Breaking news from JD Events — AXPONA 2020: Cancelled. April 30, 2020 Dear AXPONA Community; It is with heartfelt disappointment but concern for the health and safety of all AXPONA participants that we announce today […]
We’ve just received two press releases from Ayon Audio in Austria. This first one is for the all new Ayon Triton III P/A GEN 4 Stereo Amplifier. It’s Pure Class A, 125+125 Watts RMS, KT-150 […]
Singer-songwriter Hamilton Leithauser is one of my favorite discoveries over the last few years. His 2016 album with Vampire Weekend‘s Rostam Batmanglij, I Had a Dream That You Were Mine, was one of my top […]
Chances are if you’ve been into high fidelity audio very long you’ve heard of Nelson Pass. His big watt amplifiers from Pass Labs make up their own little corner of audiophile history, and his First […]
Felipe Salles and his new project The New Immigrant Experience isn’t the first time we’ve had a large scale jazz recording that documented the experiences of DACA “Dreamers.” Back in 2018 I reviewed the […]
Our friends at Qobuz have a gift for us during these challenging times: FREE MUSIC! If you have a Qobuz account, you can just follow this link: https://www.qobuz.com/fr-fr/search?q=qobuz-music-gifts to find the selection of albums that you can […]
Filed Under: Things that shouldn’t matter Staring at the Innuos Statement (website), a $13,750 dedicated computer audio server, I’m reminded of a long-ago period in the evolution of digital audio. If you’ll cast your thoughts […]
At 9pm tonight, tune in to see and hear concert violinist and audiophile, Gary Levinson, join his wife, the concert pianist Baya Kakouberi, and present a selection of incredible pieces for violin and piano. The […]
(Note: we’ve just received this press release from Moon by Simaudio!) MOON ANNOUNCE 40TH ANNIVERSARY EDITION SYSTEM As part of the series of special events and product launches to celebrate its 40th anniversary, MOON is […]
I’ve noticed a minor trend in contemporary jazz over the last year or so, and that involves a concerted effort to separate the great Billy Strayhorn from Duke Ellington, to bring him out into the […]
After spending most of last week inundated with jazz trios, it’s time to expand the mix into something bigger–say, a jazz quintet. (That, of course, wrongly suggested that I’m organized about the order of these […]
Nashville, TN (PTA) — Volti Audio has just introduced a new horn loudspeaker that is truly something to get excited about. At just under $5k, the new Razz three-way hybrid horn/bass reflex loudspeaker is a […]
My Mactone (website) adventure started last year at the Rocky Mountain Audio Fest, when I went to visit my good friend Bob Clarke of Profundo. He brought a pair of Trenner & Friedl Osiris loudspeakers, […]
The theme this week, if you haven’t noticed, is small jazz ensembles with members who have been performing with each other for years. Pianist Joe Davidian, bassist Jamie Ousley and drummer Austin McMahon have been […]
To all of you doing your part to stay home and flatten-the-curve, Raven Audio is pleased to bring you a shelter-in-place event! Visit Part-Time Audiophile on April 24th at 9pm Eastern to see and hear concert violinist and […]
In a time where audio shows are being canceled faster than toilet paper is being pulled off the shelves, Definitive Audio managed to host Music Matters 15 to celebrate their 45th year in business in […]
Stuff I Heard, the new album from saxophone player Troy Roberts, is the polar opposite of yesterday’s Doug MacDonald music review. The Coachella Valley Trio’s Mid Century Modern was easy, familiar and yet expertly played, […]
In the world of contemporary jazz, it doesn’t get any simpler than the Coachella Valley Trio and its new release, Mid Century Modern. Guitarist Doug MacDonald has joined with drummer Tim Pleasant and bassist Larry […]
One of my favorite hi-fi arguments involves stack-ranking your spend. That is, how should we spend our hard-earned money when assembling a high-end stereo system? What is the most important component? Is it the speaker? Is it […]
I often tease audiophiles about their obsession with recordings of the female voice, especially when that’s all they want to hear. It’s not that I don’t enjoy female singers, it just seems provincial and dull […]
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