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Primephonic Classical Music Streaming | REVIEW

March 21, 2021 Nan Pincus 3

When approaching Primephonic (website), one of the few high-res (24-bit/192kHz) streaming services devoted to classical music, I was interested to see if they could go beyond the existential questions of survival that tend to dominate […]

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Homebody’s Hi-Fi Halloween: Posing My Dog as Nipper

November 1, 2020 Nan Pincus 1

When it became clear that I wasn’t going to be hitting the Halloween parties this year, I was still eager to participate somehow in the ritual. I decided to let a season of quiet isolation […]

Interviews

McIntosh Labs’ Charlie Randall with Nan Pincus | INTERVIEW

October 3, 2020 Nan Pincus 1

The RIAA has released their midyear report, and for the first time since the 1980s, vinyl sales have surpassed CD sales. This news comes with no surprise as vinyl sales outpaced download sales back in […]

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Rat Tale: How a Fictional Audiophile Got Me into Hi-Fi

September 7, 2020 Nan Pincus 7

This story originally appeared in our print publication, The Occasional Magazine. Words by Nan Pincus, Photos by Eric Franklin Shook I had dark hair and she had blonde. She stayed out all night watching movies […]

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Pitch Don’t Even: The Global Quest for a Lowering of the Standard Tuning Pitch

September 5, 2020 Nan Pincus 3

Forgotten Audiophile History This series explores little-known stories of twentieth century audio technology, sound experiences, and radio chicanery. There are some ideas so compelling that you want to drop everything and take up the cause […]

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“Beethoven Pleads The Fifth” Won’t Stay Silent

August 31, 2020 Nan Pincus Comments Off on “Beethoven Pleads The Fifth” Won’t Stay Silent

Since the pandemic hit, most of us are just trying to make it from one day to the next. A small few of us are making it easier for everyone, through music, through the fight […]

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The Golden Spinning Wheel: Classical Music Radio Keeps Bringing Us Back to Life | RADIO SCHMALTZ

August 29, 2020 Nan Pincus 3

Czech composer Antonín Dvořák wrote a series of fantastical tone poems in 1896 that are some of my favorite short pieces in the classical canon. One called The Golden Spinning Wheel tells the tale of […]

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Absofoxinglutely: The Delights of A Radio Fox Hunt | RADIO SCHMALTZ

August 2, 2020 Nan Pincus Comments Off on Absofoxinglutely: The Delights of A Radio Fox Hunt | RADIO SCHMALTZ

RALEIGH, NC (PTA) — I usually wake up early. I’ve heard that habitual early-risers tend to be optimists. This makes some sort of sense to me because this habit shows that we’re willing to leave […]

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Nan Pincus, Toneses Are Roses

May 8, 2020 Nan Pincus 1

Having lived next to Virgil for about three months, there were a few things I knew. I knew that he liked to shell peanuts outside on the deck, that he had installed car stereos for […]

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Ocean FM Was Fire: How Local Radio Done Right Can Heat A Cabin | RADIO SCHMALTZ

March 12, 2020 Nan Pincus 1

A ROCKY PENINSULA IN NORTHERN IRELAND (PTA) — There was a stove in the kitchen, a stove in the living room, and a stove in the bedroom. I kept all three constantly fed as if I […]

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