He's back! Good friend and brother John Marks...the Big Kahuna of The Tannhauser Gate...strikes a note in my heart by plucking at a favorite song of mine from 1966, and fleshing out the flesh and souls behind it. Having just recently purchased the reissue of this album on LP, I am content to stir this... Read More »
New DAC includes built-in music player, onboard digital volume control and updated user interface, creating a world class digital entertainment hub from Bryston with unparalleled performance Peterborough, Ontario August 29th, 2019 – Bryston (bryston.com) has introduced the BDA-3.14 multi-function DAC (Digital to Analog Converter) that adds an array of impressive features to the much heralded BDA-3... Read More »
August 29, 2019 — Clarus®, the high-end audio cable brand that is a “sister” company to Tributaries A/V cables, is introducing new versions of their popular AQUA Cables. AQUA Mark II Balanced Audio, Single-Ended RCA Audio and Speaker cables feature a multi-gauge design using three different shaped insulated ultra-low distortion PCOCC conductors. The new AQUA Mark II cables are now... Read More »
Boulder, CO, 8/27/19: PS Audio Co-founder and CEO Paul McGowan today released the following statement: "PS Audio has a long history of shaking things up in the audio industry, and we’re excited to be doing it again. During our 45-year history, we’ve always sold direct to end-users in the US, and we’ve also had a significant presence... Read More »
Qobuz Returns as Official Streaming Service at Rocky Mountain Audio Fest for Second Year Running Qobuz, the Hi-Res streaming and download service, will continue its first-year success this September as it returns to the Rocky Mountain Audio Fest, the largest high-end consumer audio show in North America, for a second appearance as Official Streaming Service.... Read More »
STORE OPENING RECEPTION: August 29th, 2019 (Thursday) 6 – 9 pm Joseph Cali Presents Gryphon Audio Designs at the Pacific Design Center 8687 Melrose Avenue, Studio 66, West Hollywood, CA 90069 At Audio Video Interiors M66 RSVP: [email protected] | 310-597-0142 http://caligryphonsystems.com/ Long time high-end audio systems veteran, Joseph Cali Systems Design announces his showroom opening... Read More »
Positive Feedback, HiFi Pig, and Qobuz join together for a seminar titled, "Music You Like to Hear and Share at Shows" at the 2019 RMAF next week! Featuring Carol and Dave Clark (Positive Feedback), Stuart and Linette Smith (HiFi Pig), and David Solomon (Qobuz). How many of you here have this thought when either entering... Read More »
SAN FRANCISCO (8/27/2019) — Parasound announced today that it is now the exclusive U.S. distributor for NorStone, a French manufacturer of high quality and reasonably priced audio/video equipment racks and speaker stands. NorStone's products will be displayed and demonstrated with Parasound high-end electronics and Tekton Design speakers at Rocky Mountain Audio Fest, in Denver, September 6... Read More »
World class European cable brand offers full lineup of hand-assembled analog and digital cables designed and manufactured in Scotland (Lake Grove, NY) August 28th, 2019 – VANA, Ltd. (www.vanaltd.com) has announced that it will be importing the Atlas Cables product line to North America. Destined for the best audio/video specialist dealers, Atlas Cables designs and manufactures... Read More »
PRESS RELEASE: AUGUST 27, 2019 Simaudio is delighted to announce that the MOON 860A v2 will have its North American show debut on Friday, September 6th at the Rocky Mountain Audio Fest. Guests are sure to be wowed as this superb power amplifier incorporates all of Simaudio’s latest know-how. A totally immersive experience is in... Read More »
Audio Solutions Designed for Music Creators by Music Creators Redefines the Sound of Audio WHEAT RIDGE, Colo. – August 27, 2019 – Ausounds, the creator of accessible premium audio solutions designed for music creators, is excited to announce the launch of its brand. Pioneering a new way of listening to music, the creative team behind Ausounds... Read More »
August 26, 2019 - Enjoy the Music.com, high-end audio's celebrated online site since 1995 and a leader in providing industry news, gear reviews, and show reports, is pleased to announce that we're sponsoring the 16th annual Rocky Mountain International Audio Fest (RMAF) Thursday night industry / press party plus all event seminars. For nearly 25 years, Enjoy the... Read More »
-- Notable Audio Products Distributes Superior European ‘Tables -- Falls Church, VA – August 7th, 2019: Notable Audio Products, importers and distributors of exceptional European audio products, is pleased to announce that it has been appointed the exclusive North American Distributor by J.Sikora Turntables (www.jsikora.pl). J.Sikora ‘tables already have a strong and loyal following throughout... Read More »
The PMA-600NE and DCD-600NE Offer High Fidelity Digital & Analog Listening for Enthusiasts Looking to Make the Leap into Hi-Fi VISTA, Calif. (August 22, 2019)—Denon® today announced two new Hi-Fi listening products, the PMA-600NE Integrated Amplifier and DCD-600NE CD Player. Enabling music aficionados to enter the next level of music enjoyment with high fidelity playback, the... Read More »
At Rocky Mountain Audio Fest (RMAF) 2019, Kanto Audio will exhibit its TUK high-performance powered speaker with wireless capability. TUK will be featured in Kanto's exhibit, Room 5118, and in Room 7142 featuring a complete $2,500 entry level high-end audio system. Kanto's TUK (shipping September 6, 2019) features a unique Air Motion Transformer (AMT) tweeter for superlative high-frequency... Read More »
This guest article is by Thom Mackris, head honcho at Galibier Design. PF Senior Associate Editor Lynn Olson shared it with me right after Thom published his comments on a very recent three-hour listening session that he had with Lynn. They were doing some listening comparisons with exaSound DACs; the comments below summarize Thom's take on... Read More »
HOLBROOK, New York, August 21, 2019 -- At Rocky Mountain Audio Fest (RMAF) 2019 Nola Speakers will be featuring the world premiere of its Concert Grand Reference Gold 2 loudspeaker system, an ultra-high-end $250,000 open baffle line source array design created to deliver remarkable musical realism. The Nola Concert Grand Reference Gold 2 will be demonstrated at... Read More »
SONORE, a Simple Design company, welcomes you to the Rocky Mountain Audio Fest. Stop by suite 9117 and discover our World of Fiber Optic Audio. Listen to our amazing SONORE Signature Rendu SE, reference streamer now with our SystemOptique technology and share with us your comments. We are confident you will be pleasantly surprised. We... Read More »
David W. Robinson: a portrait by John Robinson The Merrill Audio Element 118. Why that name? Simple, says Merrill Wettasinghe, the designer: "Element 118 is named after the newest element in the periodic table called Oganesson, which completes the 7th row of the periodic table. The name Element 118 reflects the newest in technologies in... Read More »
Ketil Vestrum Einarsen - Photo by Dag Thrane (Used with permission) Ketil Vestrum Einarsen was born on the north-western edge of Norway. Known primarily for playing flute with a long list of bands, including White Willow, The Opium Cartel, Jaga Jazzist, Wobbler, Pixie Ninja, and more recent collaborations in Kaukasus and Galasphere 347, he stepped... Read More »
From left to right, Intel Nuc Roon Core, Pro-Ject Stream Box S2 Ultra, Raspberry Pi 3 B+, Raspberry Pi 3 B+ Over the past year I have spent a significant amount of time working on solving what appeared to be a simple problem. How do I distribute my digital music throughout my home in an... Read More »
Twenty questions with an audiophile who is also an artist. For this Audiophiles as Artists, we feature Adam Goldfine who also writes for PF. What's your background? My interest in film and photography began around the age of 10. I loved going to the movies, started taking photographs, developing film, and making prints. I studied... Read More »
Masayuki Takayanagi and Abe Kaoru, Kaitai Teki Kokan. Premiere: 1970 | Sound Creators Inc. SCi - 10101. Reissue: 2018 | Craftman Records CMRS-0013. Format: UHQCD, mini-LP. craftmanrecords.com As it seems, every music genre and each trend within it and, on the other hand, every national discography have their "rarities"—rare and special, often simply "cult" albums. "A cult....... Read More »
Cutting edge digital music capabilities combined with time tested vacuum tube performance Binghamton, NY – August 15, 2019 – McIntosh, the global leader in prestigious home entertainment and ultimate-quality audio for 70 years, is proud to announce the C2700 Vacuum Tube Preamplifier. Following a long line of revered McIntosh vacuum tube preamplifiers comes the new... Read More »
Qobuz, the certified Hi-Res streaming and download hybrid service, today celebrates six months of success in the US. In this time, it has become the music streaming service of choice for US music aficionados by taking a listener-first, genre-focused approach and offering the most Hi-Res available anywhere. Finally offering an app that connects the 32M+... Read More »
Why is that with all the music we have access to, we still play the same 50 albums? I grew up in a time of Hi-Fi that I thought was the golden age. It wasn't centered on the gear… it was all we had, but was centered on the music. I suppose we all have... Read More »
This is an ongoing project by Claude Lemaire of Soundevaluations 101. Curtis Mayfield, Superfly (The Original Motion Picture Soundtrack). Curtom – CRS-8014-ST (1972), MoFi, Rhino Records – MFSL 2-481 (2019), (2x45 rpm). Genre: funk, soul, blaxploitation soundtrack style, cinematic soul, ghetto soul. "I'm your mama, I'm your daddy; I'm that...in the alley; I'm your doctor, when in need;... Read More »
Boulder, CO: 8/6/2019 PS Audio's first product way back in 1974 was a phono preamplifier that outperformed and replaced far more expensive units. Since then, we've offered a number of excellent phono preamps but the newStellar Phono Preamplifier is the best we've ever made. Designer Darren Myers rejected the common, cost-cutting techniques of phono preamp... Read More »
The Software The 60th anniversary of jazz king John Coltrane's banner year with Prestige Records, with all cuts produced by legendary Rudy Van Gelder and released on vinyl 4/26/19, has arrived. The eight LPs are from 24/192 tracks produced from the master tapes. The 37 cuts, presented in chronological order, were pressed at RTI in... Read More »
Saturday 7/27/2019, Boston MA First, a public service announcement: Get off the screens! While I work tirelessly with my children on this, I believe it is important for us, too. Perhaps this is self defeating as a columnist for an online magazine, however I cannot encourage the PF community enough to get off-line, plan a... Read More »
This article originally ran in Issue 41 of Positive Feedback, January/February 2009. This was the precursor to my last article, HERE. So …what do you want to be when you grow up? When I was in the first grade my class took a field trip to the fire station. At the time I thought... Read More »
HOLDEN, MA (July 22, 2019) – Vinnie Rossi has officially transitioned from direct sales to a dealer network in the USA and is pleased to announce the appointment of Mark Sossa of Well Pleased Audio Video as the company’s sales representative for North America, effective July 22, 2019. Commenting on the new partnership, Rossi said,... Read More »
So, when it comes down to getting the best, make that the very best, that one's system can produce sound wise in your room, after all is said and done… let's make sure that the AC that is feeding our components is as good as it can get—like with any AC filtration device or a... Read More »
Abey Fonn and the entire team at IMPEX Records continue to impress and delight. Though we have only just passed the halfway point for the year 2019, these new vinyl releases entitled Another Time, Another Place from Jennifer Warnes and Lo Que Nice Mi Cantar from Trio Palabras are already strong contenders for my favorite albums... Read More »
Lynn Olson and Thom Mackris, RMAF 2015 Let's start with a skeptical view from Steve Guttenberg, who's been around the block more than once: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BIKkBgpo75I Steve's got a point. Surround music has failed in the marketplace not once, but twice. The first was a ten-year window in the Seventies, with the LP-based QS, SQ, and... Read More »
Kronos Audio is now shipping its much anticipated SSCPS (Sparta Super Capacitor Power Supply). Exclusively for those looking for the finest analog playback (outside of the Kronos Pro), Sparta now gets a major upgrade in performance with borrowed technology from the Kronos SCPS-1. The SSCPS has energy storage that would make the largest amplifiers jealous. ... Read More »
A tape, a test pressing, an LP "The most expensive music format (in the world)" as exemplified by records produced by the AC Records label. A lot has already been said about analog tapes—by us as well. However, it was the first time we had had the opportunity to compare an analogue "master" tape with... Read More »
