UMG/Decca Classics has just released the second official, limited-edition vinyl reissue box-set containing five classic Mercury recordings pressed onto 180gram vinyl…
I remember being transfixed by Daft Punk’s video for “Homework” – the title track of their timeless electronic masterpiece. There were tiny robots dancing to “Around the World”,…
After about a year of wearing out the vinyl of The Whole Love I saw that the album was now also available in 96kHz.24 bit from HDTracks.com. I quickly downloaded the…
Adding a Burmester product, such as the 100 Phono, to an already established Burmester system makes sense. How it fares when paired with components of varying sonic characteristics is, however, a matter of taste…
Last March (2012), I went to the emergency room at the local hospital for what I thought would be routine checkup . I found, when I got there, that I was in the middle of having a heart attack…
Goldenote Stibbert Black Pearl III CD Player
Victor Goldstein has been importing (and obviously promoting) audio components for 18 years, and in my experiences evaluating them, he has never come up with anything that isn’t a serious assault on the high end. (That means he aims to expand the boundaries of the possible in music playback.)*
He had a long time association with Mike Kay (of Lyric Hi Fi, in Manhattan), a magnetic attraction based on the shared (and commercially shrewd) pursuit of the best in the sound of...
I remember being transfixed by Daft Punk’s video for “Homework” – the title track of their timeless electronic masterpiece. There were tiny robots dancing to “Around the World”, the simple chorus repeating over and over. It was hypnotizing, and I remember thinking we’re all robots in search for dollars, food, companionship, you know, the rat race. Never before had this concept been illustrated to me so succinctly. It burned in my memory. I feel like I’ve grown up with Daft Punk. So the correlation to RAM,...
Todd Garfinkel of M-A Recordings is releasing a new, limited edition 33 rpm LP from Argentinian musicians, Sera Una Noche, entitled; La Segunda. Also being offered is a limited edition 45 rpm vinyl consisting of songs from the band’s first album. We have an original LP of the first Sera Una Noche LP and it is a treasure; both sonically and musically. This is only the second time that Garfinkel and M-A recordings are issuing vinyl.
According to Garfinkel, M-A recordings was “established in Japan in the spring of 1988, the M-A...
My wife introduced me to Wilco a few years ago, along with artists like Iron & Wine, Andrew Bird and The Fleet Foxes. It was part of an effort to broaden my musical horizons as Natalie felt I tended to stick a bit to close to my collection of Miles Davis, Bob Dylan and Van Morrison during our music listening sessions. Natalie knows I have an affinity for acoustic rock and folk music, and sought to have some of her own selections to play in our listening room. While Wilco isn’t strictly an acoustic band, she thought they wrote and produced...
There is, and always has been, a character to the “Burmester sound”.
This signature sound typically delivers the ultimate qualities solid state has to offer, and adding a Burmester product, such as the 100 Phono, to an already established Burmester system makes sense. How it fares when paired with components of varying sonic characteristics is, however, a matter of taste.
The 100 Phono marks Burmester’s first return to the LP marketplace since their successful model 838 released in the 1980’s. The 100 Phono is a proud member...
Wits End is Cass McCombs’ fifth studio album. Wit’s End was recorded over a span of two years, in various homes and studios across the states.
Last March (2012), I went to the emergency room at the local hospital for what I thought would be routine checkup. I found, when I got there, that I was in the middle of having a heart attack! Without pain, or any symptoms, I would never have known I was at death’s door had I not gone in for that minor and unrelated ailment.
In a few days, I was on the operating table, chest cut open, and a vein taken from my leg to replace the one that was jammed up. Several days later, I was out of the hospital bed and walking outside the hospital down a covered...
New York City, NY, April 12 — 14, 2013
For the New York Audio Show, I brought along two acoustic reference tracks to play so that I could obtain a consistent benchmark. These were: Harry Belafonte’s (singing with a stripped-down blues band) slow-boiling ballad entitled “Losing Hand”, taken from Belafonte Sings The Blues [Living Stereo LSP-1972], and the wondrous talent, Sarah Jarosz, singing and playing mandolin (along with her gutsy trio) on Tom Wait’s “Come On Up To The House” taken from Jarosz’s superb recording,...
Below is a shortlist of promising new vinyl releases out this week. These LP’s will become available on Tuesday, April 23rd. I will be checking them out. You can too…
“There’s nothing as glamorous to me as a record store. When I recently played Amoeba in LA, I realised what fantastic memories such a collection of music brings back when you see it all in one place. This is why I’m more than happy to support Record Store Day and I hope that these kinds of stores will be there for us all for many years to come.”
- Paul McCartney
Record Store Day is upon us. Officially founded in 2007, Record Store Day was conceived by independent record store employee Chris Brown. His...
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