November - December 2018
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Audio Discourse
Robinson's Positive Feedback Brutus Awards for 2018, Part the...
Continuing... ZYX UNIverse Optimum X MC What a year for phono cartridges 2018 has been. I've already extolled the seductive charms of the Air Tight...
Robinson's Positive Feedback Brutus Awards for 2018, Part the...
van den Hul Colibri Signature Stradivarius (the second coming!) Late in 2017, Randy Forman…he of Finest Fidelity distribution fame, and a jolly good...
Robinson's Positive Feedback Brutus Awards for 2018, Part the...
Unbelievably enough, it's the end of the year 2018…already! I know that I say this every year, but every year it's worse and worse; time whizzes by...
Impressions: The LAOC Audio Society 25th Anniversary Gala...
Last weekend I traveled to Buena Park, CA, to attend the 25th Anniversary Gala Weekend for the Los Angeles and Orange County (LAOC) Audio Society. Some...
The Acoustic Revive Chronicles, Chapter 14: The Absolute Power...
I first became aware of Mr. Ken Ishiguro's Acoustic Revive products in 2007 when they were recommended to me by Mr. Yoshi Hontani (The MuSon Project,...
Christmas Music (Part 4), ORA Singers: "The Mystery of
ORA Singers: The Mystery of Christmas. Music of Allain, Anonymous, Byrd, Hall, Hyde, Lauridsen, Macmillan, McDowall, Peacock, Rowarth, Rutter,...
Hardware Reviews
GROM Audio Bluetooth/USB Car Kit
Based in Silicon Valley, GROM Audio is a company that specializes in high quality, in-car audio integration systems. As one of the leading industry...
Audio-Technica AT-VM95C Phono Cartridge
The AT-VM95C is a cheap cartridge. Not merely affordable, not budget-friendly, but downright cheap. It's $34. I took two people to Starbucks the other...
German Physiks HRS-130 Loudspeakers
One of my fondest memories as a teen was poring over the pages of the Tech Hifi catalog. Located on Route 35 in Eatontown, NJ, it was the closet thing...
Critical Mass Systems CenterStage2 Footer: Unparalleled...
The new 1.5-inch tall Critical Mass Systems CenterStage2 footer packaged with two different thickness of shims, provided to assure the best possible...
The Gingko ARCH Platform and Acoustic Resonance...
After I had such a positive experience with the Gingko ARCHs vibration control devices, Vinh Vu of Gingko asked me if I'd like to listen to the latest...
McGary SA-1 Vacuum Tube Stereo Amplifier
Okay everyone! Time for the obvious disclosure! How could I not want to review an amplifier that emblazons my name right on the front of the amp in...
Interviews
Q & A with Aaron Diehl
Aaron Diehl's 2013 CD The Bespoke Man's Narrative, his début on Mack Avenue Records, fell like a thunderclap upon the jazz landscape, reaching No....
Music Reviews
ORG Music's Reissue of Shirley Horn's Softly
ORGM-1030, LP $24, available at https://orgmusic.merchnow.com/products/v2/276626/softly-black-vinyl This one threw me for a loop, as my mom likes to...
Light Eternal, The Choral Music of Morten Lauridsen (Trailer)
John Marks' latest recommendation from his The Tannhauser Gate blog site follows. As always, his recommendations are worth noting. David W. Robinson,...
ORG's Reissue of Dave Brubeck's Time In
ORG Music, ORGM 1040, LP $27.99, available everywhere For a guy who has owned umpteen copies of Time Out over the years, everything from an early...
Issac Hayes, Shaft
Ratings Global Appreciation: 9.5 - Music: A - Recording: 9.5 - Mastering: 9.5 - Lacquer Cutting: 9.5 - Pressing: 9.5 - Packaging: fairly good gatefold...
Bob James Trio, Espresso
Bob James. If you had told me years ago that Bob James of 70s "light" jazz fame was still recording new music in 2018, I'd probably have nodded and...
Reference CD Alert! Jung-A Lee, A Private Organ Recital in Walt...
Yarlung Records, YAR77215, gold substrate CD pressed in Germany. Also available in Single, Double, and Quad DSD download formats, stereo/multichannel...
New Old Stock - Articles from Our Days in Print
The Audiophobe File: A Safe Place To Scream!
This article by Laura Lovell ran when Positive Feedback was in print. Volume 9, No. 1, Fall 2000 I WANT MY OWN DAMN LISTENING ROOM!!!! So screeches...
Odeon 17 Loudspeakers
This article, as reviewed by Victor Chavira, Dave Clark, and Larry Cox, originally ran when audioMusings was in print. Issue 3. 1998 I always welcome...
Our Friends at High Fidelity
TechDAS Air Force III Premium Turntable
A turntable is an area of engineering art balancing on the border between mechanics and electronics. This time, we will take a closer look at the...
Show Reports
Toronto Audio Fest 2018 Show Report
The people behind Toronto Audio Fest (TAF) are Sarah Tremblay, Michel Plante and Ben Scarcelli. Sarah and Michel are the ones that organizes the...
RMAF 2018 Photo Essay Part 5
Continuing on with our coverage... In this report, all photos by Dave Clark, words by Carol Clark, except those in parentheses, which are by Dave Clark...
