November - December 2017
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Audio Discourse
Ars-Sonum Filarmonia SK Integrated Amplifier
John Marks essays the Ars-Sonum Filarmonia integrated in this article. In doing so, he's revisiting...he had given a very favorable evaluation of an...
Redcloud - PS Audio's New DirectStream Operating System
Named for Redcloud, a 14,035' high peak in Colorado's San Juan Mountains, PS Audio's latest firmware update for the DirectStream Digital to Analog...
A Look Back at Bill Conrad and Lew Johnson's 40 Years in...
Lew Johnson (left) and Bill Conrad (right) with the ACT2 preamplifer at a CES many years ago! This is the story of Bill Conrad and Lew Johnson of...
conrad-johnson 40th Anniversary ART300 Monoblock Tube...
When conrad-johnson releases a statement product, everybody listens. Particularly when the new 40th anniversary ART300 amplifiers are the team of Bill...
YG Acoustics Sonja Series 2 Loudspeaker Launch
Last weekend Lynn and I attended the launch of the YG Acoustics Sonja Series 2 Loudspeaker. The event followed the format of recent product unveilings...
Pear Audio Blue - Little John/Cornet 1 Turntable/Tonearm, Part...
Where does the line between a project and a hobby lie? When does a review transition from an assignment to an obsession? Pear Audio Blue Little John...
Hardware Reviews
Zesto Audio Andros Allasso Step Up Transformer
The Zesto Audio Andros Allasso Step Up Transformer Once upon a time, full-featured preamplifiers like the ARC SP-3 ruled the audio scene and contained...
Vermouth Audio Little Luccas MkII Limited Edition Loudspeakers
Little in Name Only After a number of reviews of products from Indonesian company Vermouth Audio it was time to sample where it all began. The...
The Time Reference Arrives: CH Precision T1 Time Reference...
"In the future, everyone will be world-famous for 15 minutes." Andy Warhol didn't foresee the internet, but he sure nailed a defining characteristic of...
The Gold Note PH-10 Phono Stage and Mediterraneo Turntable
The man knows his business. Truly, the Gold Note PH-10 Phono Stage is a stunning bargain, and the partnering Gold Note Mediterraneo turntable is an...
van den Hul Crimson XGW Stradivarius Moving Coil Cartridge
I am very excited about this review. I have been a big fan of the van den Hul (vdH) product line for many years. That includes cartridges, cable,...
Premier Review of the Grado Epoch Mono Cartridge
Just when you think an audiophile's life cannot get any better, along comes the most astounding mono cartridge devised by man. From the master of...
Interviews
A.J. van den Hul: A Sitdown with the Granddaddy of All Cartridge...
It isn't just every day that a hardcore audiophile disguised as an audio reviewer meets living high-end audio legend. In fact, there's no doubt that...
Music - SuperSonic Recordings
Top 500 SuperSonic List - Part 5
This is an ongoing project by Claude Lemaire of Soundevaluations. 41. Frank Sinatra, Sinatra's Swingin' Session!!! Capitol Records – SW 1491...
Music Reviews
Denny Zeitlin and George Marsh's Expedition
Denny Zeitlin & George Marsh's Expedition. (Sunnyside Communication SSC1487, CD $12.98, http://sunnysidezone.com/album/expedition) The first time...
Notes of an Amateur: Podger, Wuorinen, and the Dover Quartet.
Grandissimi Gravita. Violin Sonatas by Vivaldi, Tartini, Veracini, Pisendel. Rachel Podger, violin; Brecon Baroque. Channel Classics SACD. CCSSA 39217....
Puccini, Arias
Angela Gheorghiu, soprano; *Chorus of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden; Orchestra Sinfonica di Milano Giuseppe Verdi/Anton Coppola; +Orchestra of...
Marek Pospieszalski
Marek Pospieszalski, gra piosenki, które śpiewał Frank Sinatra Marek Pospieszalski MP001, Medium: Compact Disc. Date of release: 15th March 2017 A...
Lars Jakob Rudjord's Indiepiano on LP
Fyrlyd Records FYRLYDLP1602, available at http://fyrlyd.no/ for 389 NOK "I'm a huge fan of those guys." Music reviewers aren't supposed to admit to...
Chopin's Last Waltz, an LP from Kimber Kable
Chopin's Last Waltz, Robert Silverman pianist, Kimber Kable ISOMIKE 5606, LP. Producer: Ellen Silverman Editing: Aaron Hubbard Mastering: Chad Kassem,...
New Old Stock - Articles from Our Days in Print
From Clark Johnsen’s Diary: Tone, Tweaks, & Digitalia:...
This article, by Clark Johnsen, originally ran when Positive Feedback was in print - Volume 8, Issue 2, 1999 I. In The Beginning Was The Tone The...
Our Friends at High Fidelity
Stacore Advanced Anti-Vibration Platform
Yayuma Audio, a company whose sound processor we wrote about in the February issue of High Fidelity (No. 154), was created out of passion and on the...
Cantano W Turntable and Cantano T Arm
During the audio shows you can find both, interesting and boring things, new and vintage designs, big and small ones. But also the ones that you...
Qualia physic Q1 Mains Filter
I do not know if you remember our interview with Daniel Břeizina, the editor-in-chief of the Czech portal HiFi-Voice.com, published in the previous...
SPEC RSA-F33EX Integrated Amplifier
The SPEC company and its founder, Mr. Shirokazu Yazaki, as well as its main constructor, Mr. Banno Tsutomu, have a special place in my heart. I was the...
Marek Pospieszalski
Marek Pospieszalski, gra piosenki, które śpiewał Frank Sinatra Marek Pospieszalski MP001, Medium: Compact Disc. Date of release: 15th March 2017 A...
Show Reports
Rocky Mountain Audio Fest 2017 - Young Guns and More
Cue exhibit C, marked as personal identification tag, allowing said member of the audio press to attend Denver's annual mile high HiFi show. "Your...
Rocky Mountain Audiofest 2017: Revamped, Refreshed and...
At last! The construction that plagued last year's Rocky Mountain Audiofest is history and the show is back to normal. Improved sleeping rooms. Much...
RMAF 2017 Photo Essay Part 1
For the past fourteen years Rocky Mountain Audio Fest happens each October. Usually Dave and I battle airports and uncomfortable flights, but this year...
