May - June 2019
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Audio Discourse
A Technique - Fine Tuning, Part 3
Time for cables Cables are one of the elements that constitute an audio system. It is neither more, nor less important than the remaining ones, but it...
The New Apartment Lounge: Two Memorable Winter Road Trips
Back to the Midwest-SR In late January 2019, over the MLK holiday weekend no less, I ventured north by northwest from Florida to the wilds of exurban...
Impressions: My Photographic Portraits from AXPONA 2019
To close out my reflections on AXPONA 2019, I am publishing my photographic portraits from AXPONA 2019…the faces and moments seen, and created. Many...
Impressions: My Audio Oasis! Awards from AXPONA 2019 - Part the...
Here is the final installment of my Audio Oasis! Awards from AXPONA 2019. A major event; a major set of articles reflecting upon the awards that I...
Impressions: My Audio Oasis! Awards from AXPONA 2019 - Part the...
Continuing my long march through AXPONA 2019, here's Part the Fourth of my Audio Oasis! Awards. The Audio Company/Von Schweikert Audio/Valve...
What isn't Black? Roger Skoff Writes about the Real Sound of...
How many times have you read a review of some recording, some system, or some individual piece of gear that said something like this? "The orchestra...
Hardware Reviews
Audioengine 512 Portable Wireless Speaker
Austin, Texas based Audioengine recently introduced the 512 Portable Wireless Speaker. My thanks to them for sending a sample to review. The 512 is a...
Campfire Audio Solaris IEMs
Born out of curiosity and experimentation, the Campfire Audio brand have come a long way since the initial release of the well-received Jupiter, Orion,...
The New Apartment Lounge: Solid-State Joy with Parasound's New...
Don't Mess with Success Armed with a seemingly boundless reservoir of engineering creativity, a healthy dose of professional humility, and keen...
Vanatoo Transparent One Encore Satellite/Subwoofer System
Speakers for those who love music. Review By Matthew Clott With this article, Positive Feedback continues its content-sharing relationship with Enjoy...
The Neoteric Listener - The Tweek Geek Dark Matter Stealth AC...
If you're all in when playing the game of high stakes audio, the Tweek Geek Dark Matter Stealth AC Power Conditioner is for you. Will you hear a...
Pneuance Audio Pneupod Pneumatic Isolation Feet
When James Brown urged everyone to "get on the good foot!" he could have just as easily been singing about Pneuance Audio's new Pneupod Pneumatic...
Interviews
Audiophiles as Artists - Joshua Miles
Twenty questions with an audiophile who is also an artist. For this premiere, we feature Joshua Miles of JWM Acoustics. What's your background? My...
Music - SuperSonic Recordings
Top 500 SuperSonic List - Part 12
This is an ongoing project by Claude Lemaire of Soundevaluations 91. Deep Purple, Machine Head. Purple Records – TPSA 7504 IE 064 (UK) (1972),...
Music Reviews
Coltrane '58: The Prestige Years
What can I possibly say about John Coltrane that hasn't already been said? Every jazz lover worth their salt knows John Coltrane was a player and band...
Brief Impressions: Jan Kraybill, The Orchestral Organ
Reference Recordings RR-145, SACD and HDCD™ Price: $19.98; high-resolution download file, $24.98 While I don't do music reviews on a regular...
Yuko Mabuchi Plays Miles Davis [Updated]
Yuko Mabuchi Plays Miles Davis, Yarlung Records, YAR88171, multiple formats. Recorded live in the Brain and Creativity Institute’s Cammilleri Hall on...
Aquarelles - Miniatures for Piano
Vladigerov: Piano Music. Victoria Terekiev, piano. Da Vinci Classics C00134. TT: 69.01. Classique et romantique, Op. 34; Choumene, Op. 29;...
Wojtek Karolak and Adam Czerwiński, In a Sentimental Mood
Wojtek Karolak & Adam Czerwiński, In a Sentimental Mood. The album In a Sentimental Mood by leading jazzmen Wojtek Karolak and Adam...
Our Friends at High Fidelity
Black Cat Cable - 3232 Interconnects and 3202 Speaker Cables
It happens from time to time that a Japanese traveling in the world falls in love with a place or person and that's where he sets up his business. But...
Tentogra Oscar Turntable
"It's style over substance," I thought, seeing the Tentogra Oscar turntable for the first time. It was during the Audio Video Show 2017. "It's probably...
Show Reports
T.H.E. Show Long Beach, Photo Essay Part 4
Continuing our coverage of T.H.E. Show, photos by Dave Clark, words by me, additional words by Dave as noted. Arion Audio, The Apollo System...
T.H.E. Show Long Beach, Photo Essay Part 3
Continuing our coverage of T.H.E. Show, photos by Dave Clark, words by me, additional words by Dave as noted. Sanders Sound System. This room insisted,...
AES 2019 Dublin
This year's European AES show was in Dublin, which seemed a bit of an odd choice for a location because there is not a huge audio production community...
AXPONA 2019, Photo Essay Part 5
Continuing on with our coverage of AXPONA 2019. All images by Dave Clark, along with some added commentary. Pure Audio electronics Interesting...
