September - October 2018
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Audio Discourse
Impressions: The exaSound PlayPoint DM Network Audio Server...
Ye Olde Editor with pipe weed. Portrait by John Robinson. This seems to be a season for culminating projects. Given that autumn is upon us now, I...
The exaSound PlayPoint DM - Designer's Notes
George Klissarov and David W. Robinson George Klissarov, AXPONA 2017 exaSound's new flagship device, the PlayPoint DM Dual-Mono D/A Converter and...
Impressions: The Audionet STERN Preamp and HEISENBERG...
Ye Olde Editor: a portrait by John Robinson Audionet's STERN and HEISENBERG: Back to the mountaintop again! Fair warning: This is yet another one...
The Pass H2 Harmonic Generator
Nelson Pass: a portrait. Sea Ranch, CA, 2018. Photograph and image processing by David W. Robinson. Introduction – Why do we care about 2nd...
Wolfsong Audio to the Rescue!
A couple of weeks back, I arose on an otherwise unremarkable Sunday morning, had my coffee and checked my losing lottery numbers. I then proceeded...
An Unknown Quantity: My Loudspeakers
In a discussion with Managing Editor Dave Clark in regards to what may be slated for review, it was noted that my loudspeakers may prove difficult for...
Hardware Reviews
JICO Seto Hori Cartridge
The Nippon Precision Jewel Industry CO LTD is typically referred to as JICO, a company many analog hobbyists are familiar with. JICO has a long and...
MAG-LEV Audio ML1 Levitating Turntable: U.S. Premiere Review...
Disruptor! The MAG-LEV Audio ML1 Levitating turntable is a disruptor! Are you surprised? I own one of six Paravicini magnetic drive turntables in...
AVM Evolution A5.2 Integrated Amplifier
Introduction to the AVM I love audio components that offer a lot for the money. The Evolution A5.2 Integrated Amplifier is just such piece of audio...
The DENAFRIPS Pontus DAC
I remember my first high-end digital player, a California Audio Labs DX-1. Looking forward to perfect sound forever, I tried to sell myself on the...
Synergistic Research Galileo SX Cables - A Suspension of...
Let's keep it simple and direct. The new Synergistic Research Galileo SX cables are the finest cables that I have used in my system. Over the last two...
Indra and Sakra Interconnects from STEALTH Audio
Indra Redux Back in the Precambrian Era of audio (circa 2003), STEALTH Audio introduced an interconnect that disrupted the cable industry. The Indra...
Interviews
Jacek Gawlowski
A Kingdom for a Horse - Mastering According to Jacek Gawlowski We know who a sound engineer and a sound director are, as well as we are aware of the...
Music - SuperSonic Recordings
Top 500 SuperSonic List - Part 10
This is an ongoing project by Claude Lemaire of Soundevaluations 73. The Stooges, The Stooges. Elektra – EKS-74051 (1969), 33 1/3 rpm. Genre:...
Music Reviews
Notes of an Amateur: Pärt, Beethoven, Henze, and Blue Violet
Arvo Pärt. Mullova - Järvi. Onyx 4201. Darf ich..., Fratres, Passacaglia, Tabula rosa, I Ludus, II Silentium, Spiegel im Speigel] I have never been...
Sarah Reich, New Change
Sarah Reich, New Change. Tap Music Productions B07FTXR22W, CD $9.49 from Amazon.com "I want to be the first tap dancer to win a Grammy Award!" Okay...
Silva Film Music and the City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra
In Positive Feedback Issue 31 (May/June 2007) I reviewed three CDs from Silva Film Music (HERE). Silva Film licenses the rights to film scores and...
Ronn McFarlane, The Celtic Flute
The lute is an ancient instrument with its forebearers having been traced back to 3100 BCE in Mesopotamia. Though a popular instrument during the...
Paavo Järvi Conducts Bruckner's Ninth
Paavo Järvi conducts Bruckner's Ninth. BRUCKNER: Symphony No. 9 in D minor. Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra/Paavo Järvi. RCA Red Seal...
Friday Night In San Francisco by John McLaughlin, Al Di Meola,...
Friday Night In San Francisco - John McLaughlin, Al Di Meola, and Paco De Lucia Back Story Impex Records has now reissued Friday Night In San...
Our Friends at High Fidelity
The Second Life of Blu-Ray
What is the difference between a collector and someone who just gathers some items? Mieczysław Stoch, the hero of the interview you can also read in...
Struss DM250 Integrated Amplifier
I wanted, I really wanted to start this text somehow differently, to escape from the memories from the review of the Chopin MkIV by Struss Amplifiers,...
Show Reports
RMAF 2018 Photo Essay Part 4
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...
RMAF 2018 Photo Essay Part 3
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...
RMAF 2018 Photo Essay Part 2
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...
RMAF 2018 Photo Essay Part 1
The Rocky Mountain Audio Fest celebrated its fifteenth year this October in Denver! At the press and exhibitor mixer on Thursday night, Marjorie...
Lone Star Audio Fest 2018
Lone Star Audio Fest the high-end audio show held annually for 14 years the first weekend of May in Dallas, Texas was a grand success this year. The...
California Audio Show 2018
Come a little closer. I want to tell you a secret. Are you ready? I don't go to stereo shows to listen to stereos. It's true! Maybe once, in the dim...
