Agnes Obel is now at the very top of my private list of performers, leaving the competition far behind.
The Zu Audio Soul 6 Loudspeaker is taken for a spin with Doug Moore.
In the early 20th century, particularly the 1920s, America was alive with the hum of innovation and the beat of cultural renaissance. At the heart of this dynamic period, two engineers, Edward W. Kellogg and Chester Williams Rice, set out to transform the world of sound.
There’s nothing wrong with having a difference of opinion, or debating, but the ability to listen and engage with others in the group in a respectful way is paramount.
We should do all we can to deepen our appreciation for music, and we can achieve that by having more awareness of how music impacts our bodies.
This combo will provide a well-balanced sound with plenty of soundstage, detail, and weight. Musicality is the name of the game, and these components will have you glued to your chair.
Are you weary of that old-fashioned, pedestrian approach to sound emanating from beneath your feet? Do the regular floor-standers seem a tad too… earthbound for your elevated tastes? Have you caught your neck complaining after hours of jamming to tunes from those towering behemoths we call standing speakers? Fear not, dear audiophiles, for an auditory…
Both Sailin’ Shoes and Dixie Chicken, freshly remastered, sound as relevant today as they did 50 years ago.
This article first appeared in PS Audio’s Copper Magazine. According to reliable sources, bassist Ron Carter has well over 2,000 recording credits. On the majority of those he’s a sideman for other people’s albums, but it’s still a staggering sign of esteem that hundreds of the top musicians in jazz pick up the phone and call him…
“It’s been a lifelong passion,” said Gish. “For the first 30 years we were together, my wife never had a living room because I always took the largest room for the equipment.”
Welcome to my series Treasures from the Vinyl Vault. In it, I will feature select gems from my approximately 12,000 ever-growing vinyl collection, accumulated over a 45-year period and counting.
“They’d get mad. I couldn’t understand why. It was just the audiophile hobby.”
The recent Jade Bird and Greta Van Fleet albums are a huge step forward!
“It’s compact but very musical. The Audio Note amp paired with Audio Note speakers is a very involving combination that’s great with all types of music.”
It wasn’t, obviously, all agony. But that press conference—it was a rare moment of placidity in a timeframe of incidents.
In Part 1, I mentioned the phenomenon of thinking overpowering listening as the main culprit that diminishes our music-listening pleasure. Three kinds of thoughts are most detrimental to our listening experiences, and they start with A, D, and E respectively. They are: Aversions, Desires, Expectations Let’s explore each. 1. Aversions Maybe you find the bass…
“Henry Vestine of Canned Heat got me closer to my understanding of blues guitar, and that opened the door for me.”
Curious about spatial audio on Apple Music? Find out how to activate this cutting-edge technology and enjoy a new level of audio immersion.
Putting the sound aside, “Senjutsu” is a very good release for Iron Maiden fans.
Each Killer delivers or facilitates a rare and unexpected level of sonic improvement in our system at a price that’s nowhere near high-end.