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Month: August 2021

The Vinyl Anachronist

Florian Weiss and Woodoism, Alternate Reality | The Vinyl Anachronist

August 31, 2021 Marc Phillips 1

On the international jazz front the Swiss are still winning, but the Russians are suddenly catching up with a duo of fascinating releases. I’m referring to the increasingly wonderful fact that I’m getting these magnificent […]

Components

Jeff Rowland Design Group Capri S2-SC and Model 125 | REVIEW

August 29, 2021 Marc Phillips 4

The Jeff Rowland Design Group Capri S2-SC preamplifier and Model 125 amplifier are soooooo tiny. How tiny are they? When the boxes arrived at my front door, I said “This can’t be right. These boxes […]

Analog

Andover Audio SpinBase and SpinSystem | REVIEW

August 27, 2021 Graig Neville 1

When I first heard about Andover Audio’s SpinBase in the PTA War Room, I obviously wondered, “What’s a SpinBase?” After a quick internet search and a read through PTA’s review of the Andover Model One […]

The Vinyl Anachronist

Dimitri Monstein Ensemble, Landscape | The Vinyl Anachronist

August 26, 2021 Marc Phillips 2

I can’t pick out a specific genre for the music played on Dimitri Monstein Ensemble’s Landscape, and yet it’s so familiar, like something I used to hear all over the place many years ago. Monstein, […]

Announcements

Bowers & Wilkins 800 Series Diamond. Excellence. Evolved.

August 25, 2021 Editorial Staff 1

Bowers & Wilkins does it again, besting themselves. Refining the audio dreamscape. The press release below says it best: “How do you improve on the world’s most successful and iconic range of high-end loudspeakers?” After […]

The Vinyl Anachronist

LRK Trio, Memory Moment | The Vinyl Anachronist

August 24, 2021 Marc Phillips 2

I’ve mentioned the influx of European jazz that’s suddenly arriving in the mail, especially from Switzerland, but here’s a CD from Russia that made quite a surreptitious entrance. I saw the little customs labels all […]

Announcements

AXPONA Rescheduled, New Date Announced for 2022

August 23, 2021 Editorial Staff Comments Off on AXPONA Rescheduled, New Date Announced for 2022

BREAKING NEWS!!! Press Release Enclosed August 23, 2021 Dear AXPONA Community, AXPONA will be rescheduled from October 29-31, 2021 until April 22-24, 2022. Throughout this spring and early summer, enthusiasm for AXPONA in October was […]

Headphones

Emotiva Airmotiv GR1 Headphones | REVIEW

August 22, 2021 Eric Franklin Shook 1

As the Airmotiv GR1 headphones land in my lap I realize that I’ve been spoiled rotten. Lately it’s been headphones from the likes of Audeze and Focal, brands of which nearly define the best-of-the-best offerings […]

Loudspeakers

TotalDAC d100 Loudspeakers | REVIEW

August 20, 2021 Marc Phillips 4

In all my years of being an audiophile, of being a high-end audio importer and distributor, of being an audio reviewer, I had never seen a pair of loudspeakers get split up in a shipment […]

Jazz Files

All Things Must Pass 50th Anniversary LP Box Set | Jazz Files

August 18, 2021 Editorial Staff 1

As a youth in the early 1970s I was entranced by George Harrison’s third solo LP, All Things Must Pass. John Lennon’s then new Plastic Ono Band was equally high on my list, even if […]

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What Is Accuracy? And Why Audiophiles Love Jazz So Much | The Occasional Podcast

August 17, 2021 Brian Hunter 4

Season 6 of Part-Time Audiophile‘s The Occasional Podcast is in full swing. Episode 1 sees the reunion of two of our favorite production-people-turned-audiophile with Grover Neville and Dave McNair. What started as a text discussion […]

The Vinyl Anachronist

Satoko Fujii, Piano Music | The Vinyl Anachronist

August 17, 2021 Marc Phillips 2

The juggernaut that is Japanese avant-garde pianist Satoko Fujii continues unabated. I received quite a few of her astounding and strange albums from Libra Records over the last few months, and I even let the […]

Analog

Hagerman Audio Labs Trumpet MC Phono Preamplifier | REVIEW

August 15, 2021 Marc Phillips 2

  I don’t have a story about Hagerman Audio Labs from the old days, other than the fact that they offered a product I found intriguing—an affordable tube phono stage called the Trumpet that sounded […]

The Ivory Tower

How Recordings Are Produced, and What It Means to Your Hi-Fi | The Ivory Tower

August 13, 2021 Dave McNair 9

Reality Is Overrated When It Comes to Recordings In my never-ending mental obsession with the conceptual side of music recording and playback, I started thinking about what makes hi-fi components sound different and what that […]

Announcements

Michael Finnigan, American Keyboardist and Hammond B3 Virtuoso, Passes at 76

August 11, 2021 Editorial Staff 2

LOS ANGELES — Michael Finnigan, an American keyboard player and vocalist, known especially for playing the iconic Hammond B3 organ, passed away today after a long battle with cancer. He was 76 years old. Finnigan […]

The Vinyl Anachronist

Mareille Merck and Larus, Fadenschlag | The Vinyl Anachronist

August 11, 2021 Marc Phillips 2

The arrival of Fadenschlag, from Swiss jazz guitarist Mareille Merck and her trio Larus, reminds me that there was a time a few months ago that I said yes to a record label from that […]

Loudspeakers

Falcon Acoustics LS3/5a MoFi Edition Loudspeakers | REVIEW

August 8, 2021 Marc Phillips 5

Of all the audio gear I came close to buying over the last forty years, I probably got closer to a pair of LS3/5as than anything else. I’m reminded of that constantly in the presence […]

Components

Audio Hungary Qualiton X200 Integrated | REVIEW

August 6, 2021 Dave McNair 5

Last year I reviewed the Audio Hungary (website) Qualiton APX-200 power amp (review linked here), which was 100 watts per channel of pure vacuum tube goodness. It was, and still is, a tremendous sounding power […]

The Vinyl Anachronist

Alex Martin, Folk Songs Jazz Journeys | The Vinyl Anachronist

August 5, 2021 Marc Phillips 1

Take one look at the title of the new album from guitarist Alex Martin, and you’ll probably have a pretty good idea of what kind of music is contained within. Probably folk songs arranged through […]

The Vinyl Anachronist

Chris Standring, Wonderful World | The Vinyl Anachronist

August 3, 2021 Marc Phillips 1

UK guitarist Chris Standring and his new album Wonderful World have helped me to confront my secret, unspoken love for a certain kind of music, a nebulous genre known by various names such as exotica, […]

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