May - June 2022
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Audio Discourse
From an Editor's Notebook: My YouTube comments on the Kronos...
Dr. David enjoying a fine cigar on the deck of Louis Desjardins' home in Montreal, Canada, 2022. (Photograph by Bill Parish; image processing by...
Brief Notes from an Editor's Notebook: More on Gold Note…the...
Ye Olde Editor, a moment. Happy Valley, OR, 2018 (Photograph by John Robinson; image processing by YOE) Continuing my brief notes on Gold Note from...
An Industry of Improvers: Roger Skoff Takes a Different Look at...
It used to be that great things were invented by one great man. Edison, Morse, Tesla, Bell, McCormick, Whitney, Fulton, and countless others all—at...
From an Editor's Notebook: The launch of the Association of...
Ye Olde Editor, contemplating on a high deck in Tiberias, Sea of Galilee, Israel, 2022. (Portrait by John Robinson; image processing by Ye Olde Etc.)...
Hand Book of a Hidden Man, Part 6: I Learn to Fight
I was on the sidewalk in front of our house in San Luis Obispo. In 1952 it must've been a very quiet place, otherwise it's hard for me now, looking...
Seeking Clarity About Transparency
Back in the 1980s or maybe earlier, "transparency" became the buzzword in high-end audio. Harry Pearson of The Absolute Sound was a big proponent...
Hardware Reviews
Soundastic Reference Stereo Integrated Amplifier
From Poland, a passive pre with solid-state output. Review By Ric Mancuso With this article, Positive Feedback continues its content-sharing...
Zu Audio Soul VI Loudspeakers
There are few times in my life where I have been truly speechless when it came to audio equipment. I still remember the first time it happened. I...
ampsandsound Zion Amplifiers
Each Zion weighs nearly 75 pounds As I sat in my listening room with the lights dimmed, I began to take a journey. My journey started with the Red Hot...
Gingko Audio Vibration Control Solution (VCS) Toolkit - Part 2
In Part 1 of this review, I had a great time listening to the awesome but temporarily incomplete Gingko VCS Toolkit, and I was looking forward to...
Zesto Audio Bia 200 Select Stereo Amplifier: World Premier...
The brilliant late audiophile, J. Gordon Holt, once wrote that if the purchaser of a fine system was torn between buying a great pair of speakers or a...
Monet Power Cable from Crystal Cable - a Very Pleasant Surprise
When the Monet power cables from Crystal Cable were offered for review, first thing I went online for a look-see. The photos suggested a slimmed down...
Interviews
The Editors Series № 34 - Roy Gregory
The Editors is a series of interviews with audio magazine editors from all over the world—both printed and online magazines, and portals. It started...
Hifistatement interviews Michael Børresen of Borresen Acoustics
The state-of-the-art Børresen Acoustics 05 speakers and their cables have become perfectly acclimatized in my listening room since my review of their...
Music - SuperSonic Recordings
Top 500 SuperSonic List - Part 31
This is an ongoing project by Claude Lemaire of Soundevaluations 191. Red Hot Chili Peppers, Unlimited Love. Warner Records – 093624874720 –...
Music Reviews
Notes of an Amateur - Second Quarter 2022
Bach. St. John Passion. Monteverdi Choir, English Baroque Soloists. John Eliot Gardiner, Deutsche Gramophone 486 1822. 2 CDs, 1 Blue Ray DVD. Is John...
Reid by Maya Fridman on TRPTK
Maya Fridman's album, Reið (translated as "Journey"), is an album of such emotional complexity and depth of meaning that it requires multiple...
Notes on Recent Finds, No. 1 (From HDTT in DXD, DSD256)
As I've commented before, Bob Witrak's High Definition Tape Transfers catalog is like walking into a treasure house of wonderful recordings, some...
The Black Saint and the Sinner Lady by Charles Mingus from HDTT...
A superb reissue of Mingus' The Black Saint and the Sinner Lady from HDTT in DSD256 that retains all the natural rawness and energy that makes this...
The Prokofiev Symphonies with James Gaffigan - An Exceptional...
James Gaffigan and the Netherlands Radio Philharmonic Orchestra deliver a very fine Prokofiev symphonies cycle. Collectively, these performances...
Guitarist Enno Voorhorst in Pure DSD256 - Superb!
A thoroughly engaging and well-spent hour with this delightfully articulate guitarist. Enno Voorhorst is a master of subtle grace, dynamic drive, and...
New Old Stock - Articles from Our Days in Print
From the PF archives: The Wild, Wacky World of Walker!
"See Joe...no problem! Sell the kid...get the upgrade!"
Cardas Neutral Reference Speaker Cables, Transparency vs....
This article by Bob Neill originally ran in Issue 3, October/November 2002, so while we call this section "New Old Stock - Articles from Our Days in...
Our Friend the Audio Analyst
E84: The Vinyl Condition
Today I wanted to talk about the healthy state of the vinyl revival and offer my thoughts on the recent Mobile Fidelity digital LP mastering.... . . Read More »
E83: The Pacific Audio Fest “Fab Five” Rooms
With the inaugural Pacific Audio Fest now in our rear view mirror, let me take you on a tour of my “Fab Five,” the top five rooms, my choice of the.... . . Read More »
E82: Heavy Rotation, Vol. III - "Saturday Night In San
With Heavy Rotation, Vol. III Episode, I focus on the release of “Saturday Night in San Francisco.” We as music lovers and audiophiles should.... . . Read More »
E81: Abey Fonn Talks About Making "Saturday Night In San...
Now that the new Impex LP release of “Saturday Night In San Francisco” is shipping, Abey Fonn, the founder of Impex Records, joins us today to.... . . Read More »
E80: The KRONOS Discovery System – Redefining LP Transcription
Today’s guest is Dr. David W. Robinson, Editor-in-Chief of Positive Feedback, respected and renowned journalist, and my audio pal and colleague of.... . . Read More »
E79: Heavy Rotation, Vol. II
Today brings the second installment of my “Heavy Rotation” series where I cover a couple of records that have been stand outs for me since their.... . . Read More »
Our Friends at High Fidelity
Octave Jubilee PRE Preamplifier and MONO SE Amplifiers
Octave Audio is a German company founded in 1968 by Karl Heinz Hofmann; initially it produced transformers. In 2000, his son, Andreas Hofmann took over...
Show Reports
Images from the High-End Munich Show 2022
The Munich Show is ongoing at the time of this writing. While many of us in the USA are still maintaining our distance during this ongoing pandemic...
AXPONA 2022 - My Six Favorite Rooms
AXPONA 2022 was a welcoming next step as we move forward as a high end audio community. Attendance was good, and it will only get better as things...
