, and Delmoni: "Londonderry Air" (arr. Fritz...
Photo by John Marks The above photo was not taken in Ireland, but it perhaps could pass; and in any event, it will have to do. For St. Patrick's Day,...
Mahler's Wunderhorn and Wayfarer Songs
MAHLER: Des Knaben Wunderhorn; Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen* Lucia Popp, soprano; Bernd Weikl, baritone; London Philharmonic Orchestra/Klaus...
Joanne Polk: Louise Farrenc Etudes & Variations for Solo...
Our good audio brother John Marks, he who shepherds his site, The Tannhauser Gate, sends along another smoke signal about a fine recording of a...
New Old Stock - Articles from Our Days in Print
From the PF Archives: The Wild, Wacky World of Walker
For the uncompromising audiophile on the go: The Ampex Rollman
Our Friends at High Fidelity
The Gryphon ETHOS Compact Disc Player
Gryphon, that for some time now have been using name The Gryphon, is a Danish company, founded in 1986 by Flemming E. Rasmussen. Its products feature...
Re-Issue Series - Verve Master Editions
In April 1997, jazz magazines published numerous ads of the re-edition of Verve Records, bearing the common name "Verve Master Edition:" HIGHER...
Show Reports
Florida Audio Expo 2020: Better the Second Time Around, Part 1
As I suspected on the drive down to Tampa on Friday, February 7, 2020 to cover the Florida Audio Expo 2020 show for Positive Feedback, the second...
