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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Forgotten Audiophile History This series explores little-known stories of twentieth century audio technology, sound experiences, and radio chicanery. There are some ideas so [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]